Prograde Orbit Mitts by Lauren Rad

Fingerless mitts have a column of twisted stitch, one by one, cables on the top of the hand. The wrist, top of the thumb and fingers all have  small ribbed cuffs. The body of the mitts is knit in stockinette.

Accessibility statement: This pattern includes a second PDF version that is formatted for knitters with low vision. It has black text, size 22 or larger text in a sans serif font, no italics, no columns, and fully-written directions. The chart is still included but is not needed to work the pattern.

Designer’s description:

This is the first in a series of six mitt patterns inspired by a conversation with my friend, Arianna Frasca. Arianna loves the moon, and we both have perpetually cold hands. I decided, then, to use the moon as inspiration for each set of mitts. Earth’s moon has a prograde orbit. In other words, it orbits in the same direction that the sun spins. The twisty criss-crossing cables on these mitts remind me of the charts showing all the overlapping orbits of Jupiter’s many moons.

Link to pattern on etsy $6.75