My newest pattern is Thumbs Up Mittens!
Stranded knitting technique and aran weight yarn (a bit heavier than a standard worsted weight) combine to make some seriously warm mittens – perfect in the snow! And they have an unusal gusset – the gusset stitches grow out of the hand stitches on both sides of the thumb, making a very comfortable and ambidextrous pair. The simple stranded pattern highlights the unusual gusset and reverses to showcase the thumb. Check out the full details on the pattern page HERE.
I have been wearing my Léttlopi pair daily this Winter – they are keep my hands nicely warm and dry – I recommend highly! But I also wanted to share some of the great mittens that my testers knit up for this pattern in some different yarns that you could choose.
Briggs and Little Heritage works perfectly for this pattern – I know it is a favorite yarn for many of you! KnitMomWI used light Maroon and Dark Green to knit her mittens.
Niddyn also used Heritage – in Navy and Quoddy Blue. (She also went on to knit two more pairs in Heritage!)
ImmaKnitter used Garnstudio Drops Alaska for these striking mittens – one of two pairs she knit.
SandyVar combined Knit Pick’s Simply Wool Aran and Plymouth Yarn Homestead Tweed for her mittens.
lhensley made her cute little XS size pair in Mission Falls 1824 Wool (discountinued).
Alaskanhoosier also made a size XS – using Cascade 220 Sport doubled for one color and Wisdom Yarns Poems for the other.
Finally, I know some of you love to spin, and lucias used her beautiful handspun with great success in this pattern to knit up a pair in size XL for her husband.
I so LOVE and appreciate my test knitters! If you are interested in occasionally testing a pattern for me let me know by posting in my Ravelry thread HERE. I identified all my testers above with their Ravelry names if you want to check out their projects pages on Ravelry.
