Are there buy buttons on the side of the page? If so, you've caught this pattern on one of the handful of days every year when it's available! If not, read on for details of where it went and what to do if you want to be notified the next time it's available.

A few years ago I got overwhelmed by my back catalog, retired most of my earlier work, and launched Tiny Nonsense. That gave me space to make Cool New Stuff! But some people missed the earlier things, so I make many of the retired patterns available for a few days once or twice a year.

• If you see the buy buttons on this page, you’ve caught it on one of the days it’s available! You can buy it just like usual.

• If you don’t see the buy buttons on this page, then it’s not currently available. It will probably be available the week after Thanksgiving and for a few days in June or July.

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This is a companion to Otherwise (the hat in the pictures at the bottom of this page).

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Knitting doesn’t really have rules.

Knitting has a whole bunch of general guidelines (like ‘knowing your gauge helps you make better choices’ or ‘pretty much everything benefits from a good blocking’), and then a whole bunch of personal preferences. And two of my most strongly held personal preferences are ‘accessories are more fun in sets’ and ‘knitted leaves are more fun than they have any right to be.’

So once I knit the lovely, leafy little hat that started this, I knew I’d want some mitts to go with it. So I made some, and I couldn’t be more delighted with them!

Leaves up the front to look pretty, stockinette on the back to keep things mellow, and one of the loveliest thumbs I ever did see all combine to make a mitt that’s absolutely delightful. If you share my fondness for sets (and leaves!), I think you’ll love them too.

The mitt is written in six sizes (castons of 38, 40, 42,44, 46, or 48 stitches), and you should feel free to adjust your gauge a bit to fine tune the fit of the mitts. Just be sure that you’re working at a gauge that gives you a fabric you like with your chosen yarn!

I recommend working at something around 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, or 7 stitches per inch, and I’ve included a table to help you figure out what gauge you’ll want to use for your size. With that range of sizes and gauges, the mitt will fit a wrist between 6 and 11.75 inches (with lots of points in between).

This is perfect for you if:

• You know knits are more fun in sets
• You’re smitten with that thumb

It’s not for you if:

• You don’t like charts (the pattern uses charts)
• You hate swatching (you need to swatch to check your needle size)