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When I signed up for the Package Pals craft swap over at the C.R.A.F.T. blog, I initially thought I would knit a hat or something small for whoever I was paired up with. That was until I learned that I was paired up with a fellow Hello Kitty fanatic! No plain old knitted hat would do for such a unique individual, so I scoured Ravelry until I finally saw this pattern for adult Hello Kitty gloves and knew immediately that it was “the one.”
And now, without further ado, I present the Hello Kitty Mitts!!
These Hello Kitty gloves were super easy to knit – they don’t have a thumb or fingers so as long as you know how to knit in the round and can do basic increases for the thumb gusset, these will be a piece of cake. I love that they are sized for adults! (We love Hello Kitty too!) I made the medium size here – the small size would probably fit an older child.
The pattern has you do a ribbing parts on a smaller needle, but I didn’t have any so I did it all in main needle size and it worked out just fine. As usual, here are my project notes:
Worsted Weight Yarn – I used some random old acrylic that my aunt gifted me for the gloves … plus bits of pink, black, and yellow yarn for the face and bow.
If you don’t have any yarn laying around the house, I love Caron Simply Soft for the gloves. Mine only used 78 yards so you can make a few pairs from one ball.
If you need little bits and bobs of the pink, yellow, and black yarns, I recommend buying a pack of mini balls like Caron Little Crafties, Lion Brand BonBons, or Knit Picks Brava Minis so you’ll always have lots of colors on hand. (Note that the Little Crafties and BonBons are lighter-weight yarn, the Brava Minis are worsted, which is why they are a little more expensive – but any weight is fine for this project).
pattern: “Hello Kitty Mitts” by Jo Ryan, available free on Ravelry at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hello-kitty-mitts
size: medium
finished measurements: circumference at cuffs is 6”, length of mitt is also 6”
gauge: 20 st x 28 rows over 4”
needles: size 8 dpns
yarn used: about 78 yards
time span: this was a quick two-day project… about five episodes of Buffy, October 6-7, 2012
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Jamie Dorobek | 30th Oct 12
I'm so impressed with your crafty, personalized gift 🙂 I know she'll love it !! Thanks for participating in PP!
Pepper | 30th Oct 12
Thank you so much, Jamie!
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