Slipped stitch colorwork is an excellent way to combine two yarns without adding too much complexity. You only actually work with one color each round. To create the color-blended rounds, stitches are slipped rather than worked so that you retain stitches of the other color mixed in with the color you’re actually using to knit.

The pattern, sized for pre-teens to adults, is designed with warmth in mind. The slipped stitches create a lining, that thickens up the fabric and makes it more windproof.

The cuff of the mitten is a little wider than usual: this allows you to tuck the sleeve of your shirt or sweater into the mitten, inside your coat. There’s plenty of yarn in the skeins to work a longer cuff, if that suits your style! And if you want a more traditional style and fit, work more rounds of ribbing before the increase, and work only one pattern repeat before you start the thumb gusset.*

Sizing Notes:

To fit:
Preteen (Teen/Women’s XS, Women’s S, Women’s M, Women’s L/Men’s S, Men’s M, Men’s L, Men’s XL)

Palm Circumference:
6 (6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5)” / 15.24 (16.41, 17.78, 19, 20.3, 21.59, 22.86, 24.13) cm

This pattern is featured in the December 2017 Artisan Crate subscription from KNITCRATE.