0

Your Cart is Empty

Patterns
Our shop
Kits
  • New! Celebrate this chapter of Ysolda.com as it comes to an end with a special, personalised bundle of our best products, hand-picked by our team just for you.

  • sundries
    gift 2019
  • Subscribe to our Colourwork Club for a gift that lasts well into the new year. Your recipient will receive a new colourwork kit in Janurary, February and March

  • Last minute shopping? Gift cards are delivered electronically - forward the email or print it for your recipient. A range of amounts are available and gift cards don't expire.

  • Cotton Reel Mittens

    November 11, 2009

    cottonreel-1With the books heading off on their journeys to you it must be time to release the final pattern in the collection.
    cottonreel-2

    Fun, colourful mittens that can be made either fingerless or with closed tops to keep your fingers toasty warm. They combine traditional stranded colourwork techniques and shaping, with a simple and modern geometric pattern. The cuffs begin with an I-cord edging that creates little loops for hanging or for attaching an optional string, because even grown ups can lose their mittens and you put too much work into these for that! Colourful reels of cotton inspired my friend Natalie’s wonderful dyeing. The colourwork pattern also echoes the shape of the ends of the reels, like the prints I made from them as a child.

    cottonreel-6

    You can find Natalie’s beautiful yarn here – Happy and Doodle above

    cottonreel-4

    and Electric and Botanic

    cottonreel-3

    I love these colours so much, but I’m also excited to see what else you come up with for them. Updates have now been sent to everyone who has ordered the whole book and you can also buy the individual pattern here.

    The store is a little out of date, but it’s almost 1am, so I hope you won’t mind if I leave updating that until tomorrow!


    Also in Journal

    A white woman holds a cake of yarn with a lit birthday candle in it.
    20 Years of Ysolda Knitting Patterns: Part 2

    June 23, 2025

    June 2025 marks twenty years of designing knitting patterns for Ysolda. In this blog post she picks her favourite from each year for 2015 to 2025,
    Read More
    A white woman holds a cake of yarn with a lit birthday candle in it.
    20 Years of Ysolda Knitting Patterns: Part 1

    June 19, 2025

    June 2025 marks twenty years of designing knitting patterns for Ysolda. In this blog post she picks her favourite from each year for 2005 to 2014.
    Read More
    The beginning of a mattress stitch in contrasting yarn
    Learn to Knit: Mattress Stitch

    March 29, 2023

    By following our step-by-step mattress stitch knitting tutorial, you'll learn how to make your seams look beautiful and how best to prepare your knitting so that when you seam it with mattress stitch, it goes smoothly on the first try.
    Read More