One of the designer Julia Wilken’s friends calls small, quick knitting projects “palate cleansers” that prepare you for the next big project. That’s exactly what these cute mittens are!

SIZES 
1 (2, 3)

Recommended ease: 0.5–1.25” / 1–3 cm of positive ease.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length: 9.5 (11.5, 12.5)“ / 24 (29, 32) cm.

Wrist and Hand Circumference: 8 (8.5 10.25)“ / 20.5 (21.5, 26) cm.

MATERIALS
Yarn: Approx. the following amount of fluffy DK-weight yarn: Yarn 1: 25 (30, 40) g / 70 (100, 120) yds / 65 (90, 95) m.

And approx. the following amounts of fingering-weight yarn: 
Yarn 2: 20 (25, 30) g / 65 (90, 110 yds / 60 (80, 100) m.
Yarn 3: 15 (20, 23) g / 50 (70, 80) yds / 45 (65, 75) m.
Yarn 4: 10 (13, 15) g / 30 (40, 45) yds / 25 (35, 40) m.

The sample pair was knitted in Biches & Bûches Le Gros Silk & Mohair in colourway Hay/Paille (Yarn 1), which is a fluffy, DK-weight silk-mohair yarn. For Yarn 2, Retrosaria Rosa Pomar Mondim in colourway 100 Undyed White was used, which is a non-superwash, fingering-weight wool. For Yarn 3, Jamieson’s of Shetland Spindrift in colourway 435 Apricot was used, which is a 2-ply fingering-weight wool. For Yarn 4, Purl Soho Linen Quill in colourway Super Orange was used, which is a fingering-weight wool-alpaca-linen yarn.

Alternatively, the required gauge can be achieved by holding a lace-weight silk-mohair or brushed alpaca double (in this case, you will need twice the indicated yardage). 

Needles: US 6 / 4 mm 32” / 80 cm circular needles (for Magic Loop) or DPNs, and an extra needle for 3-Needle Bind-Off, US 3 / 3.25 mm 32” / 80 cm circular needles (for picot edge).

Notions: 3 removable stitch markers, waste yarn or stitch holder.

GAUGE
14 sts x 24 rows to 4” / 10 cm on US 6 / 4 mm needles in St St, after blocking.

CONSTRUCTION
These mittens are worked in the round starting at the cuff. The left and right mitten are identical. The mittens are worked with two strands of yarn held together: Yarn 1 is held throughout the pattern together with Yarn 2 for the bottom half of the mitten and Yarn 3 for the upper part and the top of the thumb. Yarn 4 is held double to work the picot edge of the cuffs. The stitches for the decorative picot edge are picked up from the cast-on edge of the cuffs.