Method: the mittens are worked in rounds on DPNs. If you use a circular needle, I recommend placing markers dividing the stitches as below. They are worked from the cuff up, with a thumb gusset at the side and a patterned thumb and hand. These instructions are written to be worked over five DPNs.

SIZE: ONE SIZE

Yarn quantities: 40g/1¼oz (A), 10g/¼oz (B), 8g/¼oz (C), 12g/½oz (D)

Yarn: 4-ply (fingering) yarn, Hebridean & Natural Colours from The Birlinn Yarn Company; 50g/1¾oz/150m/164yds

Finished measurements: 9cm (3½in) wide (half of circumference), 18cm (7in) long

Moorland shades: Storm Grey (A), Peaty Brown (B), Bog Cotton (C), Moor (D)
Shoreline shades: Sea Mist (A), Peaty Brown (B), Bog Cotton (C), Shillay (D)

Needles: 2.5mm (UK 12/13, US 1.5) DPNs for ribbing and wrist, 2.75mm (UK 12, US 2) DPNs for hand chart

Tension (gauge): 32 sts × 26 rows in pattern on 2.75mm (UK 12, US 2) needles = 10 × 10cm (4 × 4in)

Other: markers, spare yarn to hold the stitches of the thumb gusset, darning needle for fastening off ends