{"id":1510,"date":"2021-01-09T23:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T23:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2021-09-01T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T21:01:00","slug":"knit-moiras-alpaca-mittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/knit-moiras-alpaca-mittens\/","title":{"rendered":"knit – Moira’s Alpaca Mittens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This new pattern for 2021 is a modified version of my Potluck Wool Mittenettes<\/a>. It’s meant for a 5.5 sts per inch worsted weight, which is a bit lighter than a standard worsted yarn. Call them mittens, mittenettes, fingerless gloves, or alpaca warmies; whatever you call them, they are a perfect weekend knit, about 4 hours per hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"fingerless<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"palm
closeup of thumb increases<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"closeup<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Instead of 1×1 ribbing at the fingers to finish off the glove, I use a double stockinette stitch. This type of stitch won’t curl and has a nice thickness to it for the end of a mitten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"fingerless<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The yarn I used is Purgatory Falls 3-ply worsted. It’s 80% alpaca and 20% blue face leicester, which is a soft and springy yarn. This yarn is hard to find, so choose any worsted that knits up at 5.5 sts per inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"free<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What I love most about these fingerless gloves is the way the thumb is shaped! The increases at the thumb create a nice look on the palm of the hand and a straight up stockinette on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"fingerless
Left glove is the Small size, right glove is Medium.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)
You’ll need worsted yarn, US 5 dpns and US 7 dpns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
download Moira’s Alpaca Mitten free pattern<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new pattern for 2021 is a modified version of my Potluck Wool Mittenettes. It’s meant for a 5.5 sts per inch worsted weight, which is a bit lighter than a standard worsted yarn. Call them mittens, mittenettes, fingerless gloves, or alpaca warmies; whatever you call them, they are a perfect weekend knit, about 4 hours per hand. Instead of 1×1 ribbing at the fingers to finish off the glove, I use a double stockinette stitch. This type of stitch won’t curl and has a nice thickness to it for the end of a mitten. The yarn I used is Purgatory Falls 3-ply worsted. It’s 80% alpaca and 20% blue face leicester, which is a soft and springy yarn. This yarn is hard to find, so choose any worsted that knits up at 5.5 sts per inch. What I love most about these fingerless gloves is the way the thumb is shaped! The increases at the thumb create a nice look on the palm of the hand and a straight up stockinette on the back. Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)You’ll need worsted yarn, US 5 dpns and US 7 dpns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,2],"tags":[26,64,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1567,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions\/1567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midnightknitter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}