Description: This pattern makes very soft and cozy all alpaca mittens, it is designed to be made from the Tradesman yarn in sport weight. The color-work is a recreation of the very famous Senator Bernie Sanders mittens, worn at the 2021 Biden/Harris Inauguration. The photo of Senator Sanders in his tad bit oversized really warm looking brown mittens went absolutely viral. The original mittens were hand made from a sweater that had been felted and then cut & sewn like fabric. This pattern adapts the visual from those mittens into a crochet design.
About the Designer: Kathleen Lopez of Craicpot Wool Works is a mother of two, incredible chef and a talented fiber artist. She has been doing crochet most of her life and when she added in knitting, she literally became bi-lingual. Currently she leads a MD based 4-H Fiber Arts group and teaches everything from knitting, crochet, felting, weaving, basket making, fiber craft and more. She has a number of published designs here and on Ravelry.
Skill Level: Intermediate. The difficulty is not from the kind of stitches, mainly chain. Rather from the concept that this is a color-work project, and you will need to be able to change colors and carry colors. Some shaping is also required in increases and decreases.
Materials:
4 colors of Tradesman yarn, Sport weight, 330 yards in 4 ounce skeins.
Suggested colors: Dark Brown (Pony, Stag or Spaniel); Medium brown (Hobbit, Broomstick, Thatch); A light brown or Tan (Shell or Parchment); White (Snow or Linen).
Tapestry Needle
Size H Crochet Hook
Special Note: Proceeds to go to the Maryland Food Bank from initial date of publish 2/18 for one month until 3/18.
