Elephants by Natalia Moreva

Elephants

Knitting
January 2026
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches
in stranded colorwork
US 0 - 2.0 mm
383 - 437 yards (350 - 400 m)
one size (70 sts around, mittens); socks are 68-72 sts around.
English
This pattern is available from kulabradesign.com for $6.00.

Classic stranded mittens with elephants that can me worked in straight or negative colors. Mittens pattern is fully written and charted. The PDF also has a lot of extra charts with elephants for coordinating (not the same as mittens) hats, sweaters, and socks with fully patterned toes (68 and 72 sts wide). You’ll have lots of fun with elephants!

Materials (for the mittens):
40 g of fingering yarn in each MC and CC.
Circular needles size US 0-2, depending on your gauge / size needed.
Some scrap yarn or stitch holders for the thumb stitches.

Gauge and size:
36 sts x 40 rows = 4” (10 cm);
With this gauge, mitten measures 23 cm tall, 9.5 cm across.