Mystery KAL in October 2013 for the i make mittens group.

A big thanks to the generous testers: olgagermany , Nadelhexe1 , aimeeRN, [[babsnelson](/people/babsnelson)](person) and Corrozus

If you like making Mittens come and join us for this Mystery Knit a Long.

Pattern will be free and released in four clues: October 1st,8th,15th and 22nd.

Pattern is written from cuff to tip with the Magic loop or 2 circular needles method. Front needle is the back hand needle and Back needle is the palm needle. If you want to use DPNS just distribute the stitches on four needles and use needle 1 and 2 for the front and needles 3 and 4 for the back.
Hand part has 76 stitches
SIZE
Women: medium (7.5 in hand circumference)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Hand circumference: 8 inches
Length of the mittens: 11 inches (8 for the hand, 3 for the cuff)

MATERIALS Use two very contrasting colors, pattern motif is very intricate and it won’t show if the colors don’t contrast well.
Main Color: 65g
Contrast Color: 55g

Notions
One 32 length-inch size US 0/2.00mm circular needle or any sized needle that will give you gauge stated below
A piece of scrap yarn approximately 16in/40cm (worsted weight)
A second different colored 2.00mm needle for picot cuff see tip in the cuff section
Tapestry needle
2 Stitch markers (for the thumb optional, you can use a different colored yarn)

GAUGE

Women’s small (7.5” circ), gauge 40st/4” (10st/in), finished dimension 7.6in
Women’s medium (8” circ), gauge 38st/4” (9.5st/in), finished dimension 8in

Note: Row gauge is very important in this pattern.

Links to different tutorial:

Provisional cast on link

Picot edge

Latvian braid

Catching Main color float

Catching Contrasting Color float