The Hermione Mitt Pattern
HERMIONE'S GRAVEYARD MITTS
Materials
Double Pointed Needles (dpn) or circular needles 1 SIZE SMALLER THAN YARN GAUGE (This keeps the pattern tight)
Markers
Stitch holder (I just used a cable needle...the divot was perfect)
Scrap Yarn in the following colors:
Red
Cream
Blue
Purple
Orange
Yellow
Lilac
Pink
Green
PLEASE NOTE: The color to be worked in for each row is the color the directions are in using the key above and written in for help!
Before you begin please read:
This piece is made inside out. Therefore, when you make your colour changes, please make sure you tie your pieces on the outside...which will become the inside.
MAKE TWO:
In Red:
Cast on 48 sts and distribute evenly over dpn (circular needles may be used, but I don't have a mastery of them, so I do it on dpns)
Row 1-4 : K1, P1 around
*Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 5-7: Knit around
Change Yarn to Blue:
Row 8-9: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 10: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Purple:
Row 11-12: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 13: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Orange:
Row 14: Knit Around
Row 15: k2tog, K to last two sts, k2tog
Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 16: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Yellow:
Row 17-18: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 19: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Lilac:
Row 20-21: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 22: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Pink:
Row 23-24: Knit Around
**Change Yarn to Cream:
Row 25-27: Knit Around
Change Yarn to Green:
Row 28: k2tog, K to last two sts, k2tog
Change Yarn to Red:
Row 29-31: Knit Around
Repeat from * to **
THUMB SHAPING
In Cream:
Row 51: K21, place marker (pm), k into front and back of next 2 sts, pm, K21 (46 sts).
Row 52: Knit around, slipping markers
Row 53: K to marker, slip marker, knit into front and back of next st, k2, knit into front and back of next st, slip marker, finish round. (48 sts)
Change to Green:
Row 54: Knit around, slipping markers
Change to Red:
Row 55: K to marker, slip marker, knit into front and back of next st, k4, knit into front and back of next st, slip marker, finish round. (50 sts)
Row 56: Knit around, slipping markers
Row 57: K to marker, slip marker, knit into front and back of next st, k6, knit into front and back of next st, slip marker, finish round. (52sts)
Change to Cream:
Row 58: Knit around, slipping markers
Row 59: K to marker, slip marker, knit into front and back of next st, k8, knit into front and back of next st, slip marker, finish round. (54 sts)
Row 60: Knit around, slipping markers
Change to Blue:
Row 61: K to marker, slip marker, knit into front and back of next st, k10, knit into front and back of next st, slip marker, finish round. (56 sts)
Row 62: Knit around, slipping markers
Change to Cream:
Row 63: Knit to marker, remove marker and slip 14 sts onto holder, remove marker, finish round.
Work in colour pattern, casting off using the repeat of row 25 (the cream row after the pink band).
Move thumb sts off holder and onto dpns. Knit around in colour pattern, binding off thumb on cream row after orange band.
I found that I had to retie some of my colour changes once I was finished because they were loose, causing a hole up the "seam." It shouldn't be hard if you tie your colour changes in square knots. Being in two different colours, they will be easy to take apart and retie.
Turn final product inside out. This gives us the "machine knit" look without all the hassle of constant (even more constant) colour change.
This pattern was a modification of a mitt pattern I found so many years ago, it doesn't appear to be on the internet anymore so I can't even give credit to the original source material...