FREE KNIT PATTERN PREEMIE AND NEWBORN MITTENS

FREE KNIT PATTERN PREEMIE AND NEWBORN MITTENS

Free pattern for charitable purposes and personal use only.

Please do not sell garments knit from it.

Pattern and photos are by Michele Morrissette Lupien, 2012.

All rights reserved. 
seatrailgrandmas@gmail.com

( 4 - 7 lbs.)

Material

3 ply Baby Soft Acrylic Yarn

Straight Needles #5

1 darning needle

Cast On:

20 stitches

Ribs:

Knit 1 stitch, Purl 1 stitch for 2”
Increase:  *Knit 4, Make 1* around = 25 stitches
(Make 1:  One increase worked by lifting horizontal thread lying between needles and placing it onto left needle. Work this new stitch through the back loop.)
Purl 1 row
Work in stockinette (Knit 1 row, Purl 1 row) until total length is 4”
Decrease:
Next row Knit 3 stitches, Knit 2 stitches together
Next row Purl 2 stitches, Purl 2 stitches together
Next row knit 2 stitches together = 5 stitches
Finishing:
Cut yarn (keeping a 12” tail).
Draw tail onto the 5 stitches.
Hand sew the sides mitten.
*** You can use double pointed needles for omit the seam. ***
5/13/13