Supplies for the third project

The third project is a cabled mitten. The requirements are that it must fit your hand and have a cable - even if it's just crossed once. You will need about 220 yards of any yarn of your choice and needles that fit the size of your yarn. You can use either two circular needles or a set of double pointed needles.

Here are the general directions (I'll help you fill this in as we go along):

Take the following measurements:
Circumference of wrist ___________
Desired length of cuff ____________
Circumference of hand at widest part (not including thumb) ____________
may want to add an inch or so to this measurement – mittens should be loose fitting
Distance from wrist to top of web of thumb _____________
Circumference of thumb __________
may want to add ½ inch or so to this measurement to get loose fit
Distance from wrist to pinky tip ___________
Distance from wrist to tip of longest finger _____________
Distance from thumb web to middle of thumb nail and to tip __________ & _________

You need to knit swatches for ribbing for wrist, cabling for back of hand, and plain for palm

When you have measurements and gauge you can start mitten filling in numbers to fit you:

First cut a 12" strand of yarn to save for the thumb gusset.

Wrist:
Cast-on ______ stitches and work ribbing for _______ inches.

Hand:
Increase to _____ stitches on next round.
Work three rounds using your design for palm and back of hand.
Begin increasing for thumb gusset on next round (normal gore)
For right mitten – increase at beginning of row
For left mitten – increase at end of row
First increase row: Knit1, PlaceMarker, Make1, K1, M1, PM
Follow each increase row with a plain row of knitting
Following increase rows: Make1 after 1st marker and M1 before last marker
(on each row you are making two new stitches between markers and knitting the stitches already there)
When thumb gusset is desired number of stitches, work straight to _________ inches.
I like for thumb gusset to be an even number of stitches to make decreasing neater.
At end of thumb gusset, put thumb stitches on extra strand of yarn.
Cast on 1 stitch using e or backward loop or single method cast-on.
Continue knitting palm and back of hand until knitting reaches just above the tip of your pinky.
Start decreasing here: K1, SSK, knit until 3 stitches left on row, K2tog
can decrease every row or every other row depending on how long you want mitten
for my stubby fingers I decrease every row – try it on as you go
Work decrease rows until you have about 10-12 stitches left for to desired length to finger tip.
Cut yarn leaving enough to weave through remaining stitches, pull tight and fasten.

Thumb:
Put thumb stitches back on needles.
Knit across thumb and pick up one stitch from mitten body.
Continue knitting until thumb reaches middle of your thumb nail
Start decreasing here using 3 point decrease:
Total number of stitches minus 2 = X
First round = KnitX, K2tog
Second round = Knit X-1, K2tog
Decrease until you have 6-8 stitches or desired length to thumb tip, then end as for hand.