María — Crocheted Cap, Mittens & Fingerless Mitts Pattern

María is Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir’s set of three from Ístex’s Lopi 30: a cap, mittens and fingerless mittens in stone blue Léttlopi. Each piece starts with a narrow band of garter stitch, knitted to fit round the head or the wrist; the rest is crocheted onto the band in a spiral. The cap and the mittens are trimmed with thin knitted cords in navy blue, sewn on in spirals. Ladies’ size; both colours are still made by Ístex.

What you get

• The knit-and-crochet pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Three pieces — a cap, mittens and fingerless mittens
• Ladies’ size, fitted as you knit the bands
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the María kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · ladies’ size
A 9418 stone blue (cap 2, mittens 2, fingerless mittens 1) — 5
B 9420 navy blue (decoration) — 1

Size
Ladies’ size. The cap band is knitted to go round the head, about 40 cm, and each mitten band to go round the wrist, about 16 cm, so you can fit them as you go.

Gauge
The pattern gives no gauge: the bands are knitted to fit, and the cap and mittens are then crocheted onto them.

Needles
4.5 mm (US 7) crochet hook — the cap, the mittens and the fingerless mittens are crocheted with it
5 mm double-pointed needles for the garter-stitch bands, and 4 mm for the cords

You will also need
A stitch marker for the start of the round and a tapestry needle for closing the tops and sewing on the cords.

How it is made
Each piece starts with a knitted band: 10 stitches of garter stitch on 5 mm, about 40 cm for the cap and 16 cm for each mitten, joined into a ring by knitting the cast-on edge together with the last row. The rest is crocheted with the 4.5 mm hook in a spiral from one edge of the band: two rounds of single crochet, then double crochet — 6 rounds on the cap, 5 on the mittens — decreased and drawn together at the top. The mittens have a thumb hole of 4 chains, about 8 more rounds to cover the little finger, and a thumb of 5 rounds crocheted into the hole. The fingerless mittens follow the mittens to just past the thumb hole, then, in the pattern’s words, “Dc5 rnds together” and finish with a half double crochet, a single crochet and a slip stitch; they have no thumb. The navy cords are 3 stitches knitted on 4 mm without turning — two for the cap, 20 and 30 cm, and one of 30 cm for each mitten — sewn on in spirals.

Design: Guðný María Höskuldsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 30 (no. 9), 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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