I have been dreaming about a pair of fingerless mitts with a feather pattern for ages. It’s taken me a little while to figure it out. I didn’t want to use cables unless it was really necessary (spoiler, Assilag uses cables) because lots of little cables can be fiddly and tedious. I tried out some other ways to get the same effect using rib and carefully placed increases and decreases, but the effect wasn’t as defined as I wanted.
In the end the cables were the only way to do it, but honestly, they also weren’t as fiddly as I though they’d be. I’ve been doing a lot of cables without cable needles in my mitts recently, but in this pattern the cables can be quite tight to work it’s actually easier to use a cable needle.
I had the bottom of the feather grow out of the cuff, hitting it’s widest point at the end of the cuff, and designed the top of the feather to start to curve closed after the top cuff starts and I really love how balanced the feather looks. All the sizes have the feather start and finish at the same point in the cuff so the length of your feather depends on the length of your mitt.
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Credits to @einfach_anders_knits, @jamifran222, @Tammybug16 and @Wolfofwool on IG and donnamcwilliams71, Jazzylizzy and Yarnaticallymagic on Ravelry!
