Inspired by a favourite city park, these mittens feature garden flowers with a cuff reminiscent of old stone fences. Using only two colours, the design has a reverse ombre effect, shifting the colours from dark to light.

Degree of Difficulty
This pattern is suitable for an intermediate knitter with some experience working with charts and knitting in the round. Designer tips are provided for those who are new to stranded colourwork.

Size
Instructions are written for a women’s small hand with medium and large in brackets. Mittens pictured were knit with the instructions for size medium.

Techniques used in pattern:
• Stranded colourwork
• Knitting in the round
• Knitting from a chart
• Plain or two-colour cast on
• Latvian braid
• Increase stitches (make one left and make one right)
• Decrease stitches (Slip, slip, knit and knit two together)
• Kitchener stitch

Materials
Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn (100% Peruvian Highland Wool, 231 yards/50 grams)
• 1 ball main colour (MC) in Cream; 1 ball contrast colour (CC) in Garnet Heather

Needles: set of 5, 2.75 mm (US#2) double-pointed needles (DPNs); or one 2.75 mm (US#2), 100 cm (40 inch) long circular needle, if you prefer to use the Magic Loop method, or size needed to get gauge.

Tapestry needle for finishing.
Length of smooth, contrasting colour waste yarn to hold thumb stitches.

Gauge
9 stitches and 10 rows/ 2.54 cm (1 inch) over stranded pattern, knit in the round.
Knitting to the correct gauge is important to achieving the finished measurements noted.

Finished Measurements
Circumference around fingers: 18.1 cm/7.1 inches; 19.2 cm/7.6 inches; 20.3 cm/8 inches
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 25.1 cm/9.9 inches;
27.9 cm/11 inches; 30 cm/11.8 inches
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.8 cm/7.4 inches; 20.1 cm/7.9 inches; 22.1 cm/8.7 inches

Note: This pattern uses 64, 68 or 72 stitches around the wrist and the top of the hand.