Litch, please. You aren’t out there throwing magic missiles with some piddly little D4s. You show up every day bringing that Half-Orc Barbarian Great Axe, “I would like to Rage” vibe. You woke up and chose violence. You’ve got Big Dice Energy.

The Big Dice Energy Mitts are the first pattern in the BDE collection and I’m excited to announce the second pattern, the Big Dice Energy Hat releases on 3/26/23. More is more when it comes to your dice collection, knitted and otherwise. So treat yourself to both with buy one, get one half-off on the hat and mitts through April 15th!

I designed Big Dice Energy around the time the iKnitiative Cardi was finishing up in testing as a companion piece, along with a pullover, sweater vest, and cowl. I never got around to knitting any of them, so I’m excited to at long last bring you the next piece in my DM collection: Big Dice Energy Mitts!

Notes: The Big Dice Energy mitts are worked in the round with stranded knitting. This pattern is recommended for knitters who have experience with stranded colorwork, knitting in the round, and reading charts.

Yarn
Two skeins of Lattes & Llamas Vacation Yarn (100 grams/ 463 yards) or a comparable fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colorways.

Sample is shown in ‘Stars Hollow’ as Color A (navy) and ‘Font of Magic’ (pink) as Color B.

Color A: 41 grams/ 190 yards
Color B: 28 grams/ 130 yards

When choosing your yarn, make sure that Colors A contrasts strongly with Color B. I recommend taking a photograph of the yarns together, and then changing it into black and white to see if the colors contrast strongly enough.

Needles
US2 / 2.75 mm to work in Magic Loop or size needed to obtain gauge.

I prefer the Magic Loop method when knitting mitts. If you are more comfortable using DPNs or two circulars, this pattern is easily converted.

Notions
2 Stitch Markers; Tapestry Needle; Waste Yarn

Gauge
32 sts and 38 rnds = 4” in stranded colorwork, knit in the round and blocked.

Adjusting the gauge listed above or the pattern will alter the size of your mitts and change the yardage requirements.

Sizing
One Size: 10 inches long and 8 inches in circumference after blocking.

As with many colorwork mitts, these were designed with no ease. To adjust the size of your mitts, you will need to go up or down a needle size. For instance: On size US0/2mm (US2/2.75mm) needles, 34(30) sts should equal 4 inches to knit mitts with a 7.5(8.5) inch