Home should be our safe place, where we can take refuge from the world. During this strange time we are in, it has laid heavy on my heart that some don’t have a safe place to call home. A Safe Place Mittens
are a worsted to heavy worsted weight mitten knit in three colours of 100% wool. Sizing and Measurements
Women’s Small-Medium:
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, 55 yards in each colour.
Adjust the gauge and yarn to make a Women’s Medium-Large:
Custom Woolen Mills Mule Spinner 2 Ply, 53 meters of each colour. A Safe Place Beanie
is a heavy worsted weight hat knit in three colours of 100% wool (Custom Woolen Mills Mule Spinner 2 Ply), 35 metres of Colour A, 35 metres of Colour B and 88 metres of Colour C. Sizing and Measurements
One size: Adult Medium, fits 56 cm/22 inch head circumference
These patterns use some intermediate techniques, like two stranded colourwork, knitting in the round and a stretchy cast on. Needles and Notions
Use 100 cm circular (for magic loop) or double pointed needles in the size needed to get gauge. 3.5 mm to 5 mm.
Other materials: stitch markers, scrap yarn, tapestry needle.