Bjalla — Children’s Brioche-Cuff Mittens Knitting Pattern

Bjalla — bell. Children’s mittens from Ístex’s Lopi 27 — the pattern credits the design to “Rebekka/Baldrún” — with a long brioche cuff that flares out at the top, edged in garnet red, above a snug ribbed wrist and a plain hand. One colour version, lilac with a garnet red edge, for ages 2, 4 and 6, with the same amount of yarn in every size. The lilac (1413), the main colour, is no longer made; garnet red (1409) still is.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years
• A right and a left mitten, with the thumb on opposite sides
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Bjalla kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · to fit 2 (4 6) years
A 1409 garnet red — 1 (1 1)
B 1413 lilac — 2 (2 2) · no longer made — the kit uses 1702 milkyway, a paler lavender, so the mittens look lighter than in the photo

Sizes
Three children’s sizes, to fit 2, 4 and 6 years. The pattern gives no gauge and no measurements: the cuff is cast on with 32, 32 or 34 stitches, and the hand has 22, 24 or 28 stitches.

Gauge
The pattern gives no gauge. The cuff and the hand are knitted on 4 mm needles, the wrist rib on 3.5 mm.

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles for the wrist rib
4 mm (US 6) double-pointed needles for the cuff, the hand and the thumb — the cuff is knitted back and forth on them

You will also need
A little scrap yarn for the thumb, and a tapestry needle to sew the cuff and weave in the ends — the pattern’s list has only the yarn and the needles.

How it is knitted
The cuff is knitted flat, back and forth on 4 mm double-pointed needles, in brioche stitch — a deep, soft rib made with yarn-overs and slipped stitches: 32 (32, 34) stitches are cast on in garnet red and worked for 4 rows, then 16 rows in lilac (rows as the pattern counts them — see the questions below). It is then joined into a round on 3.5 mm needles, decreased to 22 (24, 28) stitches, and knitted in 4 rounds of K1, P1 rib for the wrist. The hand is plain stocking stitch on 4 mm, with the thumb stitches knitted onto scrap yarn — on opposite sides for the right and the left mitten. The top is shaped with paired decreases at both sides, every other round twice and then every round, down to 4 stitches; the thumb is picked up with 9 (10, 11) stitches and knitted last. Finally the open edges of the cuff are sewn together from the right side.

Design: Rebekka/Baldrún — pattern from Lopi No. 27 (no. 16), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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