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Broughton

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.

£5.00

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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!

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.

Pattern formats

The pattern includes the following versions:

A5 booklet printed in full colour on high quality recycled paper, with download code for the pdf pattern
3 column format pdf designed to be printed on A4 or letter paper

Supplies

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)

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

Gauge

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

Skills for knitting this project

knitting, purling
casting on, binding off
working in the round
working small circumferences in the round
colourwork (using a chart)
make one increases
k2tog decreases
ssk decreases

Optional Techniques

Helpful tutorials

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

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)

Neutral
MC: 107, C1: 104, C2: L36

Classic
MC: 174, C1: 101, C2: L74

Vibrant
MC: 173, C1: 146, C2: L21

MC: 85[95, 110] yds / 80[90, 100]m
C1: 75[80, 90] yds / 65[75, 85]m
C2: 125[140, 155] yds / 115[125, 145]m

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

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

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