Fingerless mittens……ah, something I always wanted to make but felt so intimated by the use of DPN’s, thus why I have yet to make socks. This winter I finally pushed myself and made a set of fingerless mittens and guess what? It wasn’t so bad after all.
The pattern: Alice’s Mitts by Emily Nimz (Free download on Ravelry)
The needles: US 8 DPN’s
The Yarn: About 100 to 120 yards of worsted weight yarn. In my case I used a leftover yarn from a previous project, Patons Classic Wool in Leaf Green.
This was an easy pattern, which I picked on purpose. I was not going to allow my first attempt at fingerless mitten to kill my ego by adding beautiful and sometimes complicated cables and lace patterns. No, instead this turned out to be wonderful mindless knitting in front of the teletube, this I did like.
The original pattern had a slit for the thumb opening. I wasn’t too keen on the slit, so I did a little homework and made some changes.
What I did Change:
So, instead of a thumb slit. I added an actual thumb hole.
I placed 4 sts on st holder and CO 4 additional sts using backward loop method continued knitting the pattern as indicated.
• Returned to the 4 sts.
• Picked up an additional 8 sts around the hole.
• Knitted for about 1 inch (I kept trying it on).
• The BO.
This modification was very easy and the result, was a lovely thumb hole.
Now completed, I love it. One thing I did notice is that one size does not fit all. I apparently have very skinny little hands.
What I would Change
For the ribbing I would use a smaller size needle to obtain a tighter fit around my wrist and fingers.
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