It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single hand in possession of good fingers must be in want of a mitten. Step into the world of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice with these charming fingerless mittens, adorned with cameos of the iconic Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. I was introduced to Jane Austen while taking an English degree at university, and I fell in love with her novels. No other writer has written such wonderful foil characters as Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy: complex, clever, fallible, and relatable. My inspiration for these mittens stems from their timeless romance and witty dialogue that Austen so masterfully crafted.

Materials
Yarn: Les Laines Biscotte Yarns, PatricKnits Merica
(100% American-grown merino Rambouillet wool), 450 yd (411 m)/100 g, fingering weight: 178 yd (163 m) of Vanille (MC); 114 yd (104 m) of Slate Blue (CC)

Needles: size 2½ (3 mm) set of double-pointed (dpns) or size needed to obtain gauge. (The mitts were worked using a 9” (22.5 cm) circular needle for the body of the mitts and dpns for the thumb)

Notions: Markers (m): 3 (one in a distinctive color for
beginning of round)
Waste yarn or stitch holder for thumb stitches
Tapestry needle

Gauge: 32 sts × 36½ rnds = 4” (10.2 cm) in stockinette
colorwork in the round, after blocking.

Finished Size: 8” (20.5 cm) hand circumference
and 9½“ (24 cm) long, after blocking.