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Aran 5mm

★★ Intermediate

Yarn used

West Yorkshire Spinners The Croft

1 (1, 2) skeins in Seafield 339 (MC)

1 (1, 1) skein in Melby 551 (CC)

Available from http://www.deramores.com/

collections/crochetnow

About the yarn

Aran; 166m per 100g skein; 100% wool

Tension

14 sts x 18 rnds = 10cm measured over

waistcoat stitch

Hook used

5mm

Other supplies

stitch marker

Sizing

S (M, L), designed to fit with approximately

2cm positive ease

To fit hand circumference: 18 (19, 20.5) cm

To fit hand length: 16 (17.5, 19) cm

Actual circumference: 20 (21.5, 23) cm

Actual length (excluding cuff):

17.5 (20, 22) cm

Start crocheting

The body of the mitten is worked in
amigurumi style, in a spiral without
slipstitching or turning chains. Use marker
or waste yarn to keep track of the first
st of each rnd. The cuff is worked flat in
rows. Do not fasten off, work over unused
colour, changing to next colour for next st

in last yrh. Colour chart is read from right

to left. Each square represents one wst.

Remember to change to the colour of the

next rnd in the final yrh of the previous rnd.

Mitten (make 2)

Cuff

With MC, chain 10 (11, 12).

Row 1: Starting in 2nd ch from hook, sl st

across. Turn. 9 (10, 11) sts

Row 2: 1 ch, working in both loops, sl st

across. Turn.

Rep Row 2 until cuff measures 14 (15,

16) cm.

Fold cuff in half and sl st first and last

row together to join. Turn work inside

out, you will now work along the row

edges of the cuff.

Body

Rnd 1: With MC, 1 ch, 28 (30, 32) dc evenly

around the side of cuff, do not join.

Rnds 2-5: Wst around, working colour

changes according to chart.

Rnds 6 (6-8, 6-10): Wst around, working

colour changes according to chart.

Left Mitten Thumbhole

Rnd 7 (9, 11): With MC, 22 (23, 24) wst, 4

(5, 6) ch, miss 4 (5, 6) sts, 2 wst. 24 (25,

26) sts

Right Mitten Thumbhole

Rnd 7 (9, 11): With MC, 2 wst, 4 (5, 6) ch,

miss 4 (5, 6) sts, 22 (23, 24) wst. 24 (25,

26) sts

Hand

Next Rnd: Working colour changes

according to chart, wst across to ch-sp,

dc in back bump of each ch, wst to end.

28 (30, 32) sts

Cont in wst, changing colour according to

chart for 13 (15, 17) more rnds, ending with

a rep of colour chart Rnd 4.

Decrease Section

Rnd 1: With CC, wst around.

Rnd 2: With MC, 1 wst2tog, 10 (11, 12) wst,

2 wst2tog, 10 (11, 12) wst, 1 wst2tog.

24 (26, 28) sts

Rnd 3: *1 wst in MC, 1 wst in CC; rep from

* around.

Rnd 4: With MC, 1 wst2tog, 8 (9, 10) wst,

2 wst2tog, 8 (9, 10) wst, 1 wst2tog.

20 (22, 24) sts

Rnd 5: As Rnd 1.

Special abbreviations

Waistcoat st (wst): Insert hook into

centre of dc (between legs instead of

under top loops), yrh, pul, yrh, draw

through both loops on hook.

Waistcoat two together (wst2tog):

Work as for dc2tog inserting hook as

for waistcoat st.

Rnd 6: With MC, 1 wst2tog, 6 (7, 8) wst,

2 wst2tog, 6 (7, 8) wst, 1 wst2tog.

16 (18, 20) sts

Rnd 7: As Rnd 3.

Rnd 8: With MC, 1 wst2tog, 4 (5, 6) wst,

2 wst2tog, 4 (5, 6) wst, 1 wst2tog.

12 (14, 16) sts

Rnd 9: As Rnd 1.

Rnd 10: With MC, 1 wst2tog, 2 (3, 4) wst, 2

wst2tog, 2 (3, 4) wst, 1 wst2tog.

8 (10, 12) sts

Turn mitten inside out, fold rnd in half and sl

st across to join. Fasten off.

Thumb

Join MC in first st of thumbhole.

Rnd 1: 4 (5, 6) wst, pick up 1 dc at side,

4 (5, 6) dc in unworked lps of ch, pick up 1

dc at side. 10 (12, 14) sts

Rnds 2-9 (10, 11): Wst around.

Next Rnd: 1 wst2tog, 1 (2, 3) wst, 2 wst2tog,

1 (2, 3) wst, 1 wst2tog. 6 (8, 10) sts

Next Rnd: As Rnd 2.

Next Rnd: Wst2tog around. 3 (4, 5) sts

Fasten off. Weave yarn through tops of rem

sts and pull tight to close, sew to secure.

Weave in ends.

Chart

4

3

2

1

MC

CC

Rep

Keeping your

tension loose

when making the

waistcoat stitch

helps when finding

the ‘V’ in the

next rnd