The Augusta Mitts are bursting with texture and detail. Side-by-side ribbing forms a stretchy cuff, while wrist-defining welts are created by special, double-back loop stitches. The mitts are topped off with a picot pattern reminiscent of turret tops from a fairytale castle tucked in the mountains.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Size: 6” unstretched circumference to fit to 7” wrist circumference x 8” long
Gauge: 18 sts and 16 rows = 4” [10 cm] in linen st after steam blocking.
Materials
Yarn: Knit Picks Hawthorne Sport Multi (80% Superwash Fine Highland Wool, 20% Polyamide (Nylon); 258 yards [236 meters]/100 grams): Alameda, 1 ball
Hook: US size H/8 (5.00 mm)
Notions: Scissors; tapestry needle.
Abbreviations
P – picot
Special Stitches
double back loop – Insert hook in back loop of current row and unworked back loop of previous row.
picot – ch 3, sl st in back loop of 3rd ch from hook.
V-st – (sc, ch 1, sc) in st indicated.
Pattern Notes
In this pattern, the turning chains do not count as stitches.
Pattern
Left Mitt
Cuff Ribbing
Ch 8.
Row 1: Turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each st across. (7 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, sc in back loop of each st across.
Rows 3-22: Rep Row 2, 20 times.
Row 23: Turn, fold the short ends of the rectangle together and sc in both layers across
to join.
Mitt Body
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in each row end around, sl st to first st to join. (22 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 3: Ch 2, turn, dc in back loop of each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, turn, sc in double back loop of each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnds 5-6: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnds 7-8: Rep Rnds 3-4.
Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in first st, (ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) around, ch 1, sk last st, sl st to first
st to join.
Rnd 10: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 4 times, V-st in next ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 6
times, sl st into turning ch to join.
Rnd 11: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V-st,
(ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 6 times, ch 1, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 12: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V-st, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 7 times, sl st into turning ch to join.
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V-st,
(ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 7 times, ch 1, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 14: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 14 times, sc in next ch-sp, sl st into turning ch to
join.
Rnd 15: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 14 times, ch 1, sl st to first st
to join.
Rnds 16-22: Rep Rnds 14-15, 3 times, then Rnd 14 once more.
Rnd 23: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 5 times, ch 5, sk next 5 sts, (sc in
next ch-sp, ch 1) 7 times, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 24: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 5 times, (sc in next ch, ch 1, sk next st) 3 times, (sc
in next ch-sp, ch 1) 6 times, sc in next ch-sp, sl st into turning ch to join.
Rnds 25-26: Rep Rnd 15, then Rnd 14.
Rnd 27: Ch 1, sl st in first st, (hdc in next ch-sp, sl st in next st) 14 times, hdc in next ch
sp, sl st in first st to join.
Rnd 28: Ch 1, turn, (sl st in next hdc, hdc in next sl st) around, sl st in first st to join.
Rnds 29-31: Rep Rnd 28, 3 times.
Rnd 32: Ch 1, sc in first st, (ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) 14 times, ch 1, sl st in first st to
join.
Rnd 33: Ch 1, sc in next ch-sp, (P, sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 7 times, P,
sl st into turning ch to join.
Fasten off.
Right Mitt
Cuff Ribbing
Work same as Left Mitt.
Mitt Body
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in each row end around, sl st to first st to join. (22 sts)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 3: Ch 2, turn, dc in back loop of each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, turn, sc in double back loop of each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnds 5-6: Ch 1, sc in each st around, sl st to first st to join.
Rnds 7-8: Rep Rnds 3-4.
Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc in first st, (ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) around, ch 1, sk last st, sl st to first
st to join.
Rnd 10: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 10 times, V-st in next ch-sp, sl st into turning ch to
join.
Rnd 11: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V-st,
ch 1, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 12: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V, ch 1, sc in next ch
sp, sl st into turning ch to join.
Rnd 13: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) around to V-st, V-st in ch-sp of V-st,
ch 1, sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 14: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 14 times, sc in next ch-sp, sl st into turning ch to
join.
Rnd 15: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 14 times, ch 1, sl st to first st
to join.
Rnds 16-22: Rep Rnds 14-15, 3 times, then Rnd 14 once more.
Rnd 23: Ch 1, sc in turning ch-sp, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 11 times, ch 5, sk 5 sts, sc in
next ch-sp, ch 1, sl st to first st to join.
Rnd 24: Ch 2, (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 11 times, (sc in next ch, ch 1, sk next st) 3 times, sc
in next ch-sp, sl st into turning ch to join.
Rnds 25-26: Rep Rnd 15, then Rnd 14.
Rnd 27: Ch 1, sl st in first st, (hdc in next ch-sp, sl st in next st) 14 times, hdc in next ch
sp, sl st in first st to join.
Rnd 28: Ch 1, turn, (sl st in next hdc, hdc in next sl st) around, sl st in first st to join.
Rnds 29-31: Rep Rnd 28, 3 times.
Rnd 32: Ch 1, sc in first st, (ch 1, sk next st, sc in next st) 14 times, ch 1, sl st in first st to
join.
Rnd 33: Ch 1, sc in next ch-sp, (P, sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 7 times, P,
sl st into turning ch to join.
Fasten off.
Finishing
Weave in all ends.
You should have a total of 22 stitches (the ch 1 spaces count as a stitch). After row 9 you have 11 sc in the odd numbered stitches and 11 ch 1 spaces over the even numbered stitches of the previous row.
Help! At the end of row 9 how many stitches should I have??