Aulavik Mittens

Way up at the top of the map, on an island as big as Ireland but with just 112 residents, is the most idyllic national park in the world. Aulavik National Park in the Northwest Territories, set in the lush lowlands of northern Banks Island, is a polar paradise of crystalline rivers, romping muskox, breeding birds, and ancient artefacts. Evidence of human presence in Aulavik National Park dates back 3,500 years, to the pre-Dorset cultures who left tent rings, flint scrapers and bone harpoon heads near Shoran Lake.

These cozy mittens carry a motif inspired by scrimshaw artefacts left by Dorset and Thule peoples who followed after the pre-Dorset cultures. They are worked at a fairly tight gauge in worsted weight yarn to increase their warmth and wind resistance, an excellent choice for hikers and campers in the far North of Canada.

Gauge: 22 sts x 27 rows = 10cm (@4”)Gauge is given for the unblocked stranded motif worked in the round.