Pink Princess Mitts

Princess has been begging for some ever since I made mine. Of course, they had to be pink. So I decided to do these. She's sleeping in them.

She says mine are softer. I offered to make some for her in the yarn that I used for mine. She declined. Why? "Because the ones you made for me might think that I don't love them."

Fingerless Mitts for Child

Worsted weight yarn
4.0 mm double point needles

K2P2 (Knit 2 Purl 2)
SM (Set Marker)
KCN (Knit from cable needle)
Sl (slip)
M1 (make stitch by knitting into strand of yarn in work before the next stitch)

Cast on 36 stitches
Join stitches, set round marker, and K2P2 for 12 rounds

Row 1: Set stitch marker (SM), k 18, SM, knit remainder of round
Row 2&3: Knit all
Row 4: *K 3, Sl 3 stitches onto CN and move behind work, k 3, KCN* to marker,