I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Iceland a few
years back. A highlight of the trip was touring the home
of the Nobel Prize wining author Halldor Laxness. On
display throughout the museum are amazing tapestries
and embroidery worked by Laxness’ wife Auour. She
is also credited with popularizing the Icelandic Lopi
sweater. Inspired by Auour’s craft I decided to embellish
these mitts with a folk horse motif that also calls to mind
the countless rainbows we saw at every turn.

Detailed instructions are included to demonstrate embroidery on knit fabrics. In order to enjoy knitting this pattern familiarity with knitting small circumferences in the round will be helpful.

Size- 8-inches/20.32 cm around, 10-inches/25.5 cm
long. Mitts will fit left or right hand until blocked and
decorated
Materials
Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport- 1 ball, (1.76 ounce
/50 grams, 184 yds./ 168 meters) each of a pattern color
(represented by blue on charts) and background color,
plus small amounts of three contrast colors for cuff and
embroidery.
Needles- Double point needles in US size 2/ 3mm for cuff
and body, US size 1/ 2.5mm for ribbing.
Gauge- 9 stitches per inch/ 25mm over stranded color
work.
Notions- washable transfer fabric such as Wash-n-Gone
by Pellon, waste yarn, tapestry needle, pins, thread