Join in the advent fun with this companion piece to my 2020 Missoni-inspired cowl, Vittorio Cowl. I call this a half-vent or a 12 days project as it uses 12 mini skeins (2 each of 6 colours) and an accompanying 50 gram skein of fingering yarn.

These are the Vittorio Fingerless Mitts, also named for Vittorio Missoni. Designed for the Shall We Knit? yarn store advent calendar (half-vent or 12 Days of Christmas), these fingerless mitts comes in two sizes.

Kits (select the “nice” kit) available from Shall We Knit?

Note: These fingerless mitts were designed using Koigu ‘Minis’ which are labeled at 11 yds (10 m) each. On average, these skeinettes are longer than labeled however, for this project the cuffs are worked using the listed amount of yarn. If using the Koigu ‘Minis’ you will most likely have some leftover yarn in most colours.

Skills Required:

• Working in the round
• Working in the round with a small circumference (thumbs)
• Working i-cord edging
• Working lace on both right side and wrong side rows
• Working stripes
• Working with charts and written instructions

Available Size: Small (Large)
Fits hand circumference (measured at knuckles, worn with slight negative ease): 6.25 (7.5)”/16 (19) cm

Full Length: 9.25 (10.5)”/23.5 (26.5) cm long
Cuff length: 5 (5.75)”/12.5 (14.5) cm long

Other Tools:

• Stitch markers - 2
• Locking stitch markers (2)
• Buttons, ½”/12 mm (6)
• Tapestry needle
• T-pins
• Stitch holders or scrap yarn

Yarn: 183 (207) yards/167 (189) metres of merino wool fingering weight yarn that knits up to 7-7.5 sts/inch.

Main Colour – 75 (87) yards/69 (80) metres)
Contrasting colours – 6 colours x 18 (20) yards/16 (18) metres each

Shown in:
Koigu ‘Painter’s Palette Premium Merino (KPPPM)’, (100% merino; 175 yards/160 meters; 1.76 oz/50 grams per skein).
Main Colour – 1 skein in colour P947.

Koigu Premium Merino (KPM) & (KPPPM) ‘Minis’, (100% merino; 11 yards/10 meters; 0.11 oz/3 grams per skein).
12 skeinettes, 2 each of 6 colours. (Note: I had leftovers of each of these colours)