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Inspired by beautiful yet destructive flames, After the Fire mittens feature a striking graphic design. With their seamless construction and straightforward instructions, you’ll knit these up in a flash.

Six different sizes are made by changing gauge, so dive into your stash for a pair of colours and get going right away. Most sizes are made with DK weight yarn for cosy warmth. Fingering weight yarn will give you a child’s size, and worsted weight a men’s medium or large.

Are you looking for….
Quick-knit colorwork mittens that make perfect gifts?
An eye-catching contemporary design?
Simple colourwork that looks great in high-contrast solids, gradients, speckled yarn?
A wide range of sizes, perfect for all the family?
A straightforward and reliable pattern that’s easy to follow?
If so, then these are the mittens for you!

Need to know
Bottom up, seamless construction
Colourwork worked from charts
Integrated thumb gusset
NEVER STRANDING ACROSS MORE THAN 4 STITCHES! NO NEED TO CATCH FLOATS! (I put that in caps because honestly, so important to me as a knitter!)

Sizes
6 sizes, ranging from Child to Men’s Large (see table pictured at left for size guide).

Yarn Required
Fingering to Worsted (see table for yarn weight for each size).

About the Sample
Grey/orange sample pictured fits Women’s Medium (hand circumference 7.5”/19cm) with 0.5”/1.5cm positive ease.
I used DK weight yarn as follows: MC: 29g/75 yards/65m; CC: 24g/60 yards/55m.
I used US6/4mm as the main needles, and knit at 23 sts & 25 rnds = 4”/10cm.

If you like colourwork, then check out this bundle of all my stranded colourwork designs.
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*This pattern was initially launched as a fundraiser for the Environmental Defense Fund, an international nonprofit tackling climate change. This was in response to the Australian Wildfires in early 2020. It raised £100 ($127.57), see donation receipt in photos. Thank you so much for your generous support. I’m so grateful. It has now reverted to regular sales.*

If you’re interested in funding hands-on projects then I encourage you to check out the amazing Scottish rewilding project Trees For Life, and the community rainforest protection non-profit Cool Earth.