Building Blocks: Mittens by Kate Gagnon Osborn

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

Designed by Kate Gagnon Osborn, this #KWBuildingBlocks pattern is one of the only mitten patterns you’ll ever need! Laid out a little differently than our other Kelbourne Woolens designs, this pattern is a little more word-heavy and breaks down some of the intermediate-level techniques in order to make the knitting easy and enjoyable. The hope is that you not only learn something along the way, you end up with a fabulous pair - or pairs! - of mittens as well.

Three versions are designed in order of difficulty:

Mitten A is a simple pair of stockinette stitch mittens featuring a K1, P1 Ribbing at the cuff and “sore thumb” construction.

Mitten B has the same cuff and thumb construction as Version A, but is worked in a classic broken ribbing pattern.

Mitten C kicks it up a notch and features a classic Setesdal inspired stranded colorwork pattern.

Specifications

YARN

Kelbourne Woolens Germantown (100% North American wool; 220 yds/100gm skein):

Mitten A / Stockinette Mitten: honey 708, 1 skein.

Mitten B / Broken Ribbing: jade 338, 1 skein.

Mitten C / Colorwork: rhododendron 609 (MC), and natural 105 (CC), 1 skein each.

GAUGE

20 sts + 27 rnds = 4” in St st on larger ndls, after blocking.

20 sts + 27 rnds = 4” in Broken Ribbing on larger ndls, after blocking.

20 sts + 27 rnds = 4” in Stranded colorwork on larger ndls, after blocking.

NEEDLES

1 – set US 4 (3.5 mm) DPNs.

1 – set US 6 (4 mm) DPNs.

Check your gauge and adjust needle size(s) accordingly if necessary.

NOTIONS

Stitch markers

darning needle

Mitten C: Waste yarn

SIZE

7.25” (18.5 cm) hand circumference.

Mittens A and B: 10.5” (26.75 cm) length.

Mitten C: 10.75” (27.5 cm) length.

SKILLS

Mittens A and B: Knitting, purling, increasing, decreasing.

Mitten C: Knitting, purling, decreasing, stranded colorwork from charts