Basic Fingerless Mitts

shown in Heritage Hand Dyes DK yarn (www.heritageneedlework.etsy.com)

Supplies:
~35 g (1.2 oz) DK weight yarn
(approximately 90 yards)
US 5 (3.75mm) needles
tapestry or yarn needle

gauge: 5.5 stitches and 6.5 rows = 1"

size: women's medium
stitches used:
K=knit
P=purl
kfb=knit in the front and back of a stitch

Instructions:
Cast on 36 stitches loosely. (I cast on over two US5 needles)
Join without twisting and work K4 P2 rib for 16 rounds.
Work first increase round for thumb gusset:
(K 4, P2) 3 times, K1, place starting marker for gusset, kfb, kfb, place ending marker for
gusset, K1, P2, (K4, P2) twice.
Work 4 rounds even, in rib pattern and knitting all gusset stitches.
Second and subsequent increase round:
(K 4, P2) 3 times, K1, (marker), kfb, knit to last stitch of gusset, kfb, (marker), K1, P2,
(K4, P2) twice.

Repeat (knit even 4 rounds, increase round) 3 more times 12 gusset stitches between the
markers.
Work one round even, in rib pattern and knitting all gusset stitches.
Work around in pattern, placing 12 gusset stitches on a holder and casting on 2 stitches in
their place.
Work around in pattern for 14 rounds.
Bind off using Elizabeth Zimmermans sewn bind off:
Cut the yarn 4x the circumference of your hand/mitt, thread a tapestry needle, and *insert
the tapestry needle through the first two stitches as if to purl, draw the yarn through, keep
the stitches on the knitting needle, insert the tapestry needle back through the first stitch
as if to knit and slip it off the knitting needle, draw the yarn through.* Repeat from * to *
until all stitches have been bound off. Don't pull the yarn too tight while binding off.
Thumb:
Place reserved gusset stitches back on the needles.
Knit around, picking up two stitches at the top of the thumb opening (14 stitches total).
Knit two rounds even.
Bind off using EZ's sewn bind off.
Knit a second mitt the same as the first - no reversed shaping needed!
These mitts could be easily personalized by adding cables, lace, or stranded color
patterns, lengthening them into gauntlets, or even turning them into full mittens by
finishing the fingertips. They're a jumping-off place. Be creative!
------------- 2007 Sue Brady
You are welcome to make and sell mitts from this pattern, but please don't copy my written pattern for
commercial uses or post it elsewhere.