Interweave SKU: EP12535

Finished Size: 8½ inches (21.6 cm) hand circumference (unstretched) and 12¼ inches (31.1 cm) long

Yarn: Blacker Yarns Pure North Ronaldsay, 100% wool yarn, Aran weight, 76 yards (69.5 m)/50 gram (1.8 oz) ball, 3 balls of Dark Grey; www.blackeryarns.co.uk

Needles: set of double pointed, 2 circulars, or 1 long circular, as preferred, size 8 (5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: Markers; Waste yarn in the same weight but contrasting colors for CO and for holding stitches; Tapestry needle

Gauge: 24 sts and 22 rnds = 4 inches (10.2 cm) in k1, p1 rib

Originally Published: Knitting Traditions, Spring 2015.

These over-mittens take their inspiration from a pair that belonged to Leading Stoker Edward McKenzie (1888–1973), a member of the crew on the British Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, 1910 to 1913, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The mittens are now in the collection of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, England. Another artifact, a model Edward McKenzie made of a pony pulling a sledge in Antarctica, is in the collection of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.