Knitted Along the Way, AKA Field Hockey Knits

I don't dare count how many miles we put on the MDX with trips to Boston, Delaware (Vs. UNC), Colgate (Hamilton), Bucknell (Lewisburg), Lafayette (Easton x 7), American U (DC), and Ohio University (Athens).

Another way to measure the time was with the pairs of mittens knit along the way.

Confetti Fingerless Mittens, inspired by Fetching

These are knit flat and then seamed. There are three cable twists (CT) near the wrist and three more near the fingers.

The yarn combinations are a basic (Patons Merino Wool or Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted) and a fingering/sock (Koigu KPPPM or Claudia Handpainted Fingering Yarn).

Gauge: 4 to 4.25 sts per inch.

Needles: size 6 or 7, 16-in circular (handy to knit flat) and double points.

Notions: stitch markers, stitch holders, blunt needle

Cable Cast On 33 with cable cast on (counts as row 1)

Row 2 ( Wrong side row):

P6 K1 P4 K1 P4 K1 P4 K1 P4 K1 P6

This establishes the ribbing pattern.

Rows 3&4 in pattern
Row 5 begin cable twist

Cable twist (CT): knit into second stitch on left needle, then without removing, knit into first stitch on left needle. Slide to right needle.

Knit 3 CT in stitches 4 and 5, P1, then in each group of four knits:
k1 CT K1

Then in last group of six: K1 CT K3

Continue next three rows in non-cable pattern.

On the next right side row follow CT pattern again.

Continue in this established pattern until three Cable Twist rows are completed.

Follow in pattern with wrong side row.

On right side place markers before and after the center 5 stitches.

Continue in pattern to the first marker, move marker to right needle, Make 1 stitch. Continue in pattern. Before the next marker Make 1, move marker, continue.

Continue to make increases on right side rows until there are 15 stitches between the markers.

On next right side row, place center 9 sts on a holder.

In pattern knit to stitch holder. Increase one stitch, knit across gap knit 1 increase 1, and continue across.

Follow in pattern with wrong side row.

Establish CT pattern again and continue until 3 Cable Twist rows are complete finishing with wrong side row.

On RS row, bind off.

Thumb:

Move thumb stitches from holder onto double pointed needles. Join yarn on open side, pick up two sts. Continue across thumb, pick up two sts and work in the round for 4-5 rows until length desired. Bind off.

Finishing: Neatly fasten off thumb yarn, Seam the mitten. Repeat with second mitten!


(c) Luanne O'Loughlin, 2011

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A Championship Season

A year has passed since the last posting, but what a year it has been. The talented girls, last seen in blazing hot pink, returned this fall to capture the Patriot League title. Photos from Boston, Colgate (Hamilton), snowy Easton, and the Championship at American University in Washington DC.