The Mittens

With anything black. The cuff is long and can be folded back or pulled up over a coat sleeve.

A small project that looks harder than it is. The cable is mock, so you skip the cable needle and the crossings — and still the columns stand all the way up.

A mobile-friendly PDF with one step per page and tick boxes along the way, all five sizes in the same file, and an A4 print section at the back with tables for all sizes and a lined notes page.

The pattern is available in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English and German. Choose your language in the drop-down.

Mittens are the smallest garment that gets to be the most.

Nobody buys a neon pink sweater. But neon pink mittens with silver thread in them — those you put on without thinking twice, and they are the first thing people see when you raise your hand.

Concorde is fine enough that it does not change the gauge. It just comes along and catches the light in the crossings.

Five sizes: XS (S) M (L) XL.

Circumference: 15.6 (18.8) 21.9 (25) 28.1 cm.
Fits hand circumference: 16.6 (19.8) 22.9 (26) 29.1 cm.
Total length: 22.3 (24.5) 26.8 (29.1) 31.4 cm.
Cuff: 6.8 (7.7) 8.6 (9.5) 10.5 cm.

The ribbing draws in, so the mitten fits closer than the measurement suggests.

Tjukk Mohair (Rauma Garn) 106 knæsj rosa, knitted together with Concorde silver. 50 g Tjukk Mohair = 100 m.

You need 1 (1) 2 (2) 2 balls Tjukk Mohair and 1 ball Concorde.

Double-pointed needles 5 mm, marker, darning needle and a length of waste yarn for the thumb.

16 stitches and 22 rounds in the cable pattern = 10 × 10 cm on 5 mm needles, with both strands.

Knitted in the round on double-pointed needles, bottom-up. First the cuff in ribbing with a purl round as fold line, then the cable pattern up to the thumb, on to the top shaping, and finally the thumb.

The whole mitten follows the same 5-stitch repeat: twisted knit 3, purl 2. The top shaping follows the pattern, so the columns run all the way to the top.

Stretchy cast-on · mock cable knitted in the round · folded edge with a purl round · thumb placed on waste yarn · top shaping that follows the pattern.

Techniques explained in Knittipedia: Folded brim on a beanie · Cables

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