Ilisha’s Mittens

I created these scrappy mittens for a dear friend with cold hands. Sometimes the best solace we can offer as knitters is cozy warmth. Our scrap yarns and precious leftovers are often quite personal, each offering memories of previous projects. Pulling scraps into one project creates a one-of-a-kind textile for those special people in our lives.

These mittens can be knitted with any configuration of colors. Work them up in only two solid colors or in a combo of solids and handspun gradients, or change the MC and CC with every pattern repeat. The DK or light worsted-weight yarn can be substituted with two strands of any fingering-weight yarn held together as needed. Here’s an opportunity to use up all the little bits of leftover yarn in your stash!

Read more: "Choose Colors That Pop! Knit Ilisha's Mittens"

MATERIALS

Yarn 60 yd MC and 50 yd total CC per mitten in your choice of colors (see Notes); DK or light worsted weight (or two fingering-weight yarns held together).
Needles Size 6 (4 mm) (see Notes). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions Markers (m); tapestry needle; smooth waste yarn to hold thumb stitches.
Gauge 22 sts and 35 rnds = 4" in Colorwork Rib pattern.
Finished Size 7¼" circumference, 10½" height.

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Photos by Matt Graves

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