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Prounced KEITH-LEE, Keighley is a town in Yorkshire. It’s home to East Riddlesden Hall, a filming location in the heart of Brontë country that crops up time and time again in period film and television. These mitts are so named for those adaptations, which are so often crammed with beautiful examples of handknits.

Sizing

Keighley comes in two sizes: Small and Med/Large.

Small: 6” tall by 5.5” diameter (15cm tall by 14cm diameter) to fit hands up to 7.5” (20cm).

Medium / Large: 7” tall by 7” diameter (18cm tall by 18cm diameter) to fit hands up to 9”.

My hands measure 8” at the knuckle and 7.5” around the wrist. The med/large size fits me well, sitting unstretched at the wrist and slightly stretched at the widest part.

Stitches

knit
purl
slip purlwise
slip cable 1 left
slip cable 1 right
yarn over
knit 2 together
slip slip knit

Note: slip cable stitches are like normal cable stitches, except one stitch is slipped rather than knit. These stitches are fully explained within the pattern.

This pattern uses a new stitch, called Kiss Stitch. You can find more information about it, including a video tutorial, here: Kiss Stitch Blog Post

Other Techniques

casting on
binding off
picking up stitches
blocking

Sample Details

Yarn: The Uncommon Thread Posh Fingering in Tea Smoked
Size: Med/Large

Accessibility

Keighley includes two versions of the pattern: the main version, and a second version designed for low vision and screen reader users.

The main version of the pattern is colour blind friendly.

The accessible version of the pattern has:

• 24 point sans-serif font (Arial) throughout
• Fully saturated black text on white background
• Single column layout
• Left-aligned text
• No italics
• No header or footer – just page numbers (bottom left)
• Consistent use of heading tags for easy navigation
• Internal links to aid navigation
• All instructions written out in text without reliance on diagrams or charts
• All words written out in full (i.e. no abbreviations)
• No bulleted lists
• No tables
• Tested with screen readers

You can read full details here: Accessible Patterns