Feeling a bit of a chill inside and out? These mittens deliver warm hands and warm hearts!

With a rainbow of hearts worked in ten contrast colors on a neutral background, these stranded mittens with gusseted thumbs are fun to knit and cozy to wear. They’re sure to brighten up even the greyest winter day.

Skill Level: Intermediate / Advanced.

Skills Needed: Old Norwegian Cast-on (or Long Tail Cast-on), knit, purl, Fair Isle (stranded) knitting, simple decreases (k2tog, ssk), simple increases (m1r and m1l).

Finished Size: As charted, fits hands up to 8”/ 20 cm around the knuckles, and up to 7.5” / 19 cm in length from the crease of the wrist to the tip of the middle finger. Designed to fit snuggly at the wrist.

Finished length (after blocking): 10”/ 25 cm.

Yarn: MC: Infinite Twist Hexa (6-ply Merino, 200 y/ 80 g), Dovecote ,150 y; CCs, Infinite Twist Helix (2-ply Merino, 200 y/67 g), CC1: Spooky Purple, 20 y; CC2: Cobalt, 20 y; CC3: Marina, 20 y; CC4: Similan Green, 20 y; CC5: Acid Green, 20 y; CC6: Meringue, 25 y; CC7: Sunflower, 25 y; CC8: Marigold, 20 y; CC9: Goldfish, 20 y; CC10: Red Devil, 20 y.

Needles: US size 4 / 3.5 mm double-pointed needles, or size yielding gauge

Gauge: 32 stitches and 36 rows over 4”/10cm

Notion: 2 stitch markers in different colors, yarn needle, 24”/61cm waste yarn.