Kate Atherley, author of Custom Socks: Knit to Fit Your Foot and Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns, is passionate about teaching knitters to understand the why and how behind the projects they knit. The result? More successful finished knits and very happy knitters. In this new book, Kate walks knitters step by step through knitting a classic staple, mittens. In this comprehensive guide to all things mitten, Kate shares with knitters tips for creating well-made, well-fitted, warm and practical hand coverings of a variety of styles. She'll address common problem areas: stretchy cast ons, gappy and holey thumbs and how to manage working the tiny fingers for gloves. Plus she'll talk about yarn choices for maximum warmth and ease of care, and other strategies for building warmth in. Through the basic vanilla mitten pattern she shows you how to measure your hand, customize patterns to get the right fit--for yourself or a loved one, and gives detailed information on yarn selection, gauge, and needle arrangement too. To support the information on how to knit mittens, Kate's sharing 12 fantastic, on-trend, knitting patterns that use a variety of techniques including the following designs: traditional three stranded colorwork designs--one fingerless, one full mitten, one cuff-less with full lining; a Victorian-style lacy fingerless mitten with ribbon detail; masculine cabled mittens; all-over ribbing fingerless mittens suitable for working at a computer or layering under other mittens for warmth; a baby mitten; an easy-to-knit kid's striped mitten set--three slightly different versions of the same design, so that if one is lost there's still a pair! It's everything knitter's need to knit great mittens that fit! 100 colour photos; 50 B/W illustrations