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.

Felted slippers

After beeing asked for the pattern a few times, I've finally written it up! If you find any mistakes I'd like to know =)

This is what you need:
Any type of yarn that felts. I've used Fritidsgarn, a bulky yarn. You'll need 100 grams for an european size 37.
This pattern is easy to convert to different sizes and yarns, you just add more stitches if you use thinner yarn.
Crochet hook size 6 mm/ J

Crochet terms:
Ch - Chain
Sc - Single Crochet
Slst - Slip stitch
Sts - stitch


Directions:

The slipper is worked in continuous spirals

Ch 2 - sc 5 in the first ch
2 sc in each sts
2 sc in first, 1 sc in the next - 15 sts
2 sc in first, 1 sc in the next 2 - 20 sts
2 sc in first, 1 sc in the next 3 - 25 sts
2 sc in first, 1 sc in the next 4 - 30 sts
2 sc in first, 1 sc in the next 5 - 35 sts
Sc in each sts around for the next 11 rounds - 35 sts and end with a slst. Ch 1 and turn, sc in each of the next 28 sts, turn. Continue like this until til slipper is nearly as big as you want it. Remember that the slipper shrinks a lot when felted!
On the next four rounds you do like this:
Sc in each of the next 13 sts, slst in each of the next 4, then sc in each of the next 13 sts.
This is to make a more round heel. If you like you can make more of these rounds.
Cut the yarn, but leave enough to sew the heel together.
Make one more!

Now its time for the felting. I use a normal program, 40 degrees celsius. Each washingmachine is different, so you just have to find ehat suits you.

I've done many different types of decoration, only the imagination sets the limits =)

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.

Tiny Selbumittens

A friend of mine wanted some tiny selbumittens, and I actually wanted to try to make them. They turned out to be really cute and I thougt maybe some other would like to make them as well!


This is what you need:
5 dpns in size 2,0 mm.
A little amount of left over yarn in two colors
A safety pin or some scrap yarn to hold the thumbstitches

Directions:
Cast on 28 stitches and work 2x2 rib for 8 rounds. Next round, knit all stitches and increase 4 stitches evenly.
Now knit the chart. On the right mitten you put the stitches marked yellow on a safety pin or scrap yarn and on the left mitten you put the stitches marked with green.

Thumb:
Put the stitches you set aside earlier onto a needle and pick up 5 stitches at the back of the thumb. Knit 7 rounds. On the 8th round knit 2 together 5 times. Pull yarn through the 5 remaining stitches and fasten off.

If you want to knit the mittens without thumb, simply knit the chart and skip the thumb or make de front two times.

If you make these I'd 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.

MirreVirre's hat and cowl

This is a simple but nice set of hat and cowl, perfect for those cold days we have in wintertime in Norway =)

You need:
4,5 mm/ size 7 needles, both 40 cm/ 16 inch circular and dpns.
250 grams of yarn. I used the Peruvian Highland Wool from Filcolana. However, the amount of yarn depends on how big you want both the hat and cowl.

The gauge of my yarn was 18 sts on 10 cm, but the gauge isn't critical for the outcome. You simply add or subtract repeats of the pattern to get the size you want.

Pattern notes:

CO - cast on
k - knit
p - purl
ktbl - knit through back loop
k2tog - knit 2 together
k2tog tbl - knit 2 together through the back loop
rnd - round

Directions:

Hat:

CO 88 sts and knit 8 rnd of k2 p2.
Increase 20 sts on the next round, 108 sts in total.

Pattern:
K1tbl, k5 - continue through round
K1tbl, p5 - continue through round

Keep working in this pattern until you have 22 ridges or the size you want.

Start the decreases like this:

K1tbl, k2, k2tog, k1 - repeat through round. 90 sts left.
Keep in pattern for 5 rounds, but keep in mind that there's 4 sts between the k1tbl's.

K1tbl, k1, k2tog, k1 - repeat through round. 72 sts left
Keep in pattern for 5 rounds, but keep in mind that there's 3 sts between the k1tbl's.

K1tbl, k2tog, k1 - repeat through round. 54 sts left.
Keep in pattern for 5 rounds, but keep in mind that there's 2 sts between the k1tbl's.

K1tbl, k2tog - repeat through round. 36 sts left.
K1tbl, p1, - repeat through round.
K2tog tbl - 18 sts left.
K1tbl - repeat through round.
K2tog tbl - repeat through round. 9 sts left.

Pull the yarn through the remaining sts and fasten off.


Cowl:

CO 96 sts and knit pattern as for hat until you have the size you want. Bind off loosely to get a loose edge so you can det it over your head =) A tip is to use a larger needle when you bind off.

Now you're all done! I would like to see your finished results!

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.