Keep your hands warm with handmade mittens. This class is a great choice for students ready to make their very first pair. 

Two 2-hour sessions 

Skills needed:

• Proficiently cast on, knit and purl in the round

Skills learned:

• increasing
• decreasing 
• transferring stitches from waste yarn/ picking up stitches

Materials:

• 220 yards of worsted weight yarn: Kelbourne Woolens Germantown is recommended
• US#4 (3.75mm) and US#6 (4.5mm) in your preferred method for working small circumferences in the round: DPNs, 9" circulars or 40" circular for magic loop.
• Stitch markers, waste yarn, tapestry needle, scissors
• One copy of the pattern Building Blocks Mittens by Kate Gagnon Osborn

Preparation:

Cast on for the mitten cuff and work the length recommended for your chosen size.