This pattern is found in Knit Happy with Self-Striping Yarn and cannot be purchased as an individual download. The book is available for purchase HERE on Indiebound or HERE on Amazon.

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When I was a kid, my sister and I would take our little inflatable inner tubes to the creek. We’d plop ourselves into the tubes and ride the current side by side until my mom called for us to come back upstream. Those simple days on the water inspired these delightful, carefree mittens. Increases and decreases are one of the easiest ways to play with the direction of the stripes in your knitting. By placing increases on the front and back of the hand and decreases on the sides of the hand, the stripes bend to create a playful current of color that is both uncomplicated to knit and graphically striking. As a bonus, there is no extra shaping to work at the top of the mitten, because the increases create a point that naturally forms to fit the tips of your fingers. So hop on and ride the current with these happy mittens.

Each mitten is knit seamlessly in the round from the bottom up. The thumb gusset is created using simple increases. The thumb stitches are then placed on hold while the palm is completed. The top of the mitten is joined with the Kitchener Stitch method. Finally, the thumb stitches are placed back on the needles and joined and worked in the round.

SIZES
Toddler (Child, Adult S, Adult M, Adult L, Adult XL)

YARN
Fingering weight yarn, Nomadic Yarns Trusty Sock

Sample shown in ‘Astronomy Tower’

125 (150, 165, 175, 190, 210) yards / 114 (137, 151, 160, 174, 192) m

FINISHED DIMENSIONS
Palm Circumference: 4.75 (5.25, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8) inches / 12 (13.5, 16.5, 18, 19, 20.5) cm
Total Length: 6.25 (8, 9.75, 10.25, 10.5, 11) inches / 16 (20.5, 25, 26, 26.5, 28) cm

NEEDLES
US 3 (3.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs or needles for small circumference knitting, or as required to meet gauge

GAUGE
28 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) in stockinette stitch on LARGER needles, in the round after blocking

TOOLS
Tape measure, 5 stitch markers, Scissors, Scrap yarn, Tapestry needle