LITTLE HEART’S EASE

A simple colourwork pattern adds interest, density, and warmth to this basic mitten silhouette. The contrast colour looks like little hearts, which reminded me of the tiny community of Little Heart’s Ease in Trinity Bay; Newfoundland is known for its quirky place names. Columns of slipped stitches add polish, forming faux side seams to hide the jog that naturally occurs when knitting stranded colourwork in the round. Requiring little yarn for the contrast colour, this quick knit is a great project for using up leftovers of your favourite yarns and colours.

Grey and dark pink mittens are worn by model in a denim shirt standing in front of an off-white wall. Her hands are crossed over her heart.

SIZE

Women’s sizes S [M, L] to fit 19 [21, 23] cm/7.5 [8.25, 9]” hand circumference, measured at the widest part of the hand (i.e. around the base of the thumb)

Shown in size M on a 21 cm/8.25” hand circumference with 1 cm/0.5” negative ease.

FINISHED DIMENSIONS

Hand circumference 18 [20, 22] cm/7 [7.75, 8.5]”, after blocking

GAUGE

20 stitches & 26 rounds = 10 cm/4″ in colourwork pattern

MATERIALS AND TOOLS

Yarn

Aran weight yarn in the following approximate amounts:

102 [123, 148] m/111 [135, 162] yd Main Colour (MC)
26 [31, 37] m/28 [34, 41] yd Contrast Colour (CC)

Shown in Briggs & Little Heritage (100% Wool; 197 m/215 yd per 113 g/4 oz skein) in colours Light Grey (MC) and Light Maroon (CC)

Needles

One set 4.0 mm/US 6 needles* (or size needed to obtain gauge)

*Either one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs), two circular needles, or one long circular needle, as you prefer for small circumference knitting in the round.

Additional Tools and Notions

Stitch marker, smooth waste yarn or stitch holder, tapestry needle

SKILL LEVEL

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PATTERN NOTES

Colourwork pattern is both written and charted.

LOW VISION ACCESSIBILITY

The low vision version of this pattern has the following features:

  • Black text on white background
  • 24 point font (minimum for body text; some headers are slightly larger than this)
  • Sans serif monospaced font (Consolas)
  • No italics
  • Fully written directions (no charts)
  • All left-justified text
  • 2.54 cm/1” margins
  • Single column format
  • All images are captioned

Grey and dark pink colourwork mittens with plain grey thumbs are laid flat on a white wooden background.

Price: $7.00 CAD/$5.50 USD

Purchasing options:

  1. Ravelry ($7.00 CAD)
  2. Etsy ($7.00 CAD)
  3. Craft Foxes ($5.50 USD)
  4. LoveCrafts ($5.50 USD)