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Fair Isle Mitten MKALendar :: colorwork mitten knitting pattern

Fair Isle Mitten MKALendar

€20

With the Fair Isle Mitten MKALendar you'll create a pair of colorwork mittens, fingerless mitts, or convertible flip-top mittens in 25 days. The mittens are worked from the cuff up in stranded colorwork using all sorts of fingering-weight yarn leftovers, scraps, half-a skeins, unicorn tails, or advent calendar minis. The pattern comes in three styles and four sizes designed to fit from kids to large adults.


Each day is presented as a stranded colorwork chart. All charts can be worked with just two colors but you can use as many as you wish! Your color choices determine whether your advent will be filled with classic or modern interpretations of traditional Fair Isle motifs. Regardless of how many colors you pick, all colorwork rounds are knit with just two colors and short floats. Tips for choosing and using colors are provided.


The pattern is written with both metric and US terminology. Only charted instructions are given for the daily colorwork patterns.


This pattern was originally released as a 25-part mystery knit-along in December 2024.


Sizing

  • XS [S, M, L]

  • 50 [60, 70, 80] sts


Finished Measurements

  • Hand circumference: approx. 15 [18, 21, 24] cm / 5¾ [7, 8, 9¼]"

  • Fingerless mitts length: approx. 21.5 [22, 22.5, 23] cm / 8½ [8¾, 8¾, 9]"

  • Mittens and flip-top mittens length: approx. 27 [28, 29, 30] cm / 10¾ [11, 11¼, 11¾]"


Choose a size that comes closest to your (or your recipient's) hand circumference with a small amount of positive ease.


Yardage

Fingering-weight yarn leftovers, scraps, half-a skeins, unicorn tails, or advent calendar minis in as many colors as you want (at least 2)

  • for fingerless mitts: approx. 190 [240, 280, 330] m / 210 [260, 310, 360] yd in total

  • for mittens: approx. 230 [280, 340, 390] m / 250 [310, 370, 430] yd in total

  • for flip-top mittens: approx. 260 [320, 390, 460] m / 280 [350, 420, 500] yd in total


Gauge

  • 34 sts × 40 rnds = 10 cm / 4"


Needles

  • 2.5 mm / US #1½

Difficulty
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