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A great stash-buster, these cosy fair isle mitts call for fingering weight yarns in 9 colours, although they could easily be knit with fewer colours (or even just two).

The front of the hand features a snowflake motif framed with rows of dots; the palm has an easily memorized filler stitch pattern.

There is a left and right mitt, with a thumb gusset. The mitts are seamless, knit bottom up in the round, using the stranded colourwork technique.

One size to fit 7-7.5” around (18-19cm).

Finished measurements:
Length - 7” (18cm)
Circumference - 7.5” (19cm)

The pattern includes colour and grayscale charts.

Yarns
Fingering weight yarns, suitable for stranded knitting. Sample mitts used JC Rennie’s Supersoft Lambswool 4ply, Jamieson and Smith 2ply Jumper-weight, Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift , and Kate Davies’ Milarrochy Tweed.

• One main colour - at least 25g for the cuffs, tops and thumbs
• Up to 140 yds (130 m) total, over eight shades for colourwork.

Colours and amounts used in sample mitts:
J&S 2ply Jumper Weight shade 1 - 2 yds
Jamieson’s Spindrift shade Pacific - 2 yds
J&S 2ply Jumper Weight shade 78 - 16 yds
Milarrochy Tweed shade Gloamin - 12 yds
Milarrochy Tweed shade Smirr - 12 yds
Jamieson’s Spindrift shade Foxglove - 12 yds
Jamieson’s Spindrift shade Moss - 16 yds
Jamieson’s Spindrift shade Bracken - 32 yds
JC Rennie’s Super Soft Lambswool shade Pineshadow - 32 yds

Needles and Notions
• 2.5 mm and 3 mm circular or double-pointed needles (US 2–3)
* Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Contrasting length of waste yarn for thumb gusset stitches

Gauge
30 sts and 36 rnds = 4” (10cm) over stranded colourwork in the round using 3mm needles. Take time to check gauge and adjust needle size accordingly.