Looking for all the colours with minimal ends to sew in? Make the yarn do the hard work in these bright and cheerful mittens that will keep you warm and cosy throughout all your outdoor adventures. The geometric design, featuring an eight-pointed star, is named after a local estate where I enjoy walking in all weathers. These fun-to-knit mittens works up quickly in DK yarn making them the perfect gift knitting for Christmas or winter birthdays.

Method: These stranded colorwork mittens are knit in the round from the cuff down. They have a rolled hem, corrugated ribbing, and easy-to-knit colourwork motifs containing minimal long floats.

Please note the colorwork design in this pattern is charted, not written out. You need to be prepared to read and work from charts in order to enjoy knitting this design.

Size: This pattern is written in 3 sizes. All instructions that differ depending on the size you are knitting are color coded and indicated with parentheses like this: S (M, and L).

Size - Finished Mitten Circumference - Finished Mitten Length
S - 7” (18 cm) - 7” (18 cm)
M - 7⅝” (19 cm) - 7⅝” (19 cm)
L - 8⅜” (21 cm) - 8.5” (21.5 cm)

Yarn: You can use any DK yarn that you like and with which you can get tension/ gauge. You will need a self-striping or
gradient yarn and a contrasting color.

Please note I do not recommend using yarns with a high cotton content as cotton doesn’t stretch as much as other fibers and this will affect the fit of your mittens.

The amounts of each color required will depend on which size you are knitting, as a guide for the mittens pictured (size M) I used the following:
MC - Cygnet DK in 256 Cream approx. 105 metres (115 yards)
CC - Cygnet Boho Spirit in 6461 Mojo approx. 55 metres (60 yards)