Wrought Mitts

Wrought iron gates, windows, screens, and stair railings can be incredibly detailed in examples of California Revival architecture. I wanted to play with the ways ironwork scrolls and twists across vertical ribs in these pieces. Twisted and twisted travelling stitches were the perfect way to translate this to knitting.

These mitts were the first of the Wrought patterns, and their motif the guideline for all the others. I love the curls and curves you can obtain with the traveling stitches.

ONE SIZE
6.5" / 16.5 cm palm circumference, unstretched. Easily stretches to fit 8" / 20.5 cm palm circumference.

YARN
Stricken Smitten BFL & Silk Fingering, 45% silk/55% Bluefaced Leicester wool, 430 yds / 100 g, 1 skein.

Shown in Braeburn.

NEEDLES
US 1 / 2.25 mm or size to obtain gauge.

GAUGE
36 sts and 52 rounds = 4" / 10 cm in stockinette stitch

NOTIONS
yarn needle
waste yarn
3 stitch markers
cable needle if you use one.

SKILLS
charts
twisted stitches
cabling
knitting in the round