PATTERN NOTES
Selbu-style mittens are fun to knit, with clever thumb-gusset shaping formed organically within the bold and beautiful motifs. This design is a refined version of a pair I made for my husband years ago. He loved them, and whenever winter arrived, he would ask for “the mittens.” Hence, I named the pattern Selbu Revisited. The mittens are knit from the cuff up in stranded colourwork. The entire pattern is charted. Always read the charts from right to left for each rnd. When working stranded colourwork, keep floats loose across the back of the work and catch floats longer than 5 sts. Once finished, be sure to give your mittens a good wash and lay them flat to dry. You’ll be amazed by how evenly the stitches settle, with a fine cashmere halo that gives the mittens a gently polished finish.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL
Intermediate

TECHNIQUES USED
Long-tail cast on
Knitting and purling
Increasing and decreasing
Working in the round
Reading a chart
Stranded colourwork

SIZE
One size - Women’s L / Men’s M
Size up or down using larger or smaller needles

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Hand circumference: 8¾” / 22 cm
Length from cuff to tip: 11” / 28 cm

MATERIALS
Yarn
Cherished Fibres CASHMERE FINGERING (Fingering Weight; 100% Cashmere; 100 m / 109 yds per 25 g ball | 200 m / 218 yds per 50 g ball)
MC – 1 50 g ball, colourway F105 Grizzly (Undyed)
CC – 1 50 g ball, colourway F204 Sunset

Needles
2.5 mm (US 1.5) DPNs or needles in preferred style for working small circumferences in the round

Notions
Waste yarn
Tapestry needle

GAUGE
34 sts & 38 rnds = 4” / 10 cm over stranded colourwork on 2.5 mm (US 1.5) needles, after blocking.