Scrappy Stripes - knitting pattern

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Scrappy Stripes are fingerless mittens that are knit starting from the thumb. The garter stitch hand is worked around the thumb, forming a striped square. When it reaches the desired width, the square is folded and its two sides are joined on the bind off row.

The mittens are a perfect way to use small amounts of yarn left over from other projects: I used tiny balls of Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply and Tarte I collected after several projects.

Sizes

1 (2, 3)

Finished hand circumference: 14.5, (16, 17.5) cm/5.75 (6.5, 7) in. 

Finished length: 20.5 (22, 23.5) cm/8.25 (8.75, 9.5) in. 

Shown in size 2 with 1.5 cm/0.5 in of negative ease. To be worn with slight negative ease.

Yarn

Small amounts of fingering weight yarn - you can use yarn left over from other projects.

My size 2 sample was knit with the following yarns: 

For stripes in contrast colours (CC), Miss Babs 

Yummy 2-Ply (100% Superwash Merino Wool): 

Stripe 1−CC1: Caribbean Flamingo: 7 m/8 yds 

Stripe 2−CC2: Ergosphere: 8 m/9 yds 

Stripe 3−CC3: Dahlia: 9 m/10 yds 

Stripe 4−CC4: Spicy Papaya: 10 m/11 yds 

Stripe 5−CC5: Ugli: 11 m/12 yds 

Stripe 6−CC6: Sunny: 12 m/13 yds 

Stripe 7−CC7: Iantha: 13 m/14.5 yds 

Stripe 8−CC8: Hyperbole: 14 m/15.5 yds 

Stripe 9−CC9: Blue Poppy: 15 m/16.5 yds

For background colours (BC), Miss Babs Tarte (75% Superwash Merino Wool, 15% Nylon, 10% Tencel): 

Thumb and ribbing−BC1: Pewter: 100 m/110 yds 

Background stripes−BC2: Quicksilver: 120 m/130 yds

For size 1, use CC1 to CC8 only; for size 3, add 16 m/18 yds in another colour (CC10).

If you want to use the same variegated yarn for all CC stripes, instead of making each stripe in a different colour, you will need a total of approx. 95 (100, 110) m/105 (110, 120) yds of CC yarn.

Gauge (blocked) 

Garter stitch: 25 sts and 50 rnds = 10 cm/4 in, 

with larger needle(s). 

1x1 rib stitch: 26 sts and 38 rnds = 10 cm/4 in, 

with smaller needle(s), slightly stretched.

Needles and Notions

3.5 mm/US 4 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences, or size to obtain garter stitch gauge (larger needles) 

3.25 mm/US 3 needle(s) in preferred style for knitting small circumferences, or size to obtain 1x1 rib gauge (smaller needles) 

1 stitch marker 

Tapestry needle 

Waste yarn

Skills Needed

Long tail cast-on, knit, purl, picking up sts, increases, German short rows.