Fingerless mits 2

I was thinking how I could adapt the fingerless mits to make them more like mittens but still be fingerless. I considered the usual cap that goes over the fingers  but this still leaves the thumb uncovered unless the whole thumb is knitted as in a glove.  I was looking at various ideas and realised if the whole hand could be covered but folded back, as in the ribbed cuff of a long sleeve and the same thing done for the thumb, this may be a successful and attractive design.

These are what I came up with.

Natalie's Fingerless Mits

I made these for my cousin who requested a short pair of fingerless mits.  She was quite specific about what she wanted too.  I make loads of socks but I had never made gloves of any sort before. I researched lots of patterns but didn't find anything like what she wanted, so I went about working something out. These are consequently very simple and need very little yarn.

Materials required:
2.5mm cable needle
Stitch holder or spare yarn
Two stitch markers
25 g fingering sock wool (Left over from another project?)

Pattern stitch.
(YO, K2tog tbl, K1, K2tog, YO, K1, YO, K2togtbl, K2tog, YO, K1)

On 2.5mm circ.
CO 52 St's, long tail method.
K1, P1 rib 7 rows
K1, P1 x 3, K to last st, P1
Row 1,  K1, P1 x 3, pattern stitch to last 2sts, K1, P1
Row 2,  K1, P1 x 3, K to last 2 sts, K1, P1
These two rows constitute the pattern.
Continue for desired length to thumb increases. (11 repeats of two pattern rows).
Thumb increases
After row 2 of pattern.
K1, P1 x 3, M1R, pattern stitch to last 2 sts, M1L, K1, P1.
K1, P1, x 3, K to last 3 sts P1, K1, P1
K1, P1 x 3, K1, M1R, pattern stitch to last 3 sts, M1L
Coninue in this way keeping the same number of pattern stitches in each row increasing the rib stitches for the thumb until there are 18 rib stitches. Finish on row 1 of pattern.

Divide stitches for hand and thumb.

Place 18 rib thumb sts on spare yarn.


Continue working on main hand stitches in pattern stitch,

Joining row is a K row
Pattern to end, cast on 6 sts with thumb method and join in the round.
Increase row
Pattern stitch to CO sts K1, YO, K1tbl, K1, K1, YO, K1tbl, K1, YO.
Next Row and every alt row K
Keep two pattern rows going til 23 repeats from beginning complete, or to desired length.
End on K row.
RIB 7 rows K 1, P 1 rib
Bind off in rib.

Pick up 18 thumb stitches. Pick up 1 stitch in gap between these stitches and 6 CO stitches, pick up 6 sts from CO St loops, pick up 1st between the Co sts and 18 rib sts.
K1, P1, rib all sts for 7 rows
Bind off in rib.

Sew in ends.
Wash and block.

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Alternative pattern designs
Over multiples of 6 St's +2.
Commence Co appropriate no St's.
Row1.  P2, (k4, P2)
Row2. (K2, p4) k2
Repeat rows 1 and 2
Row 5. (P2, (k 2nd st tbl, leave on needle, k1st st tfl, slip both Sts off needle, k2nd St tfl leave on needle, k 1st st tfl, slip both sts off needle)), P2.
Row 6. As row 2
Row 7. (p2, (k2nd st tfl, leave on needle, k1st st tfl, slip both sts off needle, k2nd st tbl leave on needle, k1st St tfl, slip both St's off needle)) p2


This is the row sequence, repeat as required.