September Featured Pattern and Knit-Along: Woodland Mittens

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 Welcome to September!  With the nights just starting to get cooler, it's the perfect time to get a jump start on Winter Knitting (and the dreaded Holiday Gift Knitting, if you do that!)  And, to help you get the jump start on the Winter woolies, this month's Featured Pattern is the Woodland Mittens!

Don't worry, if you don't have the pattern, it's 50% off through the month of September during the Knit-Along!

Photography: Stephanie Wallace

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The original inspiration for Woodland Mittens was the Woodland Hat pattern, that I designed for the (now defunct) Ravelry Designer’s Challenge, based on a woodland theme. This stitch pattern brought to my mind the image of moss in the knots of trees, with it’s double-moss stitch enclosed within the cable sections.

I thought that the stitch pattern also would work well for a pair of mittens, and so, these mittens were born! The mittens are knit from the 1 by 1 ribbed cuff up and the thumb is done with a side-seam thumb gusset. The cable motif continues through the top decreases of the mitten.

The mittens are mirrored, with a different left-hand and right-hand mitten. Each mitten has a cable pattern on the back of the hand and a slipped-stitch textured palm. The extra yarn on the palm helps keep the hand warm and provides an additional layer against friction and wear (as well as providing help in making snowballs!)

This pattern has both charted and written instructions, as well as an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software. This option includes only the written instruction.

The sample was knit in Baa Ram Ewe’s Dovestone DK, which is a DK-weight blend of several different breeds of sheep’s wool. Since this yarn is now discontinued, I'd suggest *West Yorkshire Spinners Fleece BFL DK as a substitution.

You can buy the pattern through Etsy,  in my Web Shop, or, on my Patreon Shop, the discount is available on all platforms for the month of September! (Psst, if you're a Patron, you can just download the pattern for free from the Patreon Shop!)

 Now, onto the Knit-Along!

 For the month of September, every finished pair of mittens has a chance to win a $25 Gift Card from Knit Picks (US/Canada only at the moment, sorry!) or, 4 patterns of the winner's choice from my Web Shop!  To enter on the blog, simply post a link to a picture of your completed pair of mittens by the end of September 2024. Please note that the mittens don't have been started in September, just finished in September. -- so it's a good reason to pull out any WIPs!

Please note, due to the seizure/migraine risks, you may not post links to Ravelry.com in the comments of this blog. Such links will be removed and will not count as entries to the Knit-Along.  IG posts, public Facebook posts, blog posts, or even direct image links are all acceptable alternatives.

You can also enter to win by posting to the giveaway on Facebook, Instagram, and, Discord, giving 4 chances to win in total!

I always look forward to seeing your Finished Objects! Please post them to various social media with #SarahDawnsDesigns, and #SarahDawnsDesignsSept2024 and/or share them to the Facebook Group or to the Discord! That way, I can see the awesome that you folks make!

**One entry per person for each project per platform (four possible entries total for each completed project). One Winner will be drawn at random using random number generation. Prize will be distributed by e-mail, Participants may enter the same project on more then one platform, but may only enter each project once per platform. Not sponsored or endorsed by Knit Picks/WeCrochet.