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Ovis mitts is a woolly project for sheep lovers and is a matching project for the ovis socks.

The mitts are knitted bottom-up and in the round, featuring a stranded colourwork motif throughout. The thumbs are knitted using the afterthought thumb technique. You can choose to “mismatch” your mitts as shown in the photos or knit two identical mitts.

Hand Circumference
cm- 18 (19) 20
inches - 7 (7½) 8

Hand Length
cm- 15 (16.5) 18
inches - 6 (6½) 7¼

Cuff Circumference
cm- 16.5 (18) 19
inches - 6½ (7) 7½

Yarn
Istex Einband held double with Ritual Dyes Fae

Colour a - 9076 // Dune
Colour b - 1026 // Natural
Colour c - black fingering yarn from stash

Yarn Substitute
Mohair
Drops Kid Silk
Isager Silk Mohair
The Farmers Daughters Fibers Mighty Mo
Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair
Alize Kid Royal

Fingering weight yarn
Knit Picks Palette
Lang Yarns Jawoll Superwash Solids
Cascade Yarns Heritage Solids
Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift

Yardage
Yardage is calculated based on mistmatched pair and is listed for each colour. For example, if you are knitting the smallest size, you will need 84 meters of colour a in einband and 84 meters of colour a in fae. The same applies for colour b.

Colour a - einband & fae
metres - 50 (65) 80
yards - 55 (70) 88

Colour b - einband & fae
metres - 50 (65) 80
yards - 55 (70) 88

Colour c - any black fingering weight yarn
metres - 5 (8) 12
yards - 6 (9) 13