This pattern is retired and not usually available. However, I make many of my retired patterns available for a few days twice a year. The next time will likely be in the summer of 2025. Read on for how to get notified when it comes back.

In the summer of 2022, I realized that I found maintaining a back catalog of hundreds of patterns overwhelming. I couldn’t do it and still release new things. So I took my old patterns down so I could keep doing new work.

A few favorites have come back, and lots of new things have come out! But the vast majority of the old patterns are retired and are no longer generally available.

However, enough folks have asked about old favorites that I make many of the retired patterns available for a few days twice a year (usually in early summer and around Thanksgiving).

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available!
• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, then it’s not currently available.
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This is a companion to Otherwise (the hat in the pictures at the bottom of this page).

Likewise adverb in a like manner

Knitting doesn’t really have rules.

Knitting has a whole bunch of general guidelines (like ‘knowing your gauge helps you make better choices’ or ‘pretty much everything benefits from a good blocking’), and then a whole bunch of personal preferences. And two of my most strongly held personal preferences are ‘accessories are more fun in sets’ and ‘knitted leaves are more fun than they have any right to be.’

So once I knit the lovely, leafy little hat that started this, I knew I’d want some mitts to go with it. So I made some, and I couldn’t be more delighted with them!

Leaves up the front to look pretty, stockinette on the back to keep things mellow, and one of the loveliest thumbs I ever did see all combine to make a mitt that’s absolutely delightful. If you share my fondness for sets (and leaves!), I think you’ll love them too.

The mitt is written in six sizes (castons of 38, 40, 42,44, 46, or 48 stitches), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit of the mitts. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a fabric you like with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, or 7 stitches per inch, and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for your size. With that range of sizes and gauges, the mitt will fit a wrist between 6 and 11.75 inches (with lots of points in between).

This is perfect for you if:

• You know knits are more fun in sets
• You’re smitten with that thumb

It’s not for you if:

• You don’t like charts (the pattern uses charts)
• You hate swatching (you need to swatch to check your needle size)