COZY COMFORT
How to knit a pair of fingerless mittens perfect for texting
In this excerpt from Knitting From the North, Scottish knitwear designer Hilary Grant shares instructions for making fingerless mittens that will keep your hands warm and comfy while leaving your fingers free for texting.
INSTRUCTIONS
RIGHT MITTEN Using MC and smaller needles, cast on 56 sts. Place marker and join to work in the round, being careful not to twist.
Work 30 rounds of K2, P2 rib. Change to larger needles.
Next round: [ K27, kfb] twice. ( 58 sts) Next round: K.
You will have a plain vertical column of stitches separating the start and the end of the chart in every circular row.
* K1 in MC before starting chart. Join in CC. Following chart, work 27- st repeat.* Repeat * to * until end of Round 37.
Round 38: Work 3 sts following chart. Using waste yarn, K8. Slip these 8 sts back onto lefthand needle, then continue following chart.
Complete the chart to end Round 56. Break CC.
Next round: [ K27, K2tog] twice. ( 56 sts) Next round: K.
Change to smaller needles. Work ten rounds of K2, P2 rib.
Bind off. LEFT MITTEN Work as for right to end of Round 37.
Round 38: Work 18 sts following chart. Using waste yarn, K8. Slip these 8 sts back onto left- hand needle, then continue following chart.
Complete as for right.
THUMBS Using smaller needles, pick up the 8 sts both below and above the row of waste yarn—you will have 16 sts over 2 needles.
Very carefully pull the waste yarn out, then divide the sts equally among 4 dpns.
Work for 1⅛ in or to desired length.
Bind off.
FINISHING Weave in ends, closing any small gaps left at base of thumb. Block.
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