These mittens came to life from thoughts of ice cream. As you look at them you can see swirls of chocolate against a vanilla background that will make you want to indulge in some ice cream as soon as possible.

Degree of Difficulty
This pattern is suitable for an intermediate knitter with some experience working with charts and knitting in the round. Designer tips are provided for those who are new to stranded colourwork. The right and left-handed mittens are identical.

Size
Instructions are written for a woman’s small hand with medium and large in brackets. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten. Mittens pictured were knit with the instructions for size medium.

Techniques used in pattern:
• Stranded colourwork
• Knitting in the round
• Knitting from a chart
• Plain or two-colour cast on
• Corrugated Ribbing
• Increase stitches (make one left and make one right)
• Decrease stitches (Slip, slip, knit and knit two together)
• Kitchener stitch

Materials
Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn (100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 231 yards/50 grams)
• 1 ball main colour (MC) in Cream; 1 ball contrast colour (CC) in Bark

Needles: set of 5, 2.25 mm (US#1) double-pointed needles (DPNs); or one 2.25 mm (US#1), 100 cm (40 inch) long circular needle, if you prefer to use the Magic Loop method, or size needed to get gauge.

Tapestry needle for finishing.

Length of smooth, contrasting colour waste yarn to hold thumb stitches.

Gauge
10 stitches and 10.5 rows/ 2.54 cm (1 inch) over stranded pattern, knit in the round.

Knitting to the correct gauge is important to achieving the finished measurements noted above.

Finished Measurements
Circumference around fingers: 18.3 cm/7.2 inches (19.3 cm/7.6 inches, 20.3 cm/8 inches)
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 24.9 cm/9.8 inches (26.8 cm/10.55 inches, 29.2 cm/11.5 inches)
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.6 cm/7.3 inches (19.8 cm/7.8 inches, 22.3 cm/8.8 inches)

Note: This pattern uses 72 (76, 80) stitches around the wrist and the top of the hand. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten.