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Aotearoa Mitts pattern by Sabine Kastner
Many years ago, when travelling through New Zealand and admiring the ever-changing sky, I discovered my love for the colours and shapes of clouds. Coincidentally, the contemporary name of the Maori people for their country is “Aotearoa”, literally meaning “The Long White Cloud”. Aotearoa mitts feature a stitch and colours that remind me of fluffy cumulus clouds.They are constructed in an unusual way, with a decorative flap that shapes the upper part of the hand and defines the thumb hole…