59th Street Bridge Mittens

In Patterns, Socks, Sport weight yarn, Toe Up by Shannon

“Slow down, you move too fast…”

These mittens are the perfect knitterly companion to the 59th Street Bridge Socks. Sized for pretty much everyone you know, you’ll be feelin’ particulary groovy as you knit up a gaggle of them.

Materials

  • Finished Measurements: Circumference at palm: 4.75 (5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5)“. Length of mitten, from cuff to tip: 5.75 (7.25, 8, 8.75, 9, 9.5, 10, 11)”, or sized to fit hand.
  • Yarn: Approximately 60 (80, 100, 130, 165, 215, 285, 355) yards total sport-weight yarn. I used a tightly-plied superwash merino Sport weight yarn.
  • Needles: US5/3.75mm needle for small-circumference knitting, or size needed to get gauge.
  • Notions: stitch markers, tapestry needle.
  • Gauge: 25 sts and 39 rounds = 4” (10cm) over stockinette stitch, measured after blocking. 30 sts = 4” (10cm) over pattern stitch measured after blocking.