Knit Bath Mitts

Here's the pattern for the Knitted Bath Mitts I did for some easy yet useful holiday gifts:

Materials:

Cotton or Hemp worsted weight yarn (one ball of ecohemp will give you two bath mitts)

size 11 double pointed needles, or a nice long circular for doing magic loop one stitch marker

size F (or close to it) crochet hook

tapestry needle

Gauge:

not important for this project

Techniques Used:

Knit in the round

Purl in the round

increase (any method)

k2tog

k3tog

crochet chain

crochet slip st (sl st)

Pattern Instructions:

Cuff:

Cast on 30 sts LOOSELY using the long tail cast on method.

Place Marker at beginning of round (slip the ring through the stitch, easier!)

Divide evenly onto dpns or the two needles of your magic loop set-up.

Join to work in the round.
Knit 2 Purl 1 around, using the extra tail of your cast on WITH your working yarn until it is used up. This will give more heft to the cast on edge as well as save the step of weaving in the tail.

Repeat ribbing round for 2 inches.

Mitt:

Begin working in stockinette, increasing one stitch on each dpn (or 3 sts evenly around if using magic loop method). 33 sts

Knit 6 more rounds evenly in stockinette
Purl one round.

Knit 5 rounds stockinette.
Purl one round.

Knit 4 rounds stockinette.

Purl one round.

Knit 3 rounds stockinette.

Purl one round.

Knit 2 rounds stockinette.

Purl one round.

Knit one round.

Purl one round.

Because guage wasn't measured, now is the time to try on your mitt. If the ribbing is sitting comfortably around your wrist, and the body of the mitt reaches the ends of your fingertips or further, you are ready to decrease. If the body of the mitt seems short (remember it will shrink!!!!), knit and purl more rounds in an alternating pattern that pleases you.

Decrease rounds:

K2tog around to last 3 sts. K3tog. 16 sts remain.

k2tog around. 8 sts remain.

Using crochet hook, draw working yarn through remaining sts, drawing up a loop. Crochet a chain 6-7 inches long using that loop as your starting point. Bring the last chain back down to the top of your mitt and sl st to the mitt, forming a hanger for your mitt. You may wish to sl st a few more sts to secure the hanging loop.

Weave in end(s).

Done!