In Canada, my favourite season is autumn when many trees change from lush green to brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows. Inspired by those beautiful colours, the design of these mittens brings together autumn motifs with a fade of contrast colours against a neutral main colour background.

Degree of Difficulty
This pattern is suitable for an intermediate knitter with some experience working with charts and knitting in the round. Designer tips are provided for those who are new to stranded colourwork. Only two colours are used in each row.

Size
Instructions are written for a woman’s small hand with medium and large in brackets. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten.

Techniques used in pattern:
• Stranded colourwork
• Knitting in the round
• Knitting from a chart
• Plain or two-colour cast on
• Corrugated Ribbing
• Cables
• Increase stitches (make one left and make one right)
• Decrease stitches (Slip, slip, knit and knit two together)
• Kitchener stitch

Materials
Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn (100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 231 yards/50 grams)
• 1 ball main colour (MC) in Almond; 4 part balls for contrast colours in Stellar Heather (CC1), Garnet Heather (CC2), Autumn Heather (CC3), Salsa Heather (CC4)
o Note: You can substitute the yarn and colours of your choosing. The size medium test knit used approximately 28g/130 yds of the MC and 10 g/50 yds of each CC1, CC2 and CC3, and 5g/24 yds of CC4.

Needles: set of 5, 2.75 mm (US#2) double-pointed needles (DPNs); or one 2.75 mm (US#2), 100 cm (40 inch) long circular needle, if you prefer to use the Magic Loop method, or size needed to get gauge.

Cable needle
Tapestry needle for finishing.
Length of smooth, contrasting colour waste yarn to hold thumb stitches.

Gauge
9 stitches and 10 rows/ 2.54 cm (1 inch) over stranded pattern, knit in the round.
Knitting to the correct gauge is important to achieving the finished measurements noted.

Finished Measurements
Circumference around fingers: 18 cm/7.1 inches (19.2 cm/7.6 inches, 20.3 cm/8 inches)
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 25.1 cm/9.9 inches (27.4 cm/10.8 inches, 29.5 cm/11.6 inches)
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.5 cm/7.3 inches (20 cm/7.9 inches, 22.1 cm/8.7 inches)

Note: This pattern uses 64 (68, 72) stitches around the top of the hand. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten.