Woodland Mittens Knitting Pattern

Pattern is available on Etsy, and Payhip, and is available for Patrons to download on Patreon!

The original inspiration for Woodland Mittens was a hat that I designed a few years ago for the Ravelry Designer’s Challenge, based on a woodland theme. This stitch pattern brought to my mind the image of moss in the knots of trees, with it’s double-moss stitch enclosed within the cable sections.

I thought that the stitch pattern also would work well for a pair of mittens, and so, these mittens were born! The mittens are knit from the 1 by 1 ribbed cuff up and the thumb is done with a side-seam thumb gusset. The cable motif continues through the top decreases of the mitten.

The mittens are mirrored, with a different left-hand and right-hand mitten. Each mitten has a cable pattern on the back of the hand and a slipped-stitch textured palm. The extra yarn on the palm helps keep the hand warm and provides an additional layer against friction and wear (as well as providing help in making snowballs!)

This pattern has written instructions, and the stitch pattern is both written and charted. Pattern has been tech-edited.

Errata Link: https://sarahdawnsdesigns.blogspot.com/p/woodland-mittens.html

Sizes Available: Four:
Hand Circumference: 6.5 (7, 8, 9) inches, 16.5, (18, 20, 23) cm.
Cuff/Ribbing Length: 2.75 (2.75, 3, 3.25) inches 7 (7, 7.5, 8.25) cm.

Materials Required:
153 to 310 yards (140 to 284 meters) of DK-weight yarn.
Sample Shown in Baa Ram Ewe Dovestone DK,  (100% British Wool) (50% Bluefaced Leicester (BFL), 25% Masham, 25% Wensleydale) in "Eccup" 1 (1, 1, 2) skeins.

Notions:

• 3 Stitch markers in contrasting colours
• 2 Cable needles
• Tapestry needle
• Stitch holder or scrap yarn

Gauge for Pattern:
20 sts and 34 rows = 4 inches (10 cm) square in stocking stitch

Techniques Used:

• Slipped stitches
• Decreases: k2tog; ssk; p2tog; p2tog tbl; Sl2. p1, p2sso.
• Increases: m1
• Twisted stitches: p2tog tbl
• Working cables with a cable needle
• Long tail cast on method
• Backwards loop cast on method
• Working small circumferences in the round