Knitting these mittens was a challenge. I had to use 4 double pointed needles in a small area. Just too much strain on the shoulders and hands, so you have to stop and stretch often.
One of these days I’ll figure out how to knit these with 2 circular needles.
If I kept on knitting, it would have become mittens. But I stopped just enough to become fingerless mittens. They are also knitted long enough to be consider wrist and arm warmers.
Simply knit using 4 dpn casting on 30 sts. When you get to making the thumb gusset and decide where you want to place it, just divide up 2 stitches with 2 stitch holder. Then knit around normally. But for every other round you need to “make 1″ on the 2 sts between the stitch holders. Knit to desired length.
Knitted with Lion Brand Yarn 100% acrylic in yellow and 50/50 acrylic/wool blend in gray.
There are lots of free pretty patterns out there for fingerless gloves. Mine is quite simple.
7:51 pm on May 12th, 2011
That’s a nice design for the thumb. You’ll have plenty of nice mittens this winter.
5:48 pm on May 15th, 2011
The knitting didn’t take too long but it was not fun! I’ll have to figure out another way to knit them. If all goes well these mittens could make nice Xmas gifts.
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