SQUARES AND LINES MITTENS

This mittens are designed with a cold winter day in mind. They use nice and thick yarn, and stranded colorwork gives them even extra thickness! The graphic design is striking when you choose two contrasting colors and subtle when the contrast is less high.
The mittens are knitted in the round, with a thumb gusset that starts immediately after the ribbing. The gauge is tight, to protect your hands from the wind.
The yarn is Shetland Heather, a thick Aran weight yarn, made on Shetland, by Jamieson’s of Shetland.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
Intermediate knitters will find this a very quick knit. For less experienced knitter it will include a learning experience.

SKILLS REQUIRED/TECHNIQUES USED
-Knit & purl, cast on & bind off
-Increasing, decreasing
-Working small circumferences in the round on DPNs/with magic loop/with two circulars
-Working from charts
-Stranded colorwork
-Picking up stitches

MATERIALS
Jamieson’s of Shetland, Shetland Heather (101 yards/92 m per 50 g ball)
MC color 1350/North Sea; 1(1,1,1,2) ball
CC color 106/Mooskit; 1 ball for all sizes.

NEEDLES
3.5mm/US 4 needles for working in the round: DPNs, 1 long circular or 2 short circulars
4.5mm/US 7 needles for working in the round: DPNs, 1 long circular or 2 short circulars

GAUGE
20 sts/28 rows = 4 inches square stranded knitting using larger size needles

SIZES
small child, child, teenager, female, male (check finished measurements for your size)

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Hand circumference: 5(6,7,7.75,8.5)”/12.5(15,17.5,19.25,21.25)cm
Total length: 7(8.5,10.5,11.25,12.25)”/17.75(21.25,26.25,28,30.5)cm
Cuff: 2.5(2.5,3,3.25,3.25)”/6.25(6.25,7.5,8,8)cm