Fidda Mittens

Sizes: 1 (2, 3)

Finished circumference:

-20 (23, 25.5) cm

-8 (9¼, 10¼)”

Designed to be worn with 2.5 cm / 1” positive ease around the hand.

Yarn: Bulky weight yarn. Depending on the length of the mittens, allow approximately

Main Colour (MC):

-70 (95, 115) m

-75 (100, 125) yds

Contrast Colour (CC):

-35 (50, 65) m

-40 (55, 70) yds

Yarn used in the sample is 1 skein of Farmer’s Daughter Fibres Oh Dang! DK (90% Suri Alpaca, 10% Silk; 225 m 246 yds / 100 g) in Love Me Like You Used To held double as main colour and 1 skein of Spincycle Yarns Plump (100% American Wool, superwash; 91 m 100 yds / approximately 100 g) in Ghost Ranch as contrast colour.

Note that you’ll need twice the yardage if holding yarn double.

Gauge: 14 sts & 18 rows = 10 cm / 4” in stranded colourwork in the round, blocked.

Techniques used: Knitting in the round, stranded colourwork, Backward loop cast-on, grafting.