Faradrim £3.75

Hunter

Keep hands warm in the Echuir season, these mitts are fingerless to allow the use of hands for archery, sword-fighting or knitting.

The slip-stitch pattern is perfect for showing off multi-coloured yarns and the modified sewn bind-off keeps them snug around the fingers.

Faradrim is part of An Elven Reckoning - a year of knits from the last homely house book

Sizes:

Designed to be worn with 2.5 cm (1 in) of negative ease, measured around the palm of the hand without the thumb

To fit hand circumference:

18 (20.5, 23) cm

7 (8, 9) in

Finished length:

Long version - 37 cm / 14.5 in

Short version - 20 cm / 7.5 in

Yarn:

4 ply weight yarn.

Shown in

Long mitten - Misti Alpaca Handpainted Sock yarn: 50% alpaca, 30% merino wool, 10% silk, 10% nylon, 400 m (437 yds) in 100g, colour way 16

Short mitten - Knitting Goddess 4ply Britsock: 60% wool, 20% nylon & 20% alpaca, 400m (437 yds) in 100g, colour way Fairytale

Long version - 330 (380, 440) m / 360 (415, 480) yds

Short version - 200 (235, 270) m / 220 (255, 295) yds

Needles & Notions:

 2.5mm (US 1.5) DPNs

2 stitch markers

Stitch holder or waste yarn

Tapestry needle

Gauge:

 40 sts and 64 rows in 10 cm x 10 cm (4 in x 4 in) measured over Slip stitch pattern

Skills required:

Knit and purl stitches

Casting on and off

Increases

Knitting in the round

Pattern information:

Originally published September 2015.

Current version: Faradrim_v1.0.pdf

PDF file size: 1.7MB

Blog post with more information can be found here

Technical Editor: Gwen Wagner-Adair

Model: Ellen-Scarlett Ryan and Suzi T

Photography: Christine Patterson

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