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Lover of knitting, embroidery, crochet, sewing, afternoon tea, fashion, music and film from the 1920's to the 1940's, vintage This is a pattern for fingerless mittens, knitted in the round on a circular knitting needle using the  magic loop method.  2x Rowan Kidsilk Haze (25g each) in contrasting colours (knit with each colour held double) 3.5mm circular needle Set of 4 3.4mm double pointed needles for the thumb Divide each ball of Kidsilk Haze into two equal ba*ls. These mitts are knitted with the yarn held double in st*ipes of two rows. Cast on 50 stitches and using magic loop divide the yarn into two halves of 25 stitches. Join and.. Row 1: K1P1 rib in the round for 7 rows in colour A (I used the darker colour for the ribbing at the top, bottom and thumb) Row 8 & 9: Knit 2 rows in the round in colour B Row 10 & 11: Knit 2 rows in the round in colour A Continue in st*ipes until you've knitted 21 st*ipes Row 52: Change to colour B, Knit around Row 53: K10, Knit into the front and back of the next stitch (KFB), K3, KFB, K35 (colour B) Row 54: Change to colour A, Knit around Row 55: K10, KFB, K5, KFB, K35 (colour A) Row 56: Change to colour B, Knit around Row 57: K10, KFB, K7, KFB, K35 (colour B) Row 58: change to colour A, K10, slip 11 stitches onto waste yarn, knit to the end of the row Continue to knit in st*ipes for desired length for fingers Ribbed top edge: K1P1 rib for 5 rows. Pick up the stitches on the waste yarn over two double pointed needles, and with the yarn (I used the same colour as the ribbing) pick up an additional 3 stitches across the top of the thumb with the third double pointed needle. Join in the round and knit for 7 rows in Copyright KnittingPony. For personal use only. Please do not sell any wrist warmers you make from this pattern, or distribute or sell this pattern. Please contact me for any other information or for any errata submissions. I made this owl for a friend's baby. Here he is before he fluttered off to the new nursery: