Trail Marker Mitts

SIZES 1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6) FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Child Small, Child Medium, Child Large (Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large) Circumference: 4, 5, 6 (7, 8, 9)" / 10, 13, 15 (18, 20, 23) cm. Overall length: 9, 9, 9 (13, 13, 13)" / 23, 23, 23 (33, 33, 33) cm. Note: These mitts will each fit a wide range of hand sizes, and are perfect for sharing. MATERIALS Yarn: 1 skein of Knit by Numbers DK by John Arbon Textiles (50% Bluefaced Leicester, 50% Falklands Merino, 255 yds / 233 m – 100 g), colorway KBN04. 3, 3, 3 (4, 4, 4) skeins (each different) of Knit by Numbers DK Minis by John Arbon Textiles (50% Bluefaced Leicester, 50% Falklands Merino, 63 yds / 58 m – 25 g), colorways KBN70, KBN19, KBN100 and KBN81. Note: If you are doing all 4 stripes in the same color, you only need 1 mini. Suggested Alternatives: Kokon “DK Merino” and “DK Mini”, Kim Dyes Yarn “Brioche DK” and “DK Minis”. Or approx. the following yardages in DK-weight yarn or any yarn with which you obtain gauge: MC: 81, 90, 99 (144, 168, 192) yds / 74, 82, 91 (132, 153, 175) m. CC1 through 3, 3, 3 (4, 4, 4): 8, 9, 10 (10, 11, 12) yds / 7, 8, 9 (9, 10, 11) m. Needles: US 3 / 3.25 mm 9" / 23 cm circular needles (translatable to DPN’s or Magic Loop Method) and US 3 / 3.25 mm 32" / 80 cm circular needles or DPNs for thumb. Notions: Stitch markers, snips, darning needle, waste yarn, blocking materials. GAUGE 32 sts x 32 rows to 4" / 10 cm on US 3 / 3.25 mm needles in 1 x 1 rib, after blocking (completely relaxed). CONSTRUCTION Trail Marker is a pair of ribbed fingerless mitts, knit from bottom up in 1 x 1 rib pattern with stockinette stitch thumb. Knit in the round with increasing thumb gusset, the thumb separated from hand to be picked up and knit at the end. HASHTAGS #TrailMarkerMitts