EASY RIB MITTS

Skill Level: Beginner

100g TOFT ARAN yarn

4.5mm needles

Tension: 18 sts and 24 rows to 10cm in stocking

stitch using 4.5mm needles after washing and

blocking.

Cast on 32 sts

Row 1 P1 *K2, P2, rep from * to last st, P1.

Row 2 K1 * P2, K2, rep from * to last st, K1.

Rows 3-14 Rep Rows 1-2

SHAPE THUMB

FINISHING

Join seam and weave in ends.

Hand-wash, dry flat and block if necessary.

ST ST stocking stitch, working straight: K one row, P

the next, in the round: K every round

Row 15 rib 14 sts, inc1, K2, inc1 rib to end of row.

Row 16-18 Work K sts as knit and P sts as purl.

Rep Rows 15-18 twice inc 1 st at each side of thumb

gusset, work extra sts in ST ST (38sts)

THUMB

Work 24sts in rib, turn, cast on 1 st, P10, cast on 1

st (12sts), turn.

Work 6 rows in ST ST on 12sts only.

Cast off.

Re-join yarn and work in rib across all sts, pick up 2

cast on sts at thumb and work into K2, P2 rib.

Rib 15 rows

Cast off rib-wise.

ABBREVIATIONS

K knit

P purl

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