Product Description
Knit in worsted weight yarn with up to four colors per round, these boldly patterned stranded mittens will keep your hands nice and toasty and provide all the color you need this winter.
This pattern is 7 pages long and contains instructions for necessary techniques. The colorwork portion is charted. 4 sample colorways are given, but I encourage you to dig deep in the stash for all your worsted weight bits and bobs and come up with an exciting colorway of your own.
These mittens are knit in the round from the tubular cast-on on up. They’re a very fun and relatively quick knit, but since they require you to strand up to 4 colors per round, please be familiar with colorwork.
Hickory Mittens by Adrian Bizilia
What is Being Made
The Hickory Mittens are a pair of unisex stranded knitting mittens designed to provide warmth and bold visual impact during winter months. Available in three sizes—Small, Medium, and Large—these mittens feature vibrant, finely drawn colorwork patterns that showcase up to four colors per round. The mittens measure 8.5" to 10" in circumference and 10.5" to 12" in length, depending on size selection.
Knitting Techniques and Stitches
These mittens are constructed using stranded knitting, also known as Fair Isle knitting, a colorwork technique that carries multiple yarn colors across rounds while creating intricate patterns. The stranded method allows knitters to work with up to four different colors in a single round, building complex geometric and decorative motifs across the mitten surface. This intermediate-level technique requires careful tension management to ensure the carried yarn strands remain elastic and do not pucker the fabric.
The pattern employs finely drawn lines within the colorwork design, which demands precise color placement and high contrast between the primary colors to ensure pattern clarity and visual definition. The mitten construction includes a thumb gusset and shaping to accommodate the hand's natural contours.
Yarn and Materials
The Hickory Mittens are knit in worsted weight yarn, a medium-weight yarn that provides excellent stitch definition for displaying colorwork patterns while offering sufficient warmth for winter wear. The pattern suggests Cascade 220 as a popular yarn choice, though knitters may select any worsted weight yarn meeting the gauge requirements.
Color Selection and Design Flexibility
The pattern encourages creative color experimentation within a structured framework:
- Choose high-contrast colors for the two main colors—the mitten background and the motif outliner—to ensure pattern visibility and definition
- Select four additional colors to complement and enhance the primary palette
- Combine natural and bright colors for dynamic visual interest
- Pair heathers and solids for sophisticated colorways
- Experiment with pale mittens featuring dark motifs, or reverse the contrast for equally striking results
Sizing and Fit
Proper sizing is determined by measuring around the palm at its widest point, excluding the thumb, with the hand splayed open. Knitters should select the size with a circumference just larger than their measurement to ensure comfortable wear and adequate ease for hand movement and warmth.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | Worsted |
| Pages: | 8 |
| Designer: | Adrian Bizilia |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Notes: | Size is determined by gauge. May be knit on DPNs, 2 circulars, or 1 circular using Magic Loop. |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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