This design was inspired by the comedy and tragedy masks, also known as the drama masks. A traditional pair of masks, one crying and one laughing, that evoke different emotions depending on your perspective.

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. Additional instructions 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
• Corrugated Ribbing
• Increase stitches (make one left and make one right)
• Decrease stitches (Slip, slip, knit and knit two together)

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

Needles: set of 5, 2.75 mm (US#2) double-pointed needles (DPNs); or one 2.75 mm (US#2), 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
9 stitches and 10 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: 18.1 cm/7.1 inches 19.2 cm/7.6 inches, 20.3 cm/8 inches
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 24.9 cm/9.8 inches 27.1 cm/10.65 inches, 29.1 cm/11.45 inches
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.6 cm/7.3 inches 20.1 cm/7.9 inches, 22.1 cm/8.7 inches

Note: This pattern uses 64 68, 72 stitches around the wrist and the top of the hand.