Recently, I’ve been working on a new knitting project – a pair of elbow length fingerless mittens.
I happened to have a ball of super fine wool yarn, which was left over from one of my sweater project years ago. So I decided to utilize the yarn and create a pair of fingerless mittens out of it.
It took me some time to think of a simple stitch for these mittens, I finally chose double garter rib stitch, which is elegant and simple and uses only knit and purl stitches. And the double garter rib is also a reversible stitch, meaning you can use either side as the Right Side, it’s totally up to you. These mittens are warm enough during cold weather.
Double garter rib
The mittens are fingerless, you just knit a long rectangular piece, then sew two edge seams together, leaving a gap for your thumbs, and voila! Your mittens are completed.
I’ve created a video for this project, you can also find a free pattern for the mittens below.
Elbow Length Fingerless Mittens
SKILL LEVEL: Basic
SIZE:
Size – Woman’s small/medium
Length: 11 inches
Mittens Width: 3.4 inches
MATERIALS
• Fine or super fine weight yarn – 1 ball
• 3.25mm (US 3) double-pointed needles
• A tapestry needle
GAUGE:
28 stitches = 4 in. (10 cm) in pattern.
MITTEN
Cast on 48 stitches
Row 1 and all RS rows: (K2, p2) 12 times.
Row 2 and all WS rows: Knit. (48 sts)
Repeat until the piece measures 11 inches from the CO edge
Bind off.
FINISHING
You can choose whichever side you prefer as the RS.
With a tapestry needle and RS facing you, Sew two sides of piece together for about 7.5 inches, leave 2 inches for the thumb hole, then sewing 2 inches to finish the mitten.
Weave in all loose ends.
That’s it, that’s our new pair of fingerless mittens, if you find my tutorials helpful, please leave a comment below to share your thoughts!
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