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    Broughton
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    Broughton

    Broughton

    Lined flip-top colourwork mittens
    £6.00
    The Broughton mittens are a fun, challenging project featuring design details inspired by traditional Norwegian and Estonian mittens. Choose between traditional mittens and practical flip-tops.

    The Broughton mittens features simple but effective small repeating stitch patterns, combined with a bold geometric cuff pattern. They include some new, fun techniques like the Estonian Kihnu braids at the cuff, and feature an optional flip-top opening. Ysolda designed the flip-tops because she wanted to be able to quickly use her fingers without risking a mitten falling in a puddle!

    two hands, palms facing up, wearing red and white stranded colourwork mittens with a bold red and white diamond motif. the mittens have flip-tops
    two white hands showing the camera a view of red and white mittens where we can see inside the mittens to see a blue lining
    Broughton mittens in grey and black stranded colourwork, laying flat on a grey wood surface

    Details

    For extra warmth, softness and a neat finish the mittens are lined with lambswool, which is used held double to add a pop of contrast on the cuffs. The thumbs and flip-top openings are worked using an afterthought method where stitches are held by knitting them with scrap yarn, which is removed afterwards to create an opening and live stitches — this is a really useful technique that you can use for sock heels and pockets, as well as thumbs.

    Skills for knitting this project

    Build your skills by following the links to our clear step-by-step tutorials.

    Optional Techniques


    Gauge

    26 sts and 28 rnds = 4" / 10cm in charted stranded colourwork pattern with larger needle

    Sizing

    3 sizes available, choose a size approx 1.5” larger than the circumference of your hand above the thumb.

    Finished circumference: 8¼[9¼, 9¾]“ / 21.5[23, 24.5] cm Finished length: 9[9½, 10]” / 22.5[23.5, 25] cm

    Shown in size medium

    Stranded Colourwork Basics course

    Learn all of the skills you need to make Broughton with our beginner colourwork course. The Stranded Colourwork Basics course is a 4 week self-guided online knitting course, with continued access to the course so that you can return to each chapter for a refresher, again and again, whenever you need.

    Learn more

    Supplies

    Yarn

    Outer (MC & C1): Double knitting DK wool yarn.
    Shown in Rauma 3tr. Strikkegarn (100% Norwegian wool, 118 yds / 108m, 1.76oz / 50g)

    Lining (C2): Heavy laceweight / light fingering wool yarn.
    Shown in Rauma Lamullgarn (100% Norwegian wool, 273 yds / 250m, 1.76oz / 50g)

    Needles and notions

    Needle A: Size US 4 / 3.5mm dpns or circulars for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.

    Needle B: Size US 21/2 / 3mm dpns or circulars for your preferred method of knitting small circumferences in the rnd.

    Change needle size as necessary to get gauge, and use a needle two sizes smaller than needle A for needle B

    Version information

    broughton_print_v1.2.pdf

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