These mittens came to mind as I walked through the neighbourhood and saw beautiful flower gardens beyond picket fences. Flowers on mittens help us to remember the beauty of spring while keeping our hands warm in the winter.

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.

Techniques used in pattern:
• Stranded colourwork
• Knitting in the round
• Knitting from a chart
• Increase stitches (make one left and make one right)
• Decrease stitches (Slip, slip, knit and knit two together)

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.

Finished Measurements
Circumference around fingers: 18.1 cm/7.1 inches 19.3 cm/7.6 inches, 20.3 cm/8 inches
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 24.9 cm/9.8 inches 27.4 cm/10.8 inches, 29.5 cm/11.6 inches
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.6 cm/7.3 inches 20.1 cm/7.9 inches, 22.1 cm/8.7 inches

Materials
Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn (100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 231 yards/50 grams)
• 1 ball main colour (MC) in White; 1 ball each of three contrast colours, in Fuchsia (CC1), Alfalfa (CC2) and Delta (CC3). You will require approximately 160 yds/150 m of the MC, 70 yds/65 m of CC1 and 37 yds/34 m each of CC2 and CC3.
• While designed to be made with three contrast colours, the pattern will work well using just one contrast colour throughout.

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.
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 above.

Note: This pattern uses 64 68, 72 stitches around the top of the hand.