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Cinnamon & Bourbon Mitts

$8.00

The fun little texture from my Cinnamon and Bourbon sweater leans itself beautifully into a smaller accessory pattern. The color options are endless, the swirly bits are absolute potato-chip knitting, and the eye-catching combination here is a perfect pop against any winter coat you may have.

I leaned more into the slip-stitch swirls from the original sweater, using the stripes only as an accent in this pattern. Doing so allowed me to size these as needed, plus it kept the fit around the hand constant and brought that texture front and center.

The mitts are worked mostly in the round from the wrist upwards. To maintain the background color across the thumb, you work two rows flat during your gusset. Shaping is added at wrist and upper hand for a good fit, and notes are included in the pattern on modifying the depth of either your lower or upper hand and for altering the circumference around your mitts as needed.

l used a combination of yarns from both Wing & A Prayer Farm and Sawkill Farm for my samples, combining the various colors from my stash. Have a little fun with yours! See my notes below on the properties your background yarn needs to have, be sure you are getting gauge, and see what gorgeous combinations you can come up with…

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The fun little texture from my Cinnamon and Bourbon sweater leans itself beautifully into a smaller accessory pattern. The color options are endless, the swirly bits are absolute potato-chip knitting, and the eye-catching combination here is a perfect pop against any winter coat you may have.

I leaned more into the slip-stitch swirls from the original sweater, using the stripes only as an accent in this pattern. Doing so allowed me to size these as needed, plus it kept the fit around the hand constant and brought that texture front and center.

The mitts are worked mostly in the round from the wrist upwards. To maintain the background color across the thumb, you work two rows flat during your gusset. Shaping is added at wrist and upper hand for a good fit, and notes are included in the pattern on modifying the depth of either your lower or upper hand and for altering the circumference around your mitts as needed.

l used a combination of yarns from both Wing & A Prayer Farm and Sawkill Farm for my samples, combining the various colors from my stash. Have a little fun with yours! See my notes below on the properties your background yarn needs to have, be sure you are getting gauge, and see what gorgeous combinations you can come up with…

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Yarn:

Background Yarn (BC): Sawkill Farm Sport (40% Sawkill Farm Wool, 60% Domestic Merino; 250 yds/230m per 3.5oz/100g skein). Wing & A Prayer Farm The Happiest Yarn Sport (66% Shetland, 17% Romney, 17% Merino); 300yds/275m per 4oz/100g skein will also work well.

Background Yarn Notes This should be a round, bouncy fiber with some memory that will wear well over time. A round sport or DK weight fiber with a high wool content will work best here for warmth, fit, and function. I used the Sawkill Farm Sport as background in my sample mitts. As a Wing & A Prayer Farm background option, Tammy has made kits with The Happiest Yarn Sport, and agrees that her 2-ply Shetland would also work well.

Accent Yarn (AC): Wing & A Prayer Thelma and Louise 3ply DK (50% Mohair, 25% Cotswold, 25% Merino; 240yds/219m per 3.5oz/100g skein).

Accent Yarn Notes This can be a little more fun and does not need to have the bounce or memory of the background, although it should knit to the same gauge as your BC and should not be something that will break easily or pill with use.

Sample Yarns Shown: Green mitts: Sawkill Farm Sport Fern and Wing & A Prayer Thelma and Louise in Pale Green; Lavender mittens: Sawkill Farm Sport in Lavender and Wing & A Prayer Thelma and Louise in Pale Green; Dark purple mittens: Sawkill Farm Sport in Mauve and Squashed Peach colorways.

Gauge: 22 sts and 36 rounds per 4”/10cm in pattern, 22 sts and 32 rounds per 4”/10cm in 2x2 rib at cuff.

Needles: US#5/3.75mm in preferred method for small circumferences. Or use the size needed to get gauge. I Fabric at gauge should be squishy and warm, with some memory. DPNs for thumbs.

Sizes: 

7.5(8.25)”/19(21)cm around hand.

Mitten length: 10.5”/26.75cm.

Mitt length: 9.5”/24.25cm.

Yardage:

150(175)yds/140(160)m Background Yarn needed per pair.

Approx. 50yds/45m Accent Yarn needed per pair.