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Knitting pattern · colourwork mitts & ear warmer · PDF · beta
Hortulus
A little garden to wear: fingerless mitts with a beetle whose whole body is a lilac flower, and an ear warmer tied in a bow under the chin, with a rabbit sitting over each ear. Both are knitted in two-colour stranded colourwork and share a border of lilac florets.
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Beta pattern. Every chart and stitch count has been checked in software, but no sample has been made up yet. The tested version will be free for everyone who buys the beta.
- Skill level
- Intermediate: two colours in every round, a thumb gusset, grafting
- Sizes
- Mitts S, M, L, 17.8 / 20 / 22.2 cm around · ear warmer one size, adjustable length (size table)
- Yarn
- Woolly fingering, about 200 m per 50 g, in two colours: 2 balls of the main colour and 1 of the contrast for the whole set
- Needles
- 2.25 mm for small circumferences
- Gauge
- 36 sts × 40 rounds = 10 cm in stranded colourwork, after blocking
- Files
- 2 PDFs, 15 pages each · English and Polish
About this pattern
Hortulus is Latin for "little garden". It is the title of a poem written around 840 by Walahfrid, a monk on the island of Reichenau, about the plants of his monastery garden.
The mitts are knitted in the round from a two-colour rib, with a thumb gusset on the palm side. The beetle sits on the back of the hand and tiny florets cover the palm. The pattern has you try the cuff on before the colourwork and the mitt before the top rib.
The ear warmer is a flat tube, so it is double and the floats stay hidden inside. You knit two halves from the i-cord ties up, set the length over the head so the rabbits sit over your ears, and graft the halves together at the top.
What's inside
- 2 PDFs, in English and in Polish, each with the mitts and the ear warmer (15 pages)
- 8 colour charts: the beetle, the palm, the thumb gusset, the border, both rabbits, the back of the ear warmer and the top of the head
- Dots on the charts that show where to catch every long float
- Step-by-step instructions with try-on points for the cuff and the mitt, and a length guide for the ear warmer
- Grafting the ear warmer in the round, step by step, with a diagram
- Sizes, schematics and a yarn estimate
- The round-by-round companion: every round of your size highlighted on the chart and spelled out colour by colour, in English or Polish (unlock code inside the PDF)
Sizes
Choose the mitts by comparing your hand with the mitt circumference: colourwork hardly stretches, so the mitt is close to the size of your hand, and the pattern has you try it on as you go. The ear warmer is one size, about 10 cm wide over the ears and 15 cm on top; its length can be set from 48.5 to 57.5 cm so the rabbits sit over your ears. It takes about 190 m of the main colour and 85 m of the contrast.
| S | M | L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand around the knuckles | 17–18.5 cm | 19–20.5 cm | 21–22.5 cm |
| Mitt circumference | 17.8 cm | 20 cm | 22.2 cm |
| Mitt length | about 16.5 cm | about 16.5 cm | about 16.5 cm |
| Stitches around | 64 | 72 | 80 |
| Yarn, main / contrast | 105 / 55 m | 115 / 60 m | 130 / 70 m |
Questions
What does beta mean?
Hortulus has been checked stitch by stitch in software (every chart, every stitch count, every increase and the length of every float), but no sample has been knitted yet. Knit the swatch and try the cuff and the mitt on as you go. If anything doesn't add up, write to [email protected]. When the tested version is ready, Payhip sends it to you for free.
Is there help while I knit?
Yes. The row-by-row companion shows every round of your size on the chart and spells it out colour by colour, in English or Polish. You unlock it with the code printed in the PDF.
Is this a finished set?
No. This is a digital PDF pattern for you to knit yourself. Nothing is posted to you.
How do I get the pattern?
Right after payment you can download the PDFs, and Payhip also emails you a download link. The email comes from Payhip, so check your spam folder if you don't see it.
Can I get a refund?
The pattern is delivered instantly, so the right of withdrawal ends once the download is available. If a file is faulty or doesn't match its description, we will send a corrected file or refund you. See the terms of sale.
Can I sell what I make?
Yes, you can sell mitts and ear warmers you knit by hand from this pattern. Please don't share or resell the PDF itself.
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