Staff Mittens

When I made the pattern for the hat, I also thought about making a pattern for mittens to match. Here it is, hope you enjoy it!

You need: 100 gram Nepal from Drops, or any yarn with gauge 17 sts on 10 cm.

Needles: 5,5 mm/ US 9

Scrap yarn or safety pin

Cast on 28 sts and knit 2x2 rib for 15 rounds.

Knit one row and at the same time increase 4 sts. You now have 32 sts.

Knit next round like this:

Needle 1: K1, p1, k1, p1, k8, p1, k1, p1, k1.

Needle 2: K8

Needle 3: K8

This makes it easier to follow the pattern.

Next row:

P1, k1, p1, k1, k8, k1, p1, k1, p1, k16

The pattern is as follows: Seedstitch over 4 sts, cable over 8 sts, seedstitch over 4 sts, just like on the hat.

When you’ve knitted 4 rounds of the pattern it’s time to do the cabling:

Seedstitch over the 4 first sts, put 4 sts on a cableneedle and hold to the front, knit 4 sts and then the stitches from the cableneedle, and end with 4 sts of seedstitch.

Onwards you now knit 8 rounds of pattern between every cableround.

Remember the thumb!!!

When you have 13 rows of stockinette stitch from the rib inside the hand, you do like this:

Right hand: K2, slip 6 sts on scrap yarn or safety pin, cast on 6 sts and keep knitting.

Left hand: K8, slip 6 sts on scrap yarn or safety pin, cast on 6 sts and keep knitting.

When you’ve done 5 cablerounds, or as long as you like your mitten, you decrease like this:

Needle 1: K1, k2tog, knit to last 3 sts, ssk, k1.

Needle 2: K1, k2tog, knit to end

Needle 3: Knit to last 3 sts, ssk, k1.

Keep doing this until you have 8 sts left. Fasten off.

Thumb:

Pick up the sts from the scrap yarn or safety pin, pick up 1 stitch in each side and 6 sts at the back of the thumb – 14 sts in total.

Knit until the thumb is long enough, I knitted 13 rounds.

Then k2tog 7 times. Pull yarn through and fasten off.

Voila, you have one mitten and it’s time to make one more!!!

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These patterns are my design and is for non-commercial use only. However, you are free to make as many of them as you like for personal use.

The Staffhat!

I saw a hat looking like this one in a shop in Trondheim in Norway and wanted to make it! The one in the store contained only acrylic fibres, something I’m not too happy about! So then I had to make it myself. Here’s the pattern!

This is what you need:

100 grams of yarn. The gauge is not critical in this project since you knit the cable lengthwise and can try it around your head as you work. Even so, I would use yarn in aran thickness.

5,5 mm dpns or circular needles. Use what you prefer!

5 mm crochet hook for the top part of the hat.

This is what you do:

Cast on 20 sts and knit like this:

First row: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, K10, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1

Second row: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P10, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1

Repeat these two rows two times more.

Cable row: K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, slip 5 sts on a cableneedle in the front, K5, K sts from the cableneedle, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1.

Knit row 2, then row one and two 7 times, then cablerow again. Continue like this until the work is the right size for you. Bind off and sew it together. Fasten off all ends.

Now it’s time to do some crocheting!

Start every round with chain 3, this is the first doublecrochet stitch. Make about 65 dc’s in one round.

Work in the round until the hat is almost the sixe you want. The decreases is worked over 6 rounds, so take this into consideration of when you need to start.

Decreasing:

Dc into the next 3 sts, dec one dc. Repeat through round.

Dc in each sts. No decreases.

Dc into the next 2 sts, dec one dc. Repeat through round.

Dc into the next 1 sts, dec one dc. Repeat through round.

Dec one dc. Repeat through round.

Dec one dc. Repeat through round.

Now you sew tight the hole and fasten off.

This should be it!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

I would love to see the finished result!

These patterns are my design and is for non-commercial use only. However, you are free to make as many of them as you like for personal use.