These soft and cozy mitts are quick and very easy to knit. They’ll fit most women’s hands, especially if you use a stretchy wool to knit the ribbed pattern. This is a great project to knit with handspun yarn, but any worsted weight yarn will work. If you’re going to wear them while gardening or doing barn work you may want to knit them in at least a 2 ply yarn for added strength. Using yarn from the Down breeds or Hog Island (non-felting wool breeds) will give you amazing machine washable mitts. If you want to make these for a man or child, add or subtract stitches in units of 4. And you can always make them longer than the 6” that the pattern calls for.

Skills Needed: Cast On, Knit, Purl, Bind Off, Stitch a Simple Seam

This pattern is part of my free series - Easy Patterns for Homesteaders and Everyone Else! My aim is to get more people who keep sheep producing accessories and garments from their wool. Too much wool is wasted every year and I hope these easy, practical patterns will get more people knitting. Whatever yarn you choose to use, knitting is part of the slow fashion movement and empowers people with the ability to make cloth.