The Deery Me Mittens pattern is featured in the Stranded Colourwork Mittens course with instructor Caitlin Shepherd! Whether it is your first time knitting colourwork or knitting mittens, this course walks us through everything we need to do both successfully. The pattern will allow us to build our colourwork skills as we progress.

Throughout the videos, you’ll learn:

Choosing yarn, colours, and needles
How to swatch for colourwork
Yarn and floats management
Colour dominance
Reading charts
Adding lifelines
Duplicate stitch
Troubleshooting and more

Deery Me Mittens is an enDEERing winter knit. Stranded knitting in fingering yarn makes these mittens surprisingly light and warm and the classic stag-head patterning promises a stylish staple for anybody’s winter wardrobe.

SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length from base of palm to fingertips: 7 1/4 (7 ¾)” / 18 (19.5) cm
Circumference around the widest portion of the hand: 8 (8 ½)” / 20 (21.5) cm

YARN
2 skeins SweetGeorgia Yarns BFL+Silk Fine, 1 each in Birch (MC) and Black Truffle (CC) (370 yd / 338 m per 3.5 oz / 100 g skein; 75% Bluefaced Leicester, 25% Silk).
Optional: 1 additional skein SweetGeorgia Yarns BFL+Silk Fine in Slate (CC2). Also shown in Sangria (MC) and Birch (CC), & Tumbled Stone (MC) and Marine (CC).

Yardage: (Main / Secondary)

MC 200
SC 110

NEEDLES & NOTIONS
Size 3 US / 3.25 mm or 4 US / 3.5 mm circular needle, 24” / 60 cm long
Size 3 US / 3.25 mm or 4 US / 3.5 mm double-pointed needles, set of four
Adjust needle size if necessary to get the
correct gauge.
Scrap yarn or stitch holder, stitch markers, tapestry needle

GAUGE
For smaller size only: 32 sts and 38 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stranded colourwork, after blocking.
For larger size only: 30 sts and 36 rnds = 4” / 10 cm in stranded colourwork, after blocking.
Please note that changes in gauge will also change yardage used and final measurements.

This pattern is included with your all-access membership of the School of SweetGeorgia at the SOS Patterns Archive. SweetGeorgia Yarns wants to ensure you have everything you need for your crafting success, so be sure to check out our growing library of fibre-craft tutorials and knitting courses at the school to help bump your skills and discover new techniques!