Light Layer Mittens by Mary McIntyre

Light Layer Mittens

Knitting
October 2026
yarn held together
Fingering
+ Lace
= Sport (12 wpi) ?
23 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
175 - 208 yards (160 - 190 m)
Adult Small-Medium; Medium-Large
English
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The Light Layer Mittens are designed to be that extra layer needed on a cool autumn morning or damp spring day. Grab a 50g ball of fingering weight wool and a 25g ball of something fluffy like silk mohair or suri alpaca and cast on! These yarn quantities are enough for either size.

Sizes:
Adult S-M: circumference 19 cm/7 ½”, length 25cm/10” (adjustable)
Adult M-L: circumference 23 cm/9”, length 28cm/11” (adjustable)

Yarn:
50 g fingering weight yarn (approx. 200m), held together with
25g silk mohair laceweight yarn (approx. 225m)
Red sample knit in Ficolana Arwetta and Tilia; blue-grey sample knit in Tukuwool Fingering and Rowan Kidsilk Haze.
One ball of each yarn is sufficient for either size.

Tools:
Samples knit on 3.0mm and 3.5mm needles. Use needles that give the correct gauge, and your preferred type for small-circumference knitting (dpns, 2 circs, long circ).
2 ring stitch markers
Darning needle
Scissors

Gauge:
23 sts x 34 rnds = 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch in the round