Lallama Mittens

Show your llama love with a pair of densely knit worsted weight mittens that will keep the cold out and the warmth in this winter! This full colour pattern comes with two sets of charts, one in colour and one in black-and-white for those who want to break out the coloured pencils to create their own colour schemes.

This pattern is for you if… You live in a really cold climate and want a pair of mittens in a thicker yarn with a tight gauge. You love llamas!

Move along if… You hate tacking floats, as there are some spots with long gaps between colours.

SIZE

one size; comfortably fits a hand with a 7.5” palm circumference (full length: 10.25″)

YARN

115 yards of worsted weight yarn in main colour
80 yards of worsted weight yarn in contrast colour

Sample knit with: Malabrigo Rios (210 yards/192 meters per 100 grams/3.53oz skein; 100% superwash Merino wool; 1 skein used) in colour Archangel; Cascade 220 (220 yards/201 meters per 100 grams/3.53oz; 100% Wool; 1 skein used) in Natural/Undyed.

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GAUGE

27 stitches and 30 rows = 4″/10cm colourwork stockinette

NEEDLES

US 1 / 2.25mm double pointed needles, or size necessary to obtain gauge

NOTIONS

2 stitch markers, waste yarn for holding thumb stitches, tapestry needle for weaving in ends

TECHNIQUES

knitting and purling, knitting in the round, reading a colourwork chart, tacking floats, increasing stitches using M1L or M1R, decreasing stitches using k2tog and ssk, picking up and knitting held stitches