Helena Heart Mitts
By: April Garwood from Banana Moon Studio
Helena Heart Mitts
"Helena Heart Mitts are a basic single crochet fingerless mitt that makes an excellent canvas for surface crochet. I've finished mine with a surface crochet heart. It could also be used with colorwork, embroidery, or cross stitch of your own design. The instructions include 3 children’s sizes and 4 adult sizes! Finished hand circumferences: 5 ½ 6, 6 ½ 7 7 ½, 8, 9 ¼ inches Total finished length including cuff and hand: 7 ¼ 8 ¼, 8 ¾ 9 ½ 10, 11, 12 inches."
Crochet HookI/9 or 5.5 mm hook
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Crochet Gauge15 sts x 17 rows = About 4 inches in single crochet
Finished SizeHand circumference 5 1/2 [6, 6 1/2, 7, 7 1/2, 8, 9 1/4] inches
Materials List
- 1 skein Ancient Arts Yarn Lascaux Worsted color Heart
- Small amount worsted weight in white
- Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook, or size needed to match gauge
- 2 locking stitch markers
- Tapestry needle