{"product_id":"handtak-colourwork-mittens-knitting-pattern","title":"Handtak — Colourwork Mittens Knitting Pattern","description":"\u003cp\u003eHandtak — handshake. Védís Jónsdóttir’s women’s mittens from Ístex’s Lopi 29, knitted in the round in Léttlopi from a black ribbed cuff: narrow stranded bands of crosses, zigzags and dots in nine colours, rising to a solid top and thumb tip, with a thumb gusset and a thumb knitted from its own small chart. Both mittens are the same. The pattern has two colour versions in one size: black-red — mustard, lagoon, heaven blue, violet, pink, orange and spring green with a crimson top — and black-moss — ash, murky, mustard, frostbite, rust, stone blue and light beige with a moor top. It prints no amounts; it says “use leftovers”. Mustard (9264), in both versions, and orange (1410), in the black-red, are no longer made; every other colour in the pattern still is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo colour versions — black-red and black-moss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne women’s size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharts for the hand and the thumb, with a colour key for both versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYarn and needles are not included. The kits have this pattern and all the yarn: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/handtak-black-red-colourwork-mittens-knitting-kit\"\u003ethe black-red kit\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/handtak-black-moss-colourwork-mittens-knitting-kit\"\u003ethe black-moss kit\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYarn used in the pattern\u003c\/strong\u003e (not included)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack-red: Léttlopi — 50 g balls\u003c\/strong\u003e · one size, women’s — the pattern prints no amounts; it says “use leftovers”\u003cbr\u003e\nA 0059 black — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nB 9264 mustard — no amount printed · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the black-red kit uses 1703 mimosa, the same golden hue as the mustard in the photo but brighter and cleaner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nC 9423 lagoon — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nD 1402 heaven blue — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nE 1414 violet — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nF 9434 crimson — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nG 1412 pink — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nH 1410 orange — no amount printed · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the black-red kit uses 1704 apricot, the same warm hue as the orange in the photo but a little deeper and more ginger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nI 1406 spring green — no amount printed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack-moss: Léttlopi — 50 g balls\u003c\/strong\u003e · one size, women’s — the pattern prints no amounts; it says “use leftovers”\u003cbr\u003e\nA 0059 black — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nB 0054 ash — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nC 1420 murky — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nD 9264 mustard — no amount printed · \u003cem\u003eno longer made — the black-moss kit uses 1703 mimosa, close to the golden mustard in the photo, a little brighter and more yellow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nE 1417 frostbite — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nF 1416 moor — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nG 9427 rust — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nH 9418 stone blue — no amount printed\u003cbr\u003e\nI 0086 light beige — no amount printed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne size — women’s. The pattern gives no measurements. By our calculation the hand is about 22 cm (8¾″) round and the mitten about 24 cm (9½″) long, including 5 cm of rib at the wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGauge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNeedles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.5 mm (US 4) double-pointed needles for the rib\u003cbr\u003e4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the hand and the thumb\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou will also need\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA little scrap yarn to hold the thumb stitches, and a tapestry needle for drawing the tops together and weaving in the ends — neither is in the pattern’s list, which names only the needles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is knitted\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach mitten is knitted in the round on double-pointed needles. 36 stitches are cast on in black (A) and knitted in K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm for 5 cm; on 4.5 mm the hand is increased to 40 stitches and knitted from a 46-round chart of narrow stranded bands — crosses, zigzags and dots. At the side of the hand a thumb gusset is increased 2 stitches every other round, 8 times, to 56 stitches; the 16 thumb stitches go onto scrap yarn and the hand goes on to a solid top in colour F — crimson for black-red, moor for black-moss — decreased 4 stitches a round down to 8 (see the FAQ) and drawn together. The thumb is picked up last — the 16 stitches plus 2 from the hand, 18 in all — knitted from its own 17-round chart and decreased to 6. The two mittens are the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesign: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 29 (no. 20), Ístex.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ístex","offers":[{"title":"English","offer_id":67601276141621,"sku":"PAT-EN-HANDTAK","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1662\/1057\/files\/lopi29-handtak-cover-1_9331ffe8-252d-4a03-8db9-ed9704699183.jpg?v=1791001760","url":"https:\/\/icelandicstore.is\/products\/handtak-colourwork-mittens-knitting-pattern","provider":"The Icelandic Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}