What better way to keep hands warm while building the perfect island, catching up with your favorite villagers, and digging up fossils than a pair of iconic leafy mitts? This quick knit was born of my abiding love for all things Animal Crossing.

I love pairing a soft, woolen yarn with half-twist rib (my favorite!) - the resulting texture is subtly “nubbly” and interesting, quite different from regular or twisted rib. And of course a woolen yarn creates the most lightweight fabric that still provides a comforting layer against the chill.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Barrett Wool Co. Woolens (180 yds per 50g,
100% wool, sport weight)
Main Color (MC): 1 skein in Old Fashioned, or approx
110 (132) yds sport-weight yarn
Contrast Color (CC): 1 skein in Pound Cake, or approx
34 (40) yds sport-weight yarn

FINISHED GAUGE
6.5 stitches and 8 rounds = 1” 2.5 cm in colorwork with larger needle, after blocking

NEEDLES
One 24” circular needle or DPNs in size needed to obtain gauge in colorwork
Suggested size: US 4 (3.5 mm)
One 24” circular needle or DPNs in one size smaller from gauge needle for ribbing and single-color stockinette stitch
Suggested size: US 3 (3.25 mm)

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Approx 7 (8)” 18 (20.5) cm hand circumference, 7” 18 cm length, shown in smaller size

NOTIONS
Stitch markers, waste yarn, blunt tapestry needle.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES
Mitts are worked identically, in the round, from the bottom up, beginning with a half-twist rib cuff.
Thumb gusset shaping is worked in colorwork pattern, then thumb stitches are placed on hold to finish colorwork and half-twist rib for hand.
Thumb stitches are returned to needles and finished in half-twist rib.
Work all single-color rounds in the charts using the smaller size needles.
Color held in dominant position for stranded colorwork is specified alongside the charts.