Introducing the Pinwheel Mitten Pattern
Loop is launching a lovely new pattern, by Ella Austin, in time for Christmas making ~ The Pinwheel Mittens. We’ve done some great collaborations with Ella before for the Spruce Cardigan and Hat. We love the simple way she designs stranded motifs. So we were so delighted to work with her again.
The Pinwheel mittens continue her design aesthetic with a charming pinwheel motif familiar from antique quilts.
We’ve knit them in Isager Highland for a subtle, tweedy look. We worked them in “Denim” and “Sand”.
These colours pair well with indigos, reds, natural wools and tweeds ~ the Perfect companion for most winter coats. None of the Highland colours are garish; you could pair any of them for this mitten pattern, with great success, as long as they have enough tonal contrast!
Try “Ivory” (which is quite yellowish) and “Wine” for a warmer combo or “Ice Blue” and “Charcoal” for a more neutral combination.
We hope you love these fingerless mitts as much as we do! We’re never without a pair in our handbags during these winter months.
You can get the printed pattern from Loop or buy the downloadable PDF from Ella.
Thank you Claire Ptak of @violetcakeslondon for the lovey cake in our photoshoot!
Prize Giveaway
We have one PDF of the Pinwheel Mittens and a ball each of Denim and Sand in Isager Highland for a lucky winner.
To win, leave a comment on the blog or on Instagram repost #Looplovespinwheel with our picture, or one of your own using the same hashtag. Or do both, to double your chance of winning! We’ll pick a winner next Thursday. Good luck!
Lovely pattern and yarn, great giveaway prize
These look perfect for the season.
Tempting photography as usual- looks delicous even without the cake.
Tempting photography as usual- looks delicous even without the cake.
OooooooH La la ! Those are beautiful Mitts, what fun to knit those tiny pinwheels! Thanks for the beautiful post.
I love blue and white quilts! These mitts are beautiful. The entire photo array is stunning. You alwaysanage to make me want to be in the photo. D pick up my needles ASAP. The cake the dress the purse, it’s not just the knitting and pattern. It’s the loop lifestyle.
Lovely design and the yarns combinations look amazing. I always find incredible things at loop.
These are so beautiful, my 2018 challenge is to do colourwork, what a way to start. I absolutely love them.
They look lovely – I am just starting out with colour Work and this would be a great project to try my nascent skills out on
Absolutely love these! Perfect colours too.
As usual, wonderful colours, amazing photography. I think the yarn is lovely…!the pattern is stylish and fun. Loop is inspiring! thanks!
Beautiful pattern!
These are such a dainty pair of fingerless mittens. I would love to spend the Christmas holidays next to the fire making these! :)
I’ve been waiting all week for this exquisite pattern. So lovely.
Great pattern! Thanks for the giveaway.
So pretty!
These beautiful mitts look fun to wear and fun to knit. The Isager Highland yarn looks lovely too.
Gorgeous! Love to knit these…..
Love those mittens! I just stared in knitting but I could certainly try the challenge of working on a pattern. The colors are perfect.
Love the mittens! I just stared in knitting but I could certainly try the challenge of working on a pattern. The colors are perfect.
They are so beautiful, I love them
What a lovely mittens, I need to make me a pair for work cause as a Mailperson I need to have my fingers free to handle the mail
They are so pretty
Beautiful pattern and yarn -would love the challenge of knitting them.
These look so cosy and would be such a fun knitting project!
Absolutely stunning. As always a such a generous giveaway. Wishing everyone at Loop London a wonderful Christmas and New Years.
I absolutely LOVE these mitts!! So sweet and cool. I’m excited especially, as I’m hoping to get some colourwork projects going, to work on improving my stranding skills, and I reckon these would be a perfect place to start (just the two colours). Thanks for this giveaway!
So stunning! I would love to make these and wear them. The second pair would be a perfect gift!
sooo cute! love the pinwheel motif!
Beautiful pattern and I love to work with Isager highland wool!
I love these! The yarn looks yummy too :)
What a lovely pattern, perfect for Christmas gifts.
They are just wonderful and remind me of Scotland at this time of year!! So lovely!
A lovely colourwork pattern in a gorgeous yarn, thank you for the chance of winning.
Happy gift knitting everyone
So perfect for Christmas gifting. wishing you all at Loop a Merry Christmas too!
These look so lovely!
They are so lovely, what a prize.
What a stunning design! Isager Highland Wool is just gorgeous and this pattern will be a wonderful excuse to indulge in my new obsession for stranded knitting
Would love these x
Such a versatile design – I can see a pair of these in my future whether I win the kit or not! Thanks, Anna
So pretty and just what I need!
Lovely design can’t wait to cast on
So cute!!! I’d love to have a pair always with me.
So beautiful!! Thank you!
Really beautiful, the colours are warming
These gloves are so pretty!
This is a beautiful pattern, and so beautifully presented!
Beautiful, and I’ve just enough time to finish them for Christmas, maybe??
so beautiful….I love Ella’s designs!
Lovely pattern and yarn x
What a generous prize. I love the way different colour combinations make the pattern look so different.
I would love to knit these they are gorgeous!
Fabulous gloves; lovely the ‘simple complexity’ of the design, with great wintry colours.
These are beautiful! Would love to knit these.
My granddaughter will love these mittens for her snow board and skiing holiday at Christmas. Will get on the case immediately. Love the photography.
What a beautiful last minute Christmas knit!
These mitts are fantastic! I’ve been practicing my colorwork knitting over the last year and will make these next. Thank you for the pattern and the chance to win!
These are so lovely! I would love to make them!
I like these immensely! They do look a little like a quilt in the pinwheel pattern.
Such a beautiful pattern, I love fingerless mitts – the denim/sand combination is perfect!
As soon as I saw these they went straight into my favourites. Yarn colours look amazing
Love warm hands. Love Isager yarn. Love to knit. This is a perfectly lovely pattern/project for this time of the year.
ooh, lovely pattern!
These mitts are just charming!
Love gloves and #Looplovespinwheel
As I sit here at my desk it is just starting to snow here in Southern Germany and my dog wants to go for a walk… so what do I need most? The pretty mittens
What beautiful yarn!! Can only imagine how wonderful it feels! What a stunning giveaway x
Wonderful pattern and the yarn is fab too :)
Great idea to use patchwork pattern as an inspiration! Love the colour combo too
I love the Denim/Sand colour combination for this pattern;the patchwork pinwheel design looks amazing. I’d be so happy wearing these beautiful mittens!
beautiful!
Beautiful colorwork gloves. Perfect for winter. Love the yarn too!
Love these so much! ❤️Thank you!
The pattern looks beautiful and the colourway is perfect. A joy to knit and wear during the winter months. They would certainly brighten my days.
I love Ella`s designs,always so delightful. These mitts are just that
It would be lovely to be able to win this please.
Gorgeous! I’d love a pair in wine and rhubarb…
Love the pattern. Am a quilter so these will definitely go on my Christmas wish list!
Just finished the Spruce hat; would love to make these too!
great pattern!
Love the vintage vibe of these mitts. And the colours are perfect!
What beautiful mittens! Would love an opportunity to knit this pattern. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway opportunity!
What a lovely pattern and I have recently found Isager yarns but am already on my third pattern using the yarn. Such great colours and such lovely yarn – I can see me using this a lot more in the future
We love Isager too!
Another beautiful pattern from Ella.
I love the color combination
Gorgeous pattern .I would love to knit these in time for our next Winter.
Such pretty mitts and an interesting pattern. Never tried Isager yarn before so it would be interesting to give it a try.
Love these mitts …… so cosy looking with a vintage vibe . Perfect !
Would love to win this gorgeous pattern and yarn. Would be a nice way to end to a year saddened by family bereavements, personal illness and topped off by our beautiful Saffy cat breaking a leg. Can only get better from here xxxx
Sorry to hear that Brenda. Good luck with the prize draw.
So very pretty! How I’d love to knit these!
Gorgeous pattern. Photography is lovely, too. Thanks for the chance.
So pretty, like all of Ella’s patterns. Thanks for a great giveaway. :)
Mittens and gloves are just the best to knit – and these are very, very pretty, and of course practical. Perfection!
I LOVE these! The pattern reminds me of tiny tessellated tiles…so pretty!
What a wonderful fair isle pattern!
Lovely design – would love to win!
The curry and Greece combo looks amazing!
Everything at Loop is so beautiful! It takes all my will-power not to spend all my money here!!
The photos are so lovely (blue is definitely my favourite colour) and this pattern looks wonderful, I am just wondering if this Isager yarn is very soft because I have got a very sensitive skin?
x from France (hope to visit your shop and meet you one day…)
Isager Highland is a hardy yarn, not the softest. A softer substitute might be BC Garn Semilla Lace.
Thank you for your reply!
Gorgeous pattern and wool – I like the colours you’ve used. Having knitted for years using one colour and different stitches, my challenge is to combine colours, and this would be a good place to start!!
Lovely pattern and wool. I’ve bought the pattern on Ravelry. Now where did you get the bag?!
Looks like the perfect match of design and yarn! :) I love Isager yarns!
Wow! I’d love to challenge myself to have a go at these. They’re gorgeous!
Beautiful pattern and such gorgeous yarn and colours.
Wonderful patternand what is more I have discovered Isager recently during the Knitting & Stitching Show and totally fell in love with this yarn brand!
So thank you for the combo!
Wonderful pattern and what is more I have discovered Isager recently during the Knitting & Stitching Show and totally fell in love with this yarn brand!
So thank you for the combo!
Swoon worthy yarn and pattern!
These are lovely!
What a beautiful pattern! Would love to knit these.
Gorgeous Mittens – just perfect for Christmas gifts!!! Looking forward to making some for myself too ;-)
What a beautiful design. I have a little stash of highland wool just waiting for the right pattern!
A lovely pattern… and giveaway. I love the gentle colours of the yarn
Wow! Love this pattern. And those are in a favourite colour combination of mine.
Such a stunning pattern, loving all the colour combo’s!
This is a beautiful pattern. Looking forward to knitting a pair once the holiday knitting is at an end.
Lovely pair of mitts- would actually save them for myself and knit them up in the New Year after the holiday knitting is done.
Another gorgeous pattern. I’d love to knit it!
Just gorgeous. I love Ella’s designs.
This is such a lovely design – definitely on my wishlist!
So so beautiful and the colourways are lovely. Great photography too x
I love the mittens knit in Curry and Greece. Can’t wait to try out this yarn!
These are gorgeous! Love the blue and white version.
These are soooo lovely and the yarn giveaway is my favourite combination
Such a cute pattern! I love Ella’s style.
I absolutely adore the pinwheel mittens. Wonderful pattern and beautiful photography!
Trés chic! And the purse is the right complement!
Oh, i’m in! All do, dont have the luck for it, but i have to try.
I would LOVE to knit these mitts, particularly in the ivory and wine colorway. And beautiful
I would LOVE to knit these mitts, particularly in the ivory and wine colorway.
Beautiful pattern. Thank you for this giveaway
Ces mitaines sont très belles et la laine semble si douce
I love both the mitten and the wool. I hope with luck
Beautiful design and choice of colours. My state right now means I need a project which has enough challenge to be distracting and absorbing, together with real prospect of completion relatively quickly! So glad that #LoopLovesPinwheel and that you chose to showcase Isager in denim and sand – those colours suit the design so well.
These are beautiful. Classy and unique!
These would be perfect for gifting!
Can’t beat colourways mitts! These are lovely:)
Such beautiful yarns to try this lovely pinwheel pattern with.
oohi! these are so pretty i would be thrilled to win)!
Beautiful design, and the wool looks like it would be lovely to knit with.
These look lovely, I’m in desperate need of a new pair of mitts so this would be an amazing prize!x
So so dreamy!
These mitts are so beatiful ! As I wear a lot of three-quarter-length sleeves I feel like these could fill the gap in my wardrobe for winter !
Beautiful pattern and yarn. Thanks for the giveaway
What a beautiful pattern and such timeless colour combinations!
These Mitts are beautiful! I would love to make them, and Ella Austin’s patterns are always amazing!✨❄️
This pattern and yarn are really gorgeous! Thanks so much for giving this opportunity!
Wow love this pattern and every colour combination. Greece/Curry makes me think of eating curry in Greece , not that I would need mitts on to do that. Would love to win
A giveaway with for a lovely combination of yarn and pattern;perfect,thank you !
Beautiful mitts. Gorgeous colours. They would be perfect for our cold winters :)
Beautiful pics and lovely lambswool yarn. Just want to cast on right now.
Simply beautiful!
My hands are just waiting for the wool and needles to begin such a lovely knit!
I want to knit these loves!
I love these mitts! They would perfectly fit to my winter coat. So beautiful.
beautiful pattern and equally lovely yarns! thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
I love this pattern and the curry and Greece color combination is gorgeous!
What a sweet pattern! I love the motif and color combination!
You can never have too many pairs of mittens – and these look so beautiful.
Love the pattern and the yarn looks so soft, a new stitch pattern to try!
WOW! These look gorgeous!
I love that yarn though <3
Just lovely !
Gorgeous!
These mitts are adorable, really need to make a pair.
Love this pattern!
Classic pattern, gorgeous!
I love the colours, warm and original. the photography is wonderful. I think the mits look stylish ànd fun. Loop is always an inspiration, thanks!
Isager wool and this classic design are a perfect match
A pair of mitts knit with this beautiful wool, dreaming now
I’d love to make these for my daughter for Christmas – she’s very hard to please, but noticed the design on Instagram and made sure she mentioned it to me!
Hey Stella, I have a cousin named Stella Aykroyd. We’re almost related ~ Juju
With a little bit of luck, I could be making these mitts!
What a beautiful pattern. It looks addictive! I bet these mitts will just fly off the needles…
Just love the pattern and yarn, beautiful
Love the colours ❤️ – reminds me of Shetland landscapes.
The best geometric pattern I’ve seen. Marries perfectly with the yarn.
Ahh, my idea of a perfect Christmas pressie!
Love this pattern and the yarn. I’m going to have to try it all – win or lose :)
Love these everything about these mitts. Thank you for this giveaway! *fingers crossed*
Lovely pattern! And the yarn too… Isager is one og many favourites
LOVE the vintage look of this pinwheel pattern – would be great to learn how to create this design – I’m learning lots of new stitches and creations this year – here’s to learning more over the next year!
That Isagar yarn is truly lovely. Beautiful warm colours ☺️
Beautiful pattern! Lovely colours too.
LOVE this! And would love to try it! #LoopLovesPinwheel
Love these and the colour choices
Ooo what lovely mittens. As a new knitter it may take me until next Christmas to knit them but I like the thought of working on something I will love to wear!
I’d love to make a pair to my daughter, so lovely motif!
These are so beautiful. As a beginner in colour work I would really love to have a go at making such a pretty pattern in such stunning yarns.
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Beautiful design. And beautiful yarn
Love them and ready to knit them! What length needle is used? thanks!
You can use double pointed needles or 100cm circulars and magic loop.