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Designed to use exactly two mini skeins of Highland 4-ply, Midas is a thick, warm mitt that will keep you interested as you knit them and warm as you wear them. Featuring simple colourwork motifs, it’s suitable for confident beginners to stranded knitting.

Sizing

Midas comes in three sizes: Small, Medium, and Large, and is designed to be worn with around 1” / 2.5cm negative ease.

Small: 5.1” diameter (12.6 cm diameter).

Medium: 5.9” diameter (14.7 cm diameter).

Large: 6.7” diameter (16.8 cm diameter).

Stitches

knit
purl
place marker
slip marker
remove marker
knit front and back

Other Techniques

casting on
binding off
picking up stitches
blocking
stranded colourwork

Sample Details

Yarn: Giddy Aunt Yarns Highland 4-Ply in OOAK Indigo Blue (MC, 84m) and OOAK Sunshine Yellow (CC, 84m)
Size: Large

Accessibility

Midas includes two versions of the pattern: the main version, and a second version designed for low vision and screen reader users.

Both versions of the pattern are colour blind friendly.

The accessible version of the pattern has:

• 24 point sans-serif font (Arial) throughout
• Fully saturated black text on white background
• Single column layout
• Left-aligned text
• No italics
• No header or footer – just page numbers (bottom left)
• Consistent use of heading tags for easy navigation
• Internal links to aid navigation
• All instructions written out in text without reliance on diagrams or charts
• All words written out in full (i.e. no abbreviations)
• No bulleted lists
• No tables
• Tested with screen readers

You can read full details here: Accessible Patterns