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 Warm Snuggly mittens By Marla Caneer Copyright 2004 Please make a pair for a teen or adult on Pine Ridge Reservation (see below) Materials: Directions are for Teen's or Small Ladies' size with directions for Large Ladies' or Men's size in Parenthesis. Mittens are made one half at a time, then crocheted together. Cuff is added after both halves are crocheted together. G Crochet hook About 3(4)oz WW yarn PALM: Chain 22(28) Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 20(25) chains. 3sc in end ch, working down other side of chain into free loops, Sc in next 21(26) ch. Ch 1 and turn. Row 2: Sc in next 21(26) Sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 21(26) Sc. Ch 1, turn. Row 3: Sc in next 23(28) sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 22(27) sc. ch 1, turn. Row 4: Sc in next 25(30) sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 23(28) sc. Ch 1, turn. Row 5: Sc in next 27(32) sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 24(29) sc. If Ending with row 5, Do NOT chain 1. If continuing with row 6, chain 1 and turn. If you need a wider mitten, you may add an optional row 6 and/or 7. In either case, whether you end with row 5, 6 or 7, do NOT chain 1 at the end of the last row!! Row 6: Sc in next 25(30) sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 26(31) sc. If ending with row 6, do NOT chain 1 at the end. If continuing with row 7, ch 1 and turn. Row 7: Sc in next 26(31) sc, 3 sc in end sc, sc in next 27(32) sc. Do NOT chain 1 and DO NOT finish off. THUMB: Turn and slip stitch up first 7(9) stitches up the side of palm. Chain 6(9). Sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 4(7) chains. Join to palm w/slip st. Slip st. in next st. on palm, ch 1 and turn, Sc in next sc and next 4(7) sc. 3 sc in end sc. Sc in remaining 5(8) sc. Join to palm w/ slip st. Slip stitch in next stitch on palm. Ch. 1, turn. Sc in first 5(8)sc on thumb, 3 sc in end sc, sc in last 5(8)sc. Join to palm with a slip stitch and finish off. Make another half and join outer edges together using a slip stitch. CUFF Row 1: Slip St. in next st. after joining and half double crochet in each stitch around to where mitten halves are joined together, work a single crochet decrease in the joining stitch and next stitch, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around to first joining stitch, work sc decrease again, join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Turn. Rows 2-3: Hdc in each stitch around. Row 4: Hdc in each stitch to seam, work single crochet decrease over next two stitches, hdc across to next seam, work single crochet decrease again. join with a slip stitch. Fasten off at end of row. Turn mittens inside out to hide the joining seam. See how easy that was?? Now make another!! There are lots of ways you can help the people of Pine Ridge where there is a huge poverty level due to no jobs available for hundreds of miles, and temps hit -30 below zero in the winter. Many die from exposure in the winter, live in substandard overcrowded (15-20 people to a small house or trailer)housing often with broken or missing doors or windows, dirt floors, no furniture including beds, refrigerators and stoves, no electricity and no plumbing or running water. The average yearly income is around $6,000 for Pine Ridge while the average yearly income for the rest of the US is around $21,000.... now why is that when we live in the richest country in the world and a community in SD exists like a third world country?? Please visit today and see how you can help these people help themselves. My Own Patterns Marla's Crochet Room |
