Take flight with this hat and mitten set. Pairing a long color repeat yarn with a solid, these stranded colorwork knitting projects look more difficult than they are. The hat begins with the earflaps and decreases to the crown in a charted pattern. The mittens start with the cuff, then are worked using charts to the tips of the hands.

Size 8” hand circumference and 11” long from cuff to fingertip
Yarn Plymouth Encore (75% acrylic, 25% wool; 200 yd 183 m/100 g):
• #520 charcoal (MC), 1 skein
Plymouth Encore Dynamo (75% acrylic, 25% wool; 200 yd 183 m/100 g):
• #040 sand dollar (CC), 1 skein
Gauge 25 sts and 26 rnds = 4” in charted patt on larger needles
Tools
• Size 3 (3.25 mm): set of double-pointed needles (dpn)
• Size 1½ (2.5 mm): set of dpn
• Markers (m)
• Stitch holder
• Tapestry needle