Swedish Fingerless Mitts... a countrywool pattern

With both colors, # 3 needles and using 2 color long tail, cast on 42, (49, 56) stitches. Join. Place marker.

Work a BRAIDED EDGE as follows:
Round 1: *k1 mc, k1, cc* repeat around
Round 2: bring yarns to front, mc on mc, and cc on cc, STRAND YARN
OVER TOP OF PREVIOUS COLOR AS YOU WORK: *p1 mc, p1 cc* repeat around
Round 3: : bring yarns to front, mc on mc, and cc on cc, STRAND YARN
UNDER PREVIOUS COLOR AS YOU WORK: *p1 mc, p1 cc* repeat around. Drop cc.

With # 4 needles, work in MC until mitt measures 1” from cast on
edge. With #5 needles, work Swedish Stitch Chart rounds 1-6,
repeating until mitt measures 3.5” from cast on edge.

With # 4 needles again, work in chart pattern, repeating until mitt
measures 5.5”.

Thumb Opening:
Round 1:
k1 mc, bind off 5 IN COLOR PATTERN (it helps to strand unused color
behind EACH stitch over bind off), work to end of round in pattern.
Round 2: k1 mc, cast on (with cable cast on) 5 sts IN PATTERN, work to
end of round.

Swedish Stitch Chart


read stitches from right bottom corner
across to left
read rounds from bottom to top
= main color (mc) traditionally black
= contrasting color (cc) traditionally red

When stranding yarn past more than 3 sts, strand behind every third stitch.

Work in PATTERN until mitt measures 7” from cast on edge. Drop cc.
With #3 needles work 3/4” more in mc. Next round:*k8, k 2tog* around.
Work in *k1, p1* ribbing for 3 rounds.
Bind off loosely in PURL.

Make 2nd Mitt.