October Leaves

Inspired by Henry Matisse cutout.
I knitted my first pair in fall colors to make it look like leaves, but the pattern is versatile and can be done in any colors. I like how it looks almost like a seaweed and corals with bright-on-black. Or like leaves covered with the first snow (maybe?) with blue on dark gray…

Photos by Kulabra and Craftzone @ Ravelry.

Materials:

• 250-300 meters of fingering- or sport-weight yarn
• 2.0 - 2.5 mm short circular needles
• stitch holders (optional)

Gauge:

• 36 stitches and 40 rows = 4 inches in stranded colorwork for fingering-weight yarn, knit in the round  

Size: size depends on gauge. Mittens are 64sts. around the hand part.