Perfect fingerless mitts for chilly in-between seasons
These fingerless mitts provide just enough warmth for those times when mittens feel excessive but it’s still too cold to go out without gloves. The palm is knit in stockinette, while the slightly longer wrist features a drop-stitch pattern.
Size: S–M–L.
Fingerless mitts: supplies
- Alize Cashmira yarn (100% wool, approx. 100 g = approx. 300 m), approx. 30–30–35 g of yellow (14), 20–20–25 g of blue-gray (203), 15–15–20 g of black (60), and 5–5–10 g of natural white (01)
- Tapestry needle
- Double-pointed needles 2.5 mm (US 1.5) and 3.5 mm (US 4), or as needed to match gauge.
Stitch patterns
- Stockinette stitch: When knitting in the round, knit all stitches on every round.
- Pattern stitch: Knit in the round as instructed.
Gauge: 30 sts and 48 rounds in pattern stitch = 10 cm. Note! Count the sts at round 8 of the pattern stitch.
How to knit the Fingerless mitts
Using yellow yarn and the smaller needles, cast on 48–48–50 sts and divide them onto four needles. Purl 1 round, then knit 13 rounds. Work the thumb opening as follows:
At the end of the 4th needle, cast on 7–7–8 sts using the backward loop cast-on method, then take a 5th needle and cast on 7–7–8 sts (= 14–14–16 sts). Work the next round as follows: knit the sts on Needle 1 onto Needle 5 and place a round marker after the newly cast-on sts, knit until you reach the thumb, then purl the thumb stitches. Work 3–5–5 rounds in stockinette and then begin the thumb gusset decreases.
Round 1: Work an skp decrease (= slip 1 knitwise, knit 1 and pass the slipped st over), knit until there are 9–9–10 sts left on Needle 4, knit 2 together, knit 14–14–16 sts.
Round 2: Knit all sts. Repeat Rounds 1–2 for another 4–3–4 times. There are now 52–54–56 sts in total. Then work 0–2–2 more rounds in stockinette and purl 1 round. Switch to the black yarn and knit 1 round. Switch to the larger needles and on the next round, knit 2 together for the entire round = 26–27–28 sts. Switch to the blue-gray yarn and begin the pattern stitch.
Round 1: *Slip 1 st purlwise with yarn in back (insert needle into the st from the right), make 1 st by inserting your needle under the strand between sts to the wrong side, placing the strand on the needle, and bringing it to the front*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round = 52–54–56 sts.
Note: Each needle ends with an increase!
Round 2: *Slip 1 st purlwise, k1*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round.
Round 3: *K1, slip 1 st purlwise*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round.
Round 4: Work as in Round 3.
Round 5: Knit 2 sts together through the back loop (= insert your needle from the right into the 1st and then 2nd st, and knit them together) for the entire round = 26–27–28 sts.
Round 6: Knit all sts. Switch to the yellow yarn.
Round 7: *Make 1 st (as in Round 1), slip 1 st purlwise*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round = 52–54–56 sts.
Note: Each needle starts with an increase!
8. round: *K1, slip 1 st purlwise*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round. Switch to the black yarn.
Round 9: *Slip 1 st purlwise, k1*, repeat from * to * until the end of the round.
Round 10: Work as in Round 9.
Round 11: Slip the first st of the round purlwise, *knit 2 together until only 1 st remains on the needle, then move this last st to the next needle*, repeat from * to * 3 more times.
At the beginning of Needle 1, knit 2 together and slip the new st back to Needle 1, i.e., back to the start of the round = 26–27–28 sts. The round is now complete.
Round 12: Knit all sts. Switch to the blue-gray yarn. Repeat Rounds 1–12 another 4 times. Then work Rounds 1–8 once more. Switch to the smaller needles and *knit 1 round, purl 1 round*, repeat from * to * once more, and bind off all sts.
Finishing
Weave in all ends. Steam the mitts generously by hovering an iron above them. Using the white yarn doubled, embroider backstitches on the holes along the blue-gray stripes. Weave in ends.
