Lithuania Book Cover Mittens-2.0.pdf knitting pattern

Telšiai Mittens
by Donna Druchunas

Yarn weight
Fingering / 4 ply (14 wpi) ?
Gauge
35 stitches = 4 inches
in Stranded colorwork
Needle size
US 2 - 2.75 mm
Yardage
350 yards (320 m)
Sizes available
8" / 20 cm palm circumference 12" / 31 cm length

These mittens are inspired by a pair knit in the town of Telšiai, Lithuania and photographed in Antanas Tamošaitis’s book, Sodžiaus menas, kn. 5: Mezgimo-nerimo raštai (Village Arts, no. 5: Charted Knitting Patterns, Kaunas, Lithuania: Žemes Ukio Rumu leidykla, 1933). I changed the design to have the popular pointed tip shaping that I feel is a better match for the patterning on the hand.