Space between mittens by Skonsa

Space between mittens

by Skonsa
Knitting
November 2025
yarn held together
Lace
+ DK
= DK (11 wpi) ?
11 stitches and 17 rows = 2 inches
in Rib
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
164 - 186 yards (150 - 170 m)
S/M and M/L
English Icelandic
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Depending on the yarn you choose the Space between mittens can be elegant for the city life or robust for playing outside in the winter. The whole mitten is worked in rib pattern with a beautiful cable motive on the back of the hand.

The pattern has been test knitted by multiple knitters, both in English and Icelandic.

The mittens are worked bottom up.

Sizes
The mittens are in 2 sizes, measuring across a flat mitten 9 and 11cm (3.5 and 4.3 inches), length 24.5 and 27cm (9.6 and 10.6 inches).

Level of difficulty
Intermediate. The mittens are not suitable for beginners. Complex cables are made and you need to know how to decrease and increase. For some parts of the pattern there are only charted instructions, not written.

Needles
3 and 3.5 mm needles, ( US 2.5 and 4) 5 double pointed needles or long circular needle if using the magic loop method. 1 Cable needle.

Yarn
White mittens 50 gr/175m Pernilla from Filcolana in the colour marzipan and 25gr/ 212m mohair from Isager.
Brown mittens: 100g/200m Peruvian from Filcolana in the colour cinnamon.