Evening at the Lighthouse is a pair of stranded and lined mittens in the Selbu style, with thumb gusset and pointed tip. The back-of-hand pattern is different for each mitten and shows a lighthouse in the moment just before and just after its lamp has been lit. The lining is worked from the ribbed inner cuff in the opposite direction. The mittens can be made single layered by omitting the lining. Due to the large number of stitches, small differences in gauge can make a big difference in size, so I recommend swatching and/or measuring your gauge repeatedly. It is best to have some experience with stranded knitting before embarking on this project.

Yarn requirements:
Lined, outer mittens: Fingering weight wool yarn. Choose a bouncy yarn which knits up evenly and helps even out irregularities in tension.
Main Color: 195-205 m/215-225 yds
Contrast Color: 120-130 m/130-140 yds
Lining: Fingering or light fingering weight yarn, for example wool or wool blends, alpaca or mohair, 140-150 m/155-165 yds

Single layer mittens:
Main Color: 175-185 m/190-200 yds
Contrast Color: 100-110 m/110-120 yds

Skills needed to knit this pattern:

• provisional cast on (lined mittens only)
• stranded knitting
• reading colorwork charts
• increasing
• decreasing
• cable cast on
• picking up stitches

Dimensions:
Lined mittens:
Width: 10 cm/4’’ above thumb
Length: 24 cm/9.5’’

Single layer mittens:
Width: 9 cm/3.5’’ above thumb
Length: 21.5 cm/8.5’’

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