Supplies & Tools
RED HEART® With Love®: 1 skein each 1704 Bubblegum for Girl’s OR 1601 Lettuce for Boy’s A; 1909 Holly Berry for Women’s OR 1814 True Blue for Men’s B.
Susan Bates® Double Pointed
Knitting Needles: 3.75mm [US 5] and 4.5mm [US 7]
Yarn needle, stitch markers, stitch holder
GAUGE:
18 sts = 4” [10 cm]; 28 rounds = 4” [10 cm] in Stockinette st with larger needles. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size needles to obtain the gauge.
Directions are for child size; changes for adult size are in parentheses
Finished Length: 8 (12)” [20 cm (30 cm)]
Hand Circumference: 6 (8)” [15 cm (20 cm)]
Special Abbreviation
M1 (make one stitch) = Lift running thread before next stitch onto left needle and knit into the back loop.
MITTENS (make 2)
Cuff
With smaller size needles and A (B), cast on 24 (36) sts, divided evenly on 3 doublepointed needles; join to work in the round, being careful stitches are not twisted.
Round 1: * K1, P1*; repeat from * around. Repeat Round 1 until 3 (4)” [8 cm (10 cm)] from beginning. Change to larger needles and begin working in Stockinette st. Work even until 3½ (5)” [9 cm (8 cm)] from beginning.
Thumb Gusset
Round 1: K11 (16), place marker, k1, M1, k1, place marker, k to end – 25 (37) sts. Round 2 and all even Rounds: Knit even.
Round 3: Knit to first marker, slip marker, M1, knit to next marker, M1, slip marker, knit to end – 27 (39) sts.
Repeat Rounds 2 and 3 until there are 31 (47) sts.
Next Round: K11 (16), place next 9 (13) sts on holder for thumb, cast on 2 sts, knit to end – 24 (36) sts. Work even until piece measures 6 (10)” [15 cm (25 cm)] from beginning.
Shape Mitten Top
Round 1 and all odd Rounds: Knit even
Round 2: [K4, K2tog] 4 (6) times – 20 (30) sts.
Round 4: [K3, K2tog] 4 (6) times – 16 (24) sts.
Round 6: [K2, K2tog] 4 (6) times – 12 (18) sts.
Round 7: [K1, K2tog] 4 (6) times – 8 (12) sts.
Round 8: [K2tog] 4 (6) times – 4 (6) sts. Cut yarn, leaving a 6” [15 cm] tail. Thread through remaining stitches, pull tightly to secure. Fasten off.
Thumb
Divide 9 (13) sts from holder onto 3 doublepointed needles. Join yarn and pick up and knit 1 st over cast-on sts, knit to end of round – 10 (14) sts. Work even in Stockinette st until thumb measures 1¾ (2¼)” [4 cm (5 cm].
Next Round: [K2tog] 5 (7) times – 5 (7) sts. Cut yarn, leaving a 6” (15 cm) tail. Thread through remaining stitches, pull tightly to secure. Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends. Lay mittens flat. Using color B (A) and yarn needle, begin at the midpoint of the tip of the hand of the mitten and using a backstitch (or preferred decorative stitch) stitch an increasing curve that swells to almost the wrist and terminates at the midpoint of the tip of the thumb. When fingertips and thumb tips are pressed together, a heart shape will appear over the pair of mittens. Weave in ends.
Abbreviations
A, B = color A, B;
K = knit;
mm = millimeters;
P = purl;
st(s) = stitch (es);
tog = together;
* = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified.