An easy, elegant mitt with a moon phases motif centered down the front of the arm.
The mittens are knitted from side to side in one piece, in either yarn held together or DK weight yarn.
The moon’s phases colorwork is easy to work, and the three-needle bind-off gives a seamless comfort.
SIZING
Sizes: Small Child (Older Child, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, Adult X-Large).
To fit hand circumference: 5 (6, 6.75, 7.25, 8, 9) inches / 12.5 (15, 17, 18.5, 20.5, 22.8) cm.
Finished garment hand measurements: 4.9 (5.6, 6.3, 7, 7.7, 8.5) inches / 12.5 (14.2, 16, 17.8, 19.6, 21.5) cm.
NEEDLES
Needles: US 4 / 3.5 mm dpns or 32 inch / 80 cm circular needle for magic loop method.
YARN
I used: Lace+Light Fingering = DK (11 wpi)
Yarn: weight 3 (DK, Light Worsted)
Yardage: MC: 61 (87, 114, 120, 127, 141) yards / 56 (80, 105, 110, 117, 129) meters
CC: 2.1 (2.1, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3, 4.3) yards / 2 (2, 4, 4, 4, 4) meters
CONSTRUCTION
Moonlight and Stardust Fingerless Gloves are worked from side to side in one piece, starting with a provisional cast-on, with a thumb-hole in the side (instruction for knitting a thumb too!). If you prefer to skip the provisional cast on, you can use your favorite cast-on and bind-off method and sew the edges together with mattress stitch.
The moon phases motif is centered in the front of the mitten.
Test knitting roundup
Diem Nguyen
โข Size: Adult large
โข Yardage: MC Onion knit no 4-wool 129 m/141 yards – CC nettles and Pickles extra fine merino 5 m /6 yards
โข Follow on Instagram: @tellmewhydm
Annasara Jarnstrรถm
โข Size: Adult medium
โข Yardage: MC Drops Sky, 26g – CC Silk/mohair leftovers and Rauma Finull leftovers held double, 4g
โข Follow on Instagram: @skogfrun
Sally Howe
โข Size: Adult XL
โข Yardage: MC Plucky sweater DK 180.9 yards, CC Brooklyn tweed Peerie 25.3 yards
โข Follow on Instagram: @Style260
Juliana Trevisan
โข Size: Adult Medium
โข Yardage: weight 3 (light worsted) and 3mm flat needle, CC 3,5 meters – MC 100 meters
โข Follow on Instagram: @trevisarte
Amber Osterholt
โข Size: Adult Medium
โข Yardage: MC: Knit picks Swish DK in rainforest heather 60 g – 150 yards, CC: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport 6 g – 16 yards
โข Follow on Instagram: @willnotgrowup
Wendy Monterosso
โข Size: Adult Medium
โข Yardage: Lionbrand Mandala, colorway Harpy – 100 yards MC and 22 yards CC
โข Follow on Instagram: @wendyz_wips
Eden Oxley
โข Size: Adult small
โข Yardage: Yarn bee highlights in black and ivory – 110 yards mc, 4ish cc
โข Follow on Instagram: @edenxgrace
Roselyne Caron
โข Size: Adult small
โข Yardage: Drops Lima and Drops alpaca silk held double with a mystery pink single ply fingering yarn. Drops Lima (mc): 40g/87 yds, Alpaca brushed silk (cc) 1g/6yds – Mystery pink yarn (cc): 2g/8yds approximately (but it should be more 6yds as it was held double with the brushed alpaca silk)
โข Follow on Instagram: @MorriganeRouge
Alin Rauchberger
โข Size: Adult small
โข Yardage: Lana colours sock 100gr/400m 80m in mc, 8m in cc
โข Follow on Instagram: @Am4luna
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