As I design mittens, I often gravitate towards snowflake and heart motifs. This pattern brings those two motifs together into one design to capture a love of the perfect season to wear a cozy pair of mittens.

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 woman’s small hand with medium and large in brackets. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten.

Techniques used in pattern:
• Stranded colourwork
• Knitting in the round
• Knitting from a chart
• 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
• While designed to be made with just two colours, the cuff would be a perfect place to introduce other colours to add a splash of interest or use up some scraps of favourite yarns from past projects.

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.

Cable needle

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 cm/7.1 inches 19.2 cm/7.6 inches, 20.3 cm/8 inches
Bottom of cuff to top of fingers: 27 cm/10.65 inches 29.5 cm/11.65 inches, 31.6 cm/12.45 inches
Wrist to top of fingers: 18.5 cm/7.3 inches 20 cm/7.9 inches, 22.1 cm/8.7 inches

Note: This pattern uses 64 68, 72 stitches around the top of the hand. Alternative charts are included for those who want a shorter mitten.