Burnham Mitts by Leila Raven

Craft: Knitting

This pattern is available on Ravelry.

These stranded mittens feature two different motifs and can be worn with either side on the tops of your hands. For ease of working, the pattern refers to a specific Left and Right Mitten, though the fit is interchangeable depending on which side you feel like wearing “up”. Latvian braids centered over the ribbed cuff add a unique detail to this classic mitten shape with a side-gore thumb.

Construction

Mittens are worked circularly from the bottom up.

Yarn

2 skeins (1 per color) of Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia Wool; fingering weight; 275 yards/50g)

Dominant Color (DC): 75 yards (shown in Meteorite)

Background Color (BC): 145 yards (shown in Woodsmoke)

Gauge

8 stitches and 8 rounds = 1” in stranded colorwork (worked in the round), after blocking

Needles

One set of DPNs (or a long circular, if using the Magic Loop Method) in size needed to obtain gauge listed above (Sugg. US 3/3¼ mm)

One set of DPNs (or long circular) two sizes smaller than Gauge Needle (sugg. US 1/2¼ mm)

Finished Dimensions

7½“ hand circumference; 9¾” length from base of cuff to fingertips
Dimensions taken after blocking

Skill Level

3 of 5

Please note: the stitch patterns in this garment are charted only.