Something about orderly rows of pine needles is very appealing. Somehow, they strike a nice balance between rigid order and lively randomness. Pine needles also translate well into lace knitting, and make for a stately but casual stitch pattern.

Double thick mittens with a pine needle lace stich on the front. The lining is knit separatly from the outside, they are not double knit!

They are knit in the round, starting with cuff of the outside. Once the outside is knit, you pull out the provisional cast on and knit the lining from there. The thumbs are afterthought.

You will need one ball for the outside, and another for the contrasting lining.

The pattern includes line by line instructions as well as charts.

These mittens use the same stitch as my Pines Toque

This pattern can also be purchased on Knit Picks

The version of this pattern in the lace one skein wonders book uses Knit Picks Palette, and is not lined. Otherwise it is the same.

Photos by photographer Geneve Hoffmann are from the book Lace One-Skein Wonders edited by Judith Durant and are used with permission from Storey Publishing.