Sinuosity Set

The Sinuosity Set includes a hat and two different fingerless mitts patterns.

Knit a hat that flows and waves around the head with simple twisted stitches, then use the leftovers to make a pair of fingerless mitts to match! The flowing stitch pattern is fun to knit once you get the rhythm of it, and it’s very stretchy for sizing flexibility. The stitch patterns are entirely charted and written. All items are made with sport weight yarn.

The hat is knit sideways, flat, with short rows to shape the crown. You’ll stop whenever it fits. Circumference size is custom based on when you stop knitting, and you can try it on around your head as you go to check for fit. The sample is 21"/53cm around, for a medium sized head, and the pattern lets you know when it was stopped. The height is 9"/23cm unstretched, but the stretchy rib makes it very flexible. You may adjust your gauge to adjust the height if you wish—the circumference won’t be affected by gauge changes because you’ll still just stop when the fit is good.

The plain mitts are worked in the round from the bottoms up, with increases for the thumb shaping. The length is custom, starting the thumbs when you like and going as long as you like until bind-off. The pattern lets you know the rows when the thumbs began and how many rows until bind-off for the sample mitts (which are 7.25"/18.5cm long)—of course, changing the size will change the yardage. The circumference is one-size but it’s very flexible because of the stretchy rib—they measure 6.5"/16.5cm unstretched and stretch comfortably to 8.5"/21.5cm. They should fit hand sizes ranging 6–9"/15–23cm palm circumference; they’re pictured on 7"/18cm hands.

The bias mitts are worked flat from corner to corner and seamed, an optional color change in the middle. These come in four sizes, for palm circumferences of approx 6.5 {7, 8, 9}"/16.5{18, 20, 23}cm, lengths approx 6.5{7.25, 8, 8.5}"/16.5{18.5, 20, 21.5}cm. The pictured samples are the second and third sizes—the smaller size is pictured only on small/medium hands (7"/18cm palm circumference), and the larger size is pictured on both small/medium and large size (9"/23cm) hands. These are knit as wonky squares and seamed, so the sizes affect both circumference and length. Adjustments will affect both measurements.