Note! The English version will be available as soon as time allows ★

Size: One size
(Note. The pattern features instructions on how to modify the length.)
Finished circumference (measured around the knuckles): 20 cm
Length (without the ribbing): 20 cm
Gauge (colorwork in the round, after wash/blocking):
25 sts x 25 rows of stranded colorwork on 4 mm needles = 10 x 10 cm
Suggested needles:
Double-pointed needles (DPNs) or longer circular needles for Magic Loop in sizes 4 mm (US6) and 3 mm (US2.5),
4 mm auxiliary needle for three-needle bind-off,
+ perhaps a thinner needle for picking up stitches at the thumb

Note that the measurements specified above are only achieved if the correct gauge is kept.

You’ll also need:
2 stitch markers
A strand of scrap yarn (approx. 20 cm in the same thickness as color A/B)

Suggested materials:
Color A: 50 g of Jensen Yarn fra Isager (50 g = 125 m)
Color B: 100 g Merino DK fra Hedgehog Fibres (100 g = 200 m)

About the design
The Heartcore Mittens are stranded colorwork mittens with a folded ribbed edge and a classic fit. The back of the hand is adorned with the symmetrical heart pattern known from the slipover of the same name (Heartcore Slipover), while the palm is knitted in 1x1 colorwork for optimal durability. The mittens are worked from the bottom up and can be worked in the round on DPNs or on longer circular needles using the Magic Loop technique. Along the way, a strand of contrasting yarn is knitted into the work so a thumb can be knitted on at the end (what’s known as an “afterthought thumb”).

Level and techniques
The level of the Heartcore Mittens is beginner/intermediate, and the pattern contains colorwork charts as well as written instructions.

The pattern includes the following techniques:

• Long tail cast-on (slingshot method)
• 2 x 2 rib stitch
• Stranded colorwork (2 colors) in the round
• Right- and left-leaning increases (m1R / m1L)
• Right- and left-leaning decreases (k2tog / ssk)
• Three-needle bind-off
• Picking up stitches for the thumb (for which the pattern includes links to several video tutorials)

About the depicted pair:

• My prototype mittens are knitted in Jensen Yarn from Isager Yarn in the color 100 (color A) and hand-dyed Merino DK from Hedgehog Fibres in the Lavender Fields colorway (color B). (See the making of the mittens here.)