What makes a better forest-themed mitten: a clear day or a misty day? You don’t have to decide here and now, because these mittens are double-sided!

Knitted in two qualities of alpaca/wool mix to get all the colours right. If you can find a single yarn in seven perfect shades, it’s all the better, of course. I used almost one skein of the main colour (C3), less than half a skein of the tree colour (C5) and only small amounts of the rest.

The cattail pattern on the cuff is a variation on a flower technique I learnt in a wonderful online workshop by Latvian mitten experts Sena Klets. A real treasure trove of inspiration and ideas, they are.