The tuque

Size

Women

Level

Intermediate Beginner

Notions required

Cast on your stitches, knit stitch, purl stitch, knit in the circular

Material

• 1 skein of Haiku (60% Kid Mohair, 40% Silk; 25g/300m)
• 1 skein of Boréale (84% merino wool, 16% shimmery nylon; 115 g/385 m)
• 1 circular needle 3.5 mm in 40cm circumference
• 1 circular needle 4.5mm in 40cm circumference
• 1 set of 4.5mm double tips
• 1 yarn needle
• 1 marker ring

Sample

19 sts x 28 rows for 10cm by 10cm with 4.5mm needles in circular stockinette stitch.

Check sample and adjust needle number if necessary.

Final measures

• Unstretched circumference = 44 cm
• Total height = 23 cm

Abbreviations

meDstitch knit2 Tog2 stitches knitted togethermmitch

Achievements

With 3.5 mm needles, cast on 84 stitches, place a marker ring and join in the round. Work the edge in garter stitch as follows:

row 1: Right side up

row 2: all upside down

Repeat rows 1 and 2 for 5 cm, ending with row 2. Continue with 4.5 mm needles in stockinette st until the total height is 17 cm (border included) or 15 cm for a more fitted version. Then start the decreases for the top of the head as follows:

row 1: * 12 sts, 2 Tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 78 sts

row 3: * 11 sts, 2 Tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 72 sts

row 5: * 10 sts, 2 Tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 66 sts

row 7: * 9 sts, 2 Tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 60 sts

row 9: * 8 sts, 2 Tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 54 sts

row 11: * 7 sts, 2 tog * 6 times. Knit one row = 48 sts

row 13: * 6 meds, 2 tog * 6 times

(From now on, dec are done on all rows!) = 42 sts

row 14: * 5 meD, 2 Tog * 6 times. = 36m

row 15: * 4 meds, 2 tog * 6 times. = 30m

row 16: * 3 sts, 2 tog * 6 times. = 24m

row 17: * 2 meds, 2 tog * 6 times. = 18m

row 18: * 1 mD, 2 Tog * 6 times. = 12m

Thread the yarn through the remaining 12 stitches and tighten. Tuck in all the wires.

The mittens

Size

Women

Notions required

cast on your stitches, knit stitch, purl stitch, knit in the circular

Material

• 40g of the Boréale + Haïku mix
• double pointed needles 3.5 mm and 4 mm
• a yarn needle
• 2 reference rings

Sample

20 stitches x 28 rows for 10cm by 10cm with 4mm needles in circular jersey

Check sample and adjust needle number if necessary.

Final measures

• hand circumference = 19 cm
• mitten height = 17 cm
• unstretched width = 7.5 cm

Realization

With 3.5 mm double pointed needles, cast on 32 stitches very loosely. Join in the round taking care not to twist the stitches. Knit the border as follows:

row 1: Right side up.

row 2: Everything upside down.

Repeat rows 1 and 2 until the total height measures 5 cm, ending with row 2. Continue with 4 mm needles and knit 3 rows all in place.

Then begin the formation of the gusset as follows:

row 1: Knit 16 stitches, place a marker ring, make an intermediate increase, place a second marker ring and finish the round = 1 stitch between the 2 marker rings.

row 2: right side up.

row 3: Knit up to the first index ring, slip it, knit an intermediate increase, knit until the second index ring, make an intermediate increase, slip the second ring and finish the round = 3 stitches between the 2 index rings.

rg 4 and 5: All right side up.

Repeat rows 3 to 5 until there are 13 stitches between the 2 marker rings. Knit a row after the last increase. Then, knit 16 stitches, remove the first ring and slip an auxiliary thread with a yarn needle through the 13 stitches of the gusset, remove the second ring, and finish knitting the round. The 13 stitches of the gusset are thus put on hold to form the thumb later.

Continue on the 32 stitches from the hand in knit rows for 3 cm from the end of the gusset. Then knit the edge as follows:

row 1: Everything upside down.

row 2: Right side up.

thumb training

Join the yarn at the base of the gusset and replace the 13 stitches on 3 double pointed needles. Knit a round and pick up 2 stitches at the end of the round, between the gusset and the hand = 15 stitches.

Knit 2 cm from the base of the thumb then 1 purl row, 1 purl row, 1 purl row and cast off the 15 stitches very loosely.

Tuck in all the threads and knit a second similar mitten.