(_Courtesy of Columbia Yarns_)
1½ Hanks of Columbia Spanish Yarn
4 Steel Needles No. 12
Cast on 51 stitches, 18 on each of 2 needles, 15 on the 3d, knit 2, purl
2, for 3½ inches for the wrist; then knit plain for 1 inch, or 9 times
around. Shift the stitches so that you have 17 on each needle and begin
the thumb where the end of your yarn should start. Knit 1, increase as
follows (insert the needle in the stitch, make a stitch in back of same
stitch and make another stitch, now slip the stitch off the needle, this
gives you 2 stitches in 1).
Knit plain until you come to last 2 stitches. On 3d needle, increase 1
and knit last one then knit round once, widening 1 stitch each side,
until 24 stitches added for the thumb being careful always to make an
extra stitch in the one you last made. When you have 24 stitches, knit
one round until you come to where the thumb stitches begin; tie the 24
stitches on a string to hold until the finger part is done. Cast on 10
stitches on the needle where the yarn is, and knit once around. On the
next round narrow one stitch at the beginning and end of the 10
stitches; do this for 5 rounds till you have again 17 stitches on each
needle. The object of the 10 extra stitches is to form a gore. Knit
plain for 3½ inches, begin to narrow, knit 2 together at beginning and
end of each needle for 1 round. Knit a round plain, then a narrowing
round, so on alternately until 2 stitches are remaining on each needle,
break off your yarn. Leave the end long enough to thread a needle and
draw through 6 stitches and fasten securely on wrong side. Now take the
24 stitches of the thumb and the 10 of the gore and put 18 stitches on
one needle (10 of the gore and 4 on each side of it) and 8 on each of
the other 2 needles. Knit 1 round plain. Then for each succeeding round,
till the gore is gone, narrow 1 stitch at the beginning and end of the
10. Knit plain around for 1¾ inches and narrow as in the finger part.
Make other mitten to correspond.