15% intro discount with code Chicken until end of Friday 20th February. Whether you keep chickens or just enjoy the lovely whimsical look of these, I hope you enjoy how quick they are to knit and how practical they are to wear, keeping your hands warm but fingers free for all your other daily activities! They´re also a perfect gift knit for any chicken loving family and friends.

These mittens feature the fun hen motif from the much-loved Herding Hens socks. This mitt pattern includes two charts with either a three-colour option for highlighting those beak and eye details (which can be duplicate stitched on too if preferred), or a simpler two colour in one row motif option.

Sizing
1 (2, 3)
To fit (hand circumference): 15.5–18 (19–21, 21.5—23.5cm / 7 (8 ¼ , 9 ¼ ) inches.
Finished hand circumference: 16.5 (20, 22.5) cm / 6 ¾ (8, 9 ) inches.
Hand length (including cuff): 18 (18, 20) cm / 7 ¾ (7 ¾ , 8 ) inches.

Yarn – Any Fingering weight 4ply sock yarn
MC: (Vi)laines Chausettes (75% Wool, 25% Nylon / Polyamide), 425 m (465 yds) per 100g skein
CC1: Various scrap sock yarn from stash. The marled black yarn is Lang Yarns Jawoll sock yarn, the white tweed is Lana Grossa Meilenweit Tweed.
CC2 & CC3: Lang Yarns Jawoll (75% wool, 25% nylon/polyamide), 230 yds (210 m) per 50g skein

Shown in
MC: Lili´s Fishtank. Approx. 35 (40, 44)g, 147 (168, 189) m / 160, (184, 207 ) yds.
CC1: Various scrap sock yarn from stash. Each set of hen uses approx 3g of yarn. If you use 1 contrast colour, this requires approx 15g of yarn in total. 63m (69 yds).
CC2: Lemon (149). Approx 5g, 21m (23 yds).
CC3: Cherry Red (262). Approx 3g, 13m (14 yds).

Needles
Size 1 and 2: 2.25mm (US 1).
Size 3: 2.75mm (US 2).

Further sizes can be achieved by going up or down needle sizes.

Gauge
Size 1 and 2: 36 sts x 42 rnds = 10 cm (4 inches).
Size 3: 32 sts x 38 rnds = 10 cm (4 inches).

This pattern has been tech edited and all sizes test knitted.