MATERIALS
Approximately 220 yards/200m of Main Color and same of Constrasting Color fingering-weight wool yarn
1 skein in each color of Pirkkalanka Ohut (100% Wool; 437yards/400m/100g)
Sample is shown in blackish brown and light grey.

Or similar fingering weight yarn suitable for stranded knitting.

Note: The mittens weigh appr. 80g.

GAUGE
Working & Finished Gauge: 36 stitches & 36 rounds = 10cm/4” in circular colorwork pattern; before and after blocking. The pattern requires the mittens to be knit with a tight gauge.

NEEDLES
One set of DPNs or long circular, if knitting with Magic Loop Method or flexible DPN’s or two circular needles at a time.
Find you right needle size to obtain the gauge listed in the pattern.
Suggested Size: US 0/2 mm and US 1/(2½ mm).

SIZE
Average Adult Female.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
11 in/27.5 cm long and 7.5 in/19 cm around palm.

ICELANDIC MITTEN BOOK
The book was published in Iceland in November 2020 in Icelandic and English. It was published in Norway in Norwegian in September 2021 as ISLANDSKE VOTTER, in Finnish in Finland in November 2021 as ISLANTILAISIA LAPASIA and in the US in December 2021 with the title ICELANDIC MITTENS 25 patterns reimagined.

PATTERNS/DESIGNS
The patterns are based on a selection of original mittens in a textile museum in Blönduós in northern Iceland. The patterns were adapted to suit fingering/4ply weight yarn. Most of the mittens in the book have never been published as a pattern before.

All mitten/glove patterns are written and charted in the book.