Short-Wave Mitts

These gloves are knitted in two parts - first the "thumb part" is knitted upwards, then stitches are picked up from the side and the rest of the glove is made - it is sewn to the thumb piece with a kitchener stitch. The „wavy“ pattern is achieved by short rows – contrasted with two full garter stitch rows.



Materials

• ~25g of fingering weight yarn in main colour (MC)
• ~20g of fingering weight yarn in contrast colour (CC)
• scrap yarn or stitch holder
• 4 dpns 3mm
• 2 dpns 2.5mm
• tapestry needle

Part 1 – Thumb part

With 3 mm needles CO11 in MC

Row 1 (normal row): sl1 (purlwise) knit to end
Knit row 1 a total of 45 times
Row 46 (increase row): sl1 (purlwise) kfb knit to the last two stitches kfb k
Rows 47 - 53 = Row 1
Row 54 = Row 46 (increase row)
Rows 55 – 63 = Row 1
Rows 64 = Row 46 (increase row)
Rows 65 – Row 69 = Row 1 (you have now 17 sts on your needles)
Row 70: sl1 (purlwise) k6 pm k3 pm k7
Row 71 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 84: sl1 k to marker, kfb, k to one sts before marker, kfb, k to end
Row 72 and all even-numbered rows till Row 83: sl1 knit to end
Row 85: sl1 (purlwise) k to marker, put sts between markers on scrap yarn, remove markers, CO2 (using backward loop CO) and k to end
Rows 86 – 89 = Row 1
Row 90 (decrease row): sl1 k2tog, k to the last 3 sts, ssk, k
Rows 91 – 94 = Row 1
Row 95 = Row 90 (decrease row)
Rows 96 – 98 = Row 1
Bind off all stitches in Row 99 EXCEPT THE LAST STITCH. DO NOT CUT YARN.

Part 2

Put last sts on 2.5 mm needle. Pick up 49 sts from side inserting your needle into the front part of the slipped stitch of each row from back to front without using your working yarn – you have now 50 sts on your needle.

Start knitting at the last stitch of the thumb part.

Row 1 (MC): sl1 k4 pm (called m1) k10 pm (called m2) k10 pm (called m3) k10 pm (called m4) k10 pm (called p5) k to end
Row 2 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 3 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 4 (CC): sl1 k to m4 w+t
Row 5 (CC): k to end
Row 6 and all even-numbered rows till Row 14 (CC): sl1 k to 2 sts before gap w+t
Row 7 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 15 (CC): k to end
Row 16 (CC): sl1 k to end

Rows 17 + 18 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 19 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 20 (CC): sl1 k to m3 w+t
Row 21 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 31 (CC): k10 w+t
Row 22 and all even-numbered rows till Row 30 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 32 (CC) k to end

Rows 33 + 34 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 35 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 36 (CC): sl1 k to m2 w+t
Row 37 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 47(CC): k10 w+t
Row 38 and all even-numbered rows till Row 46 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 48 (CC) k to end

Rows 49 + 50 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 51 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 52 (CC): sl1 k to m1 w+t
Row 53 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 63 (CC): k10 w+t
Row 54 and all even-numbered rows till Row 62 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 64 (CC) k to end

Rows 65 + 66 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 67 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 68 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 69 (CC): sl1 k to m1 w+t
Row 70 and all even-numbered rows till Row 80 (CC): k to end
Row 71 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 71 (CC): sl1 k to gap k2 w+t

Rows 81+ 82 (MC): sl1 k to end


Row 83 (CC): sl1 k to m2 w+t
Row 84 (CC): k to end
Row 85 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 93 (CC): sl1 k to 2 sts before gap w+t
Row 86 and all even-numbered rows till Row 94 (CC): k to end
Rows 95 + 96 (CC): sl1 k to end

Rows 97 + 98 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 99 (CC): sl1 k to m3 w+t
Row 100 and all even-numbered rows till Row 110 (CC): k10 w+t
Row 101 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 109 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 111 (CC): k to end
Row 112 (CC): sl1 k to end

Rows 113 + 114 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 115 (CC): sl1 k to m4 w+t
Row 116 and all even-numbered rows till Row 126 (CC): k10 w+t
Row 117 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 125 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 127 (CC): k to end
Row 128 (CC): sl1 k to end

Rows 129 + 130 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 131 (CC): sl1 k to m5 w+t
Row 132 and all even-numbered rows till Row 142 (CC): k10 w+t
Row 133 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 141 (CC): k8 w+t
Row 143 (CC): k to end
Row 144 (CC): sl1 k to end

Rows 145 + 146 (MC): sl1 k to end

Row 147 (CC): sl1 k to end
Row 148 (CC): sl1 k to m5 w+t
Row 149 and all odd-numbered rows till Row 159 (CC): k to end
Row 150 and all even-numbered rows till Row 158 (CC): sl1 k to gap k2 w+t
Row 160 (CC): sl1 k to end

Row 161 (MC): sl1 k to end removing markers

Pick up 50 stitches from the other side of the thumb part inserting your needle into the front part of the slipped stitch of each row without using new yarn. Turn work to wrong side and start grafting the ends together.

Set-up stitch: front: purl leave; back: purl leave
Following stitches: front: knit slip – purl leave; back: knit slip – purl leave

Thumb

Put the 17 thumb stitches on two 3mm needles and pick up 5 sts from above thumb gusset without using new yarn.
Row 1 (MC): k till last sts, p2tog
Row 2 (MC): p15 p2tog p4
Row 3 + 5 (MC): k
Row 4 + 6 (MC): p
Row 7 (MC): bind off in knit stitch

Weave in ends.