Fur Muff Knitting Pattern

[valancystirling]

Save the Bunnies Fur Muff and Hat
by Julie Van Scoy

In the winter, few things are more annoying than making your hands useless in gloves. Try scratching an itch wearing mittens! Muffs allow easy access to your hands without having to yank off gloves and then carefully put them back on. The hidden pocket inside is large enough for a credit card, ID, and cash, which means not having to drag around a purse when you go out. And best of all, it’s cruelty-free! Make the hat and muff set and add a little funky glamour to your winter wardrobe.

first fur muff

I’ve listed the yarns I used, but feel free to experiment with any furry yarn for the outside, and any smooth yarn that gets 4 stitches per inch for the lining.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length: 10.5 inches
Width: 8 inches

MATERIALS
Muff:
[MC] LLH “Apart” [100% Nylon; 110m per 50g skein];
color: 25; 2 skeins;
[CC] Noro “Cash Iroha” [40% silk, 30% lamb’s wool, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 91m per 40g skein] color: 61; 1 skein

Hat:
[MC] LLH “Apart” [100% Nylon; 110m per 50g skein];
color: 25; 1 skein;
[CC] Noro “Cash Iroha” [40% silk, 30% lamb’s wool, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon; 91m per 40g skein] color: 61; 1 skein

1 set US 7/4.5mm double-point needles
1 16-inch US #7/4.5mm circular needle

Extras: scrap yarn, quilt batting, yarn needle

GAUGE
20 sts/28 rows = 4" in Stockinette stitch

The Fuzzy Outside

The whole thing, outside, lining and all, is knit as one long tube and then folded in half.

Note: When knitting with fuzzy yarns, it can be tricky to notice a dropped stitch. To check, hold your knitting up to a light and you can see an x-ray-like view of all your stitches.

With MC, CO 70 stitches to circular needle. Place marker. Join; work in Stockinette stitch until measures 10.5 inches. (This measurement is only accurate when the width is stretched to 8 inches across.)

The Lining

Cut MC and join CC. Decrease 10 stitches evenly along this round (60 stitches). Work in Stockinette until just the CC part measures 3 inches. Here you will make the opening for the hidden pocket inside. Turn. From here you will be working back and forth in rows of Stockinette stitch. *Slip the first stitch as if to purl. Purl across to marker. Turn. Slip the first stitch as if to knit. Knit across to marker. Continue from * for 3.5 inches. Join and resume knitting in the round as before, for 3 inches. You should have a slit in the tube the width of a credit card. The length of the lining should measure 9.5 inches. Bind off loosely. Weave in all ends.


The Hidden Pocket

Along the top edge of the slit we left, pick up and knit 15 stitches. Work in Stockinette stitch for 4 inches and bind off.

Turn the whole tube inside out.

Sew the three sides of this square flap to the wrong side of the tube, forming a pocket with one open side (the top where you picked up stitches).

The Stuffing

Now, cut the quilt batting to about 8 inches by 26 inches, big enough to wrap loosely around the lining part a couple of times. Loosely stitch the batting together so it’s like a tube around the non-fuzzy half of the tube.

Fold the fuzzy part over the batting and the other half of the tube, so that the batting is sandwiched in between the two halves.

Sew the two ends of the knitted tube together to hold it all in place.


Wrist Cord

With dpns, CO 3 stitches and make an I-cord 8-9 inches long. Fold in half and sew both ends together to the end of the muff. Secure ends tightly. Alternatively, knit the I-cord to 3-4 feet long and wear the muff hanging around your neck.


The Hat

With MC, cast on 60 stitches. Place marker, join, and work in Stockinette for 5 inches.

Increase round: Increase 30 times evenly around. (K1, M1, all the way around)--90 stitches.

Cut MC and join CC. Continue in SS for 4.5 inches.

Decrease round: K2tog 3 times, evenly spaced.

Knit around.

Repeat decrease row until there are 30 stitches remaining. Switch to dpns when necessary. Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitches. Secure.


For questions about this pattern, contact me at: sol_gal@yahoo.com. This is an original pattern and not for distribution.

Comments

[anannananna.livejournal.com]

oh my that is soo freaking cute!!! i love the blue one. :) You make those things? Dang you should be selling them!!! :)

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

lol! I wonder if anyone would buy them?

[anannananna.livejournal.com]

id say so...when i was little my mom made me one and i used it all the time...i think people would buy them :) there are always those little craft fairs and stuff..i think they would sell well...i would even think someone might say hey where did you buy that...then you could say oh i make them. they say oh then you say oh well i could sell you one..then just have the price and all worked out a head of time. :)

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

haha! I can just picture it...someone comes up to ask about it and I open my jacket like a watch thief and inside there's a whole row of fur muffs waiting to be sold...

[anannananna.livejournal.com]

that would be GREAT!!! i would have to get a picture of that :)

muffffffffffffffffffffffffffy

[dylanashes.livejournal.com]

I WANTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! gloves are bad for my hands. instead of keeping my hands warm, they just individually wrap my fingers so the cold gets them faster. i have wicked bad circulation, yo. but if i had one of your muffs, i could take over the world!!! and I ain't gonna buy no muffs from some department store... i don't want my money goin' where my money is not needed.

:)

you so good at what you do with those needle things. :) all i can do is safty pin stuff and duct tape stuff together.. can't even sew. hehe.

serious. if you're sellin' i'm buyin'... gimme a price lady. :)