Diamond Quartet Fingerless Mitts

Learn the technique! Download the Diamond Duet Cowl for free.

Get matching cowls, hats & mittens at 30% off.

Offers expire March 1.

The joy of knitting with 4 Colours!

The Diamond Quartet Collection brings the richness of combining four colors to your knitting. With this innovative technique, you only ever work with two colors per round. No floats, no bobbins—just a warm, squishy, and strikingly geometric fingerless mitts.

The fingerless mitts are for knitters with experience in Woven Knitting. How to get started:

• learn the basics of with the 2 colour Diamond Duet Cowl (it’s a free download through March 1)
• extend your skills to 4 colours with the matching Diamond Quartet cowl or hat

The Diamond Quartet Tutorials will guide you with every step.

Not sure how to choose four colours? Miss Babs Yarns’ curated Quartets has a combination for every palette. Test out your colour selection with the Diamond Quartet Colouring Tool.

Sizes: S (M, L) to fit palm circumference 7 (8, 9) in/ 18 (20, 23) cm

Finished Palm Circumference: 6 (7, 8) in/ 15 (18, 20) cm

Finished Mitt Length: 7.5 (7.5, 8) in/ 19 (19, 20) cm; adjustable

Yarn: four colours of fingering weight yarn.

Yarn Usage: 60 (70, 80) yds/ 55 (64, 73) m of each colour; additional 60 (70, 80) yds/ 55 (64, 73) m of Cuff Colour

Needles: 4 & 4.5 mm/ US 6 & 7 circular needles for working small circumference

Gauge: 20 sts/ 30 rows to 4 in/ 10 cm in stocking stitch worked flat with yarns held double

Notions: crochet hook approximately 4.5 mm, 9 stitch markers, 1 end-of-round marker, cable needle.

Recommended Yarn: Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply Toes; 1 Orchid (MC1), Zinfandel (MC2), Butterfly Weed (CC1), Dark Pegasus (CC2); 2 skeins each

Note: The samples for the Diamond Quartet Cowl/Hat/Fingerless Mitts were knit with different colours in the cowl edges/hat brim/mitt cuffs. This set can be knit from one full-sized skein of Miss Babs Yummy 2-ply in each colour.

Photography: Julie Crawford

Tech Editor: Kate Atherley

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