Happ — Léttlopi Mittens with Buttons Knitting Pattern
Mittens with a long tapered cuff and four buttons each · Léttlopi · one colour, black · woman’s size
Pattern only: the English PDF, emailed to you right after purchase. Yarn is not included.
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- Lopi 28, no. 17 — Védís Jónsdóttir
- One size · woman’s
Happ — luck. Védís Jónsdóttir’s mittens from Ístex’s Lopi 28, knitted in the round in black Léttlopi: a long cuff that tapers to the wrist, a wrist ribbed on one half of the round, and four buttons sewn in a line on each mitten as decoration. One colour, one woman’s size. Black (0059) is still made.
What you get
- The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
- One size, a woman’s size
- Right and left mitten written out, with the thumb placed on scrap yarn
- Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the black kit
Yarn used in the pattern (not included)
Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size — for the pair
A 0059 black — 2
Size
One size, given in the pattern as a woman’s size. No finished measurements are given; the hand is 36 stitches around at its widest — about 20 cm at the pattern’s gauge (our calculation).
Gauge
18 sts × 24 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 4.5 mm needles.
Needles
4 mm (US 6) double-pointed needles for the edge rib
4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the rest
You will also need
8 buttons, 4 for each mitten, and stitch markers — both in the pattern’s list; the pattern gives no button size. Also a short length of scrap yarn in another colour for the thumb, which the list leaves out.
How it is knitted
Knitted in the round on four double-pointed needles. 44 stitches are cast on with 4 mm needles for 5 rounds of K1, P1 rib; then, on 4.5 mm, the long cuff is knitted in stocking stitch and tapered with four decrease rounds, 10 rounds apart, from 44 to 28 stitches. At the wrist, half the round is ribbed and half knitted for 5 rounds — needles 3 and 4 are ribbed on the right mitten, needles 1 and 2 on the left. The hand is increased twice, to 36 stitches, and 6 stitches are knitted with scrap yarn for the thumb (on needle 3 for the right mitten, needle 2 for the left). The hand goes on for 14 rounds, is decreased to 32 and knitted 13 rounds, or to the length you want, before the top is shaped with paired decreases. The thumb is picked up around the scrap yarn, 13 stitches, and knitted 15 rounds before its top. Last, the buttons are sewn on, four in a line on each mitten, as in the photo.
Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 28 (no. 17), Ístex.
More info — download, yarn & help
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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Why you'll love it
- Long tapered cuff44 stitches at the edge, decreased four times to 28 at the wrist — roughly 24–25 cm of cuff (our calculation).
- Buttons as decorationFour in a line on each mitten, sewn on at the end — there are no buttonholes to knit.
- Half-ribbed wristFive rounds with rib on one half of the round and plain knitting on the other, mirrored for the left and right mitten.
- Thumb on scrap yarnSix stitches are knitted with scrap yarn and picked up later, so there is no thumb gusset to shape.
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