For these mittens, I have used a stitch pattern based on an ancient looped square symbol known in several cultures from North America to Northern Europe. The mittens, which are knitted using the Finnish yarn Tukuwool Fingering, have braided cuffs and side seam thumb gussets, and the striking yet easy-to-knit colourwork stitch pattern continues uninterrupted around the palm and from cuff to fingertips.

SIZE
To fit palm circumference: 18-19cm (7-7½ in)
Actual palm circumference: 19cm (7½ in)
Length (cuff to tip): 24cm (9½ in)

YARN
Tukuwool Fingering (4ply weight; 100 % Finnish wool; 200m/217yds per 50g skein)
1 x 50g skein of each:
A Uoma (H33)
B Valo (H22)

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES
Set of 2.75mm (UK12/US2) double-pointed needles (DPNs)
Stitch holder
Stitch markers

TENSION
31.5 sts and 37.5 rounds to 10cm over pattern
on 2.75mm needles