Fairy dust (German: “Feenstaub”) turns the most simple things into something extraordinary - like the soft halo of mohair yarn, that makes these mitts a luxurious treat for your hands. This is the kind of magic handknitters do!

Pairing a fingering with a lace mohair yarn, this design is perfect for using up leftovers from a sweater or swatching yarns for a planned project. Play with the different effects you achieve by either choosing coordinating or contrasting colours, and make a series of gifts for various hand sizes!

The yarns are held double for a dense and warm hand part, whereas the cuff and the top of the mitts are worked with one yarn at a time.

Skills required
Casting on and binding off, knitting and purling in the round over a small circumference, working basic increases and decreases, picking up stitches.
A photo tutorial is included for a suggested bind-off method, but you can easily use the cast-on and bind-off that work best for you.

Notions

• Stitch markers
• A length of scrap yarn
• Darning needle

Yarn
One fingering or light-fingering weight yarn and one silk/mohair lace yarn (or a similar quality), 70 (100, 122, 138, 168) m or 77 (109, 133, 151, 184) yards of each yarn.

Sizes
The pattern includes instructions for five sizes, roughly corresponding to:
1: younger child (4–8 years)
2: older child (9–12 years)
3: adult XS/S
4: adult M
5: adult L
The length of the cuff and upper hand can be adjusted.

Thank you to my tech editor Jo Torr and to my test knitters boisegarden, EleanorGang, knittinghobbit, OPKnitter and Rosecityknitter!