Fair Isle Mitten MKALendar

free

With the Fair Isle Mitten MKALendar you'll create a pair of colorwork mittens, fingerless mitts, or convertible flip-top mittens in 25 days while waiting for the holidays.

The mystery knit-along is released in 25 daily clues: 24 days of colorwork charts for the advent and mitten top and thumbs on Christmas Day. For a non-matching pair, work clues 1–12 of the MKAL on the left mitten and clues 13–24 on the right. For a matching pair, work either clues 1–12 or 13–24 on both mittens.

Each day's clue is presented as a stranded colorwork chart. All charts can be worked with just two colors but you can use as many as you wish! Your color choices determine whether your advent will be filled with classic or modern interpretations of traditional Fair Isle motifs. Regardless of how many colors you pick, all colorwork rounds are knit with just two colors and short floats.

The mittens are worked from the cuff up in stranded colorwork using all sorts of fingering-weight yarn leftovers, scraps, half-a skeins, unicorn tails, or advent calendar minis. The pattern comes in three styles and four sizes designed to fit from kids to large adults.

Download the MKAL info sheet and cast on today! The pre-release information package comes with a list of materials, a detailed schedule, tips for planning your color palette, and instructions for casting on the cuffs. Join my Mighty Networks community to access the daily colorwork clues starting December 1, 2024.

The pattern is written with both metric and US terminology. Only charted instructions are given for the daily colorwork patterns.

This pattern is free for a limited time! The clues will be available free in my Mighty Networks community for two months from December 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025.

Sizing

XS [S, M, L]
50 [60, 70, 80] sts

Finished Measurements

Hand circumference: approx. 15 [18, 21, 24] cm / 5¾ [7, 8, 9¼]"
Fingerless mitts length: approx. 21.5 [22, 22.5, 23] cm / 8½ [8¾, 8¾, 9]"
Mittens and flip-top mittens length: approx. 27 [28, 29, 30] cm / 10¾ [11, 11¼, 11¾]"

Choose a size that comes closest to your (or your recipient's) hand circumference with a small amount of positive ease.

Yardage

Fingering-weight yarn leftovers, scraps, half-a skeins, unicorn tails, or advent calendar minis in as many colors as you want (at least 2)

for fingerless mitts: approx. 190 [240, 280, 330] m / 210 [260, 310, 360] yd in total
for mittens: approx. 230 [280, 340, 390] m / 250 [310, 370, 430] yd in total
for flip-top mittens: approx. 260 [320, 390, 460] m / 280 [350, 420, 500] yd in total