If you have a toddler in your life who’s into trains, planes, rockets, or boats, knit up these cute mittens that he or she will actually want to wear and keep on. Make two mittens the same, or use a different motif for the right and the left mitten. Better yet, make all four so you have spares (what toddler couldn’t use a few spare mittens?).

This is a great pattern to use up fingering-weight scraps! You will need approximately 40-50yds/37-45m of each color.

SIZES
One size, to fit average toddler (around 1-3 years). Circumference: 5.5” or 14 cm, length from cuff to top: 6” or 15 cm.

MATERIALS NEEDED
Yarn:
O-Wool O-Wash Fingering (100% merino; 428yds/391m per 100g skein): 1 skein in Schist for Color A, 1 skein in Fowler’s Toad for Color B for green/gray mittens; 1 skein in Sunfish for Color A, 1 skein in Devil’s Pool for Color B for blue/teal mittens.

Note: This yarn is also available in 100yd/25g mini skeins. Two mini skeins will make a pair of mittens.

Recommended needles (make sure to check gauge and change sizes if needed):
US #2 / 2.75 mm double-pointed needles, set of 4 or 5 (or preferred type of needles for small diameter knitting in the round)
US #3 / 3.25 mm double-pointed needles, set of 4 or 5 (or preferred type of needles for small diameter knitting in the round)

Notions:
3 stitch markers, yarn needle, waste yarn

GAUGE
32 sts/36 rows = 4 in/10 cm in colorwork pattern on larger needles

ERRATA added 11/30/17:
There’s a slight error in the chart key—the symbols for k3tog and sssk are reversed. If you downloaded the pattern after this date, the error has been corrected.