Pendle Mittens

For these super-warm mittens DK yarn is used on slightly undersized needles to give a firm, dense knit. Plus, the stranded knitting technique, a feature of which is ‘floats’ on the inside, produces a thicker, and therefore warmer, fabric. They are named after Pendle Hill in Lancashire; it is always cold on top of Pendle Hill, so a way to keep warm is very useful indeed! Matching hat available as a separate pattern.

There are so many colour combinations you could use in this pattern! A simple two colour mitten will look very different in a high contrast or low contrast colour combination. You can use more than one colour or shade for either the main colour or the contrast colour (as in the six‐colour version pictured), or you could introduce stripes or gradients. This is a great pattern for using up part balls from your stash. The colours used and their sequence for all the samples pictured are detailed in the pattern.