DESIGNED BY ROBYN CHACHULA
Add some color to winter days with these bright and cheery mittens. Use your scrap yarn to work a random stripe sequence or keep it simple with fewer colors. Whether you make these mitts flamboyant or muted, their classic shape ensures that they will be the ones you reach for over and over again as you’re heading out the door.
9½" (24 cm) long by 4½" (11.5 cm) wide.
Worsted weight (#4 Medium).
Shown here: Cascade 220 Superwash (100% superwash wool; 220 yd [200 m]/3.5 oz [100 g]): #841 Moss (A), #910A Winter White (B), #1910 Summer Sky Heather (C), #821 Daffodil (D), #893 Ruby (E), #807 Raspberry (F), 1 ball each.
Size H/8 (5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.
Six 
" (11 mm) buttons; tapestry needle.
16 sts and 11 rows = 4" (10 cm) in relief stitch pattern using size H/8 (5 mm) hook.
Take time to check gauge.
Front Loop Only (flo)
Back Loop Only (blo)
STITCH GUIDE
FPdc (Front Post double crochet)
Yarn over, insert hook around post of next indicated st by inserting hook from front to back to front around the post, yarn over and draw up loop, [yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.
BPdc (Back Post double crochet)
Yarn over, insert hook around post of next indicated st by inserting hook from back to front to back around the post, yarn over and draw up loop, [yarn over and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.
Dc#tog (Double crochet together)
*Yarn over, insert hook into next indicated st, yarn over and draw up loop, yarn over and pull yarn through 2 loops on hook; rep from * # times total, yarn over and pull through remaining loops on hook.
Relief Stitch Pattern (worked flat) (Multiple of 5 sts + 2 + 2 ch)
Ch 19.
Row 1 (WS): Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across–17 dc. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *[dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc; rep from * to last dc, dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *[dc in next dc, BPdc around next dc], dc in next dc; rep from * to last dc, dc in last dc. Turn.
Rep Rows 2 and 3.
NOTES
Mittens are worked from the top down to the cuff with an opening for the thumb.
Work in following stripe-row sequence throughout pattern: 1 Round A, 1 Round B, 1 Round C, 1 Round D, 1 Round E, 1 Round F.
Instructions
Right Mitten
Start stripe sequence and make an adjustable ring with A.
Rnd 1 (RS): Ch 3 (counts as dc), 11 dc in ring, pull ring closed, sl st to top of t-ch—12 dc, do not turn, fasten off A and join B.
Rnd 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *(dc, FPdc) in next dc, dc in next dc; rep from * around to last dc, (dc, FPdc) in last dc, sl st to top of t-ch—18 dc, do not turn.
Rnd 3: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *dc in next dc, 2 FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc; rep from * around to last 2 dc, dc in next dc, 2 FPdc around last dc, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn—24 dc.
Rnd 4: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, dc bet FPdc, FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc; rep from * around to last 3 dc, dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, dc bet FPdc, FPdc around last dc, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn—30 dc.
Rnd 5: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *[dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc; rep from * around to last 4 dc, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn.
Rnds 6–12: Rep Rnd 5.
THUMB OPENING
Rnd 13: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *[dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc; rep from * once, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, ch 7, skip 2 dc, **[FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc] twice, dc in next dc; rep from ** once, FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc, FPdc around last dc, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn.
Rnd 14: Ch 3 (counts as dc), FPdc around each FPdc, dc in each dc and in each 7 ch; sl st to top of t-ch—35 dc, do not turn.
Rnds 15–17: Rep Rnd 5.
Rnd 18: Ch 3 (counts as dc), *dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, skip next dc, FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc*, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc, rep from * to * 3 times, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc, dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, skip next dc, FPdc around next dc, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn, fasten off—30 dc.
RIGHT CUFF
Row 19 (RS): Skip 19 dc, join yarn with sl st in next FPdc, ch 3 (counts as dc), FPdc around next FPdc, dc flo in next 2 dc, [FPdc around next dc, dc in next dc] twice, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, dc in next dc] twice, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc, [dc in next dc, FPdc around next 2 dc, dc in next dc] twice, dc in next dc, dc blo in next 4 dc (overlap made)—34 dc, turn.
Rows 20 (WS), 22, and 24: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in each dc, BPdc in each FPdc around, turn.
Rows 21, 23, and 25: Ch 3 (counts as dc), FPdc around each FPdc, dc in each dc around, turn.
Row 26 (WS): Rep Row 20, fasten off.
EDGING
With RS facing, join C to outer side edge of cuff with sl st, ch 1, [2 sc in each row end] 8 times to corner, 3 sc in corner st, turn work 90°, sc in each dc around, 3 sc in last dc (for corner), turn work 90°, [2 sc in each row end] 8 times, fasten off.
BUTTONHOLE BAND
Join C to RS of outside edge of cuff with sl st, *sl st in next 4 sc, ch 3; rep from * twice more, sl st in each sc to end, fasten off, weave in ends.
Sew buttons to opposite cuff opening.
THUMB
With RS facing, join A in corner of thumb opening.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), 12 dc evenly around opening—13 dc, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn. Fasten off A.
Rnd 2: Join F, ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in each dc around, sl st to top of t-ch, do not turn. Fasten off F.
Rnd 3: Rep Rnd 2 with E.
Rnd 4: Join D, ch 3 (counts as dc), *dc2tog over next 2 dc, dc in next 2 dc; rep from * around, sl st to top of t-ch, fasten off D—10 dc.
Rnd 5: Join C, ch 2, [dc2tog over next 2 dc, dc3tog over next 3 dc] twice, sl st to first dc2tog, weave ends through top of sts and pull closed, fasten off.
Left Mitten
Rep as for right mitten to cuff.
LEFT CUFF
Row 19 (RS): Skip 8 dc, join yarn with sl st in next FPdc, ch 3 (counts as dc), dc blo in next 3 dc, [FPdc around next dc, dc in next 2 dc, FPdc around next dc] 3 times, dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, dc in next 2 dc, [FPdc around next dc, dc in next 2 dc, FPdc around next dc] twice, dc in next dc, FPdc around next dc, dc flo in next 2 dc, FPdc around next dc (overlap made)—34 dc, turn.
Complete as for right mitten.
EDGING
With RS facing join C to inner side edge of cuff with sl st, ch 1, [2 sc in each row end] 8 times to corner, 3 sc in corner st, turn work 90°, sc in each dc around, 3 sc in last dc (for corner), turn work 90°, [2 sc in each row end] 8 times, fasten off.
BUTTONHOLE BAND
Work as for right mitten.
Finishing
Weave in all ends.
