These mittens are knit holding two strands together, making a firm, weather resistant fabric, and also doubling the color play opportunity. Purl stitches add texture and help to highlight the flower shapes. While I’ve listed the sample colors, it’s my hope you’ll be inspired to experiment with your own unique blends, taking delight in the
way colors interact and influence each other.
My inspiration for these mittens came from the paintings and writings of Winifred Nicholson, in particular the painting “Cyclamen and Primula” where she captured the play of light on tissue wrapped potted plants sitting on a windowsill with snowy mountains behind. Winifred writes –

So I paint flowers, but they are not botanical or photographic flowers. My paintings talk in colour but not outline. The flowers are sparks of light, built of and thrown out into the air as rainbows are thrown in an arc. “Three Kinds of Artist” 1974.