It‘s cold outside. Time to wrap your hands in warm mittens to brave the cold. Suddenly a phone call comes in or you want to capture your friend doing a flip while ice skating. Unwrapping is no option! These classic shaped mittens come with a twist: the mittens can be converted into mitts. Flip them over to use your fingertips.

The mittens are completely worked in rounds. Starting at the bottom with corrugated ribbing, the Fair Isle pattern is revealed as the pattern comes to the tip. The colourwork is inspired by the graphic artist M.C. Escher. His art had a strong mathematical component.

The Aran-weight yarn gives a warm thickness and makes it a quick project. Choose two contrasting colours to reveal the fractal.

The FRACTAL mittens are worked bottom up. The two-coloured cast-on is continued by corrugated ribbing. The geometric Fair Isle motifs getting bigger as the tip is reached. The mittens are worked seamlessly.

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MATERIAL

YARN

Donegal Yarns Aran Tweed, (100% Wool; 160 m / 174 yards per 100g)

• 1 skein in Petrol Blue (dark colour, DC)
50 g / 80 m / 87 yards used for the sample

• 1 skein in Sunflower (light colour, LC)
50 g / 80 m / 87 yards used for the sample

KNITTING NEEDLES

  • 4.0 mm / US # 6 circular needle, or DPNs if you prefer
  • 4.5 mm / US # 7 circular needle, or DPNs if you prefer, or size to obtain gauge
  • 4.0 mm / US # 6 crochet hook

GAUGE

18 sts x 24 rows = 10 cm / 4“ in stockinette stitch, using bigger needles

NOTIONS

  • tapestry needle
  • stitch holder or waste yarn
  • 2 buttons

MISCELLANEOUS

PATTERN NOTES

Sizing
There is the possibility to make the mittens larger. The instructions tell you where the mittens can be lengthened.

Cable cast-on
https://donnarossa.ch/how-to-work-the-cable-cast-on/

SKILLS REQUIRED

  • knit and purl stitches
  • increases and decreases
  • fair isle
  • reading charts

The pattern comes in written and charted instructions.

SIZES

Adult S [M, L]

palm circumference: 16.5 [19, 21.5] cm / 6.5 [7.5, 8.5]”

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

A – palm circumference: 17 [18, 19] cm / 6.75 [7, 7.5]”
B – Ribbing: 6 [7, 8] cm / 2.25 [2.75, 3]”
C – height to thumb: 7.5 [8, 8.5] cm / 3 [3, 3.25]”
D – finger length: 7 [8, 9] cm / 2.75 [3.25, 3.5]”
E – finger tips: 2.5 [3, 3.5] cm / 1 [1.25, 1.5]”
F – length: 23 [26, 29] cm / 9 [10.25, 11.5]”

 

Fractal mittens knitting pattern schematic donnarossa

 

The palm circumference of the model‘s hand is 19 cm (7 1/2“) and the mittens are worn with a 1/2“ negative ease.

 

PDF – File

  • Step-by-step instructions
  • two-column layout
  • printer-friendly
  • 5 pages

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