Fingerless mitt pattern roundup, part 5 – a few final gems

I can’t resist adding just a few gems I overlooked in my earlier posts – plus a couple of patterns just released this week. Then we’re all done! I’ve added permanent links to this pattern roundup series on the Knitfinder pattern resource page – click here to cut to the chase.

Why fingerless mitts? See the first post in the series.

Photos below are Ravelry screen shots, so scroll down for live links.

First, more color:
  
Four stranded designs – Marvelous Mitts in Koigu contrasted with a solid-color yarn, Companion Mitts in worsted-weight yarn (there’s a matching tam, too),  Sandia Mitts from Nanette Blanchard of Knitting in Color (look how elegantly the color dominance shades from one to the other) and Laise (worsted weight; you could leave off the half-fingers).

And:
Eliza Redux, pattern rewritten for sock-weight yarn (Noro Kureyon sock, here); slipstitch Mosaic Hand Warmers; Beth Brown-Reinsel’s Dalarna Snowflake Mitts (twined knitting, Aran-weight yarn); and Lucinda Guy’s stranded, modern-looking Yrsa Mitts in Icelandic laceweight yarn.

Now, a little more texture. Intricate:Nereid, Don’t Fence Me In, and Gable Mitts

And simpler:

Waffle Stitch Fingerless Gloves, Malabrigo Hand Thingies with simple slipped-stitch detail on back, and Axel Mitts in bulky yarn with an extra-long ribbed cuff that will almost cover the fingers. All these would be great patterns for men.

Just a couple more lacy mitts:
Merletto combining lace and cables; Archie, simple bold lace in worsted-weight Kureyon; and Bonnie Mitts, in a particularly graceful ogee lace stitch pattern.

Last but not least, Josephine, brand new from Knitcircus Gifts, with a bit of deco-inspired twisted-stitch texture and plenty of beads:


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Series:
Part 1 – textured mitts
Part 2 – colorful mitts
Part 3 – lacy mitts
Part 4 – plain & simple mitts

Fingerless mitt pattern roundup, part 4 – plain & simple

Today, a dozen plain and simple mitts – because after all, you might be in a hurry, or need something easy, or you might just want to show off a beautiful yarn.

Why fingerless mitts? See the first post in the series.

Photos below are Ravelry screen shots, so scroll down for live links.
 
Above: Susie’s Reading Mitts (Aran weight yarn), 75 Yard Malabrigo fingerless mitts, Noro fingerless mitts (both worsted weight).


 Above: Basic Fingerless Mitts in wide rib (DK yarn), Wrist Warmers with Belt (bulky yarn; knitted flat and sewn up, with ribbed palm for good fit), Lil’ Mitts (worsted weight, child size).


 Above: Scrummy mitts for super-bulky yarn, Stevie fingerless gloves (DK or light worsted weight, with a sideways garter-stitch cuff and garter-stitch thumb), colorblock  Fingerless gloves (designed to use worsted-weight yarn samples).

 
Above: Welted fingerless gloves (DK yarn; hard to see, but they have handsome welted cuffs with nonfunctional decorative button trim), Easy Handspun mitts (sportweight yarn), Wabi-sabi Handspun mitts (knitted flat; designed to be knitted at the same time from two ends of a center-pull ball so you can use every bit of your yarn).

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Coming Monday:  for good measure, a few colorful, textural, and lacy mitt patterns I overlooked earlier in the week (or that have been published since the series started).

Series:
Part 1 – textured mitts
Part 2 – colorful mitts
Part 3 – lacy mitts

Pattern roundup: fingerless mitts, lace edition

Our fingerless mitt pattern series continues today with mitts featuring lace.
Why fingerless mitts? See the first post in the series.

Photos below are Ravelry screen shots, so scroll down for live links.
 
Above, top row:  Cafe au lait, Veyla, Bronte’s Mitts. Bottom row: Snow on Cedars, Verdigris, Della Mitts.
Above, top row: Wine and Roses, Belladonna, Spiralling Leaves. Bottom row: 1965 Arm Warmers, Wild Growth (there are fingering and Aran-weight versions of this pattern), Barberry Mitts.
Above, top row: Easy Lace Fingerless Mitts, Hand Springs, Riblitts. Bottom row: BonBons, Arctic Blast, Betsyanna.

And finally – Elin, Constance Spry, and the brand-new Maia Fingerless Mitts.


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Coming Saturday: Plain & simple mitts, plus some overlooked gems

Series:
Part 1 – textured mitts
Part 2 – colorful mitts

Pattern roundup: Fingerless mitts part 2

We continue our fingerless mitt pattern series today with mitts featuring color – stripes, stranded, or otherwise.

Why fingerless mitts? See the first post in the series. Photos below are Ravelry screen shots, so scroll down for live links.

Without further ado:
Above, top row: Andrea’s Mitts – stripes with a lacy cuff and edging; there’s a matching shawlette. Cotton Reel Mittens, Lusekofte-sque Mitts. Bottom row: Walking Stripes in three colors, using an unusual technique to avoid jogs at ends of rounds. Pueblo-inspired Albuquerque Gloves (go look at the projects to see a couple of beautiful color variations). The Pinstripe Mitts – sideways garter-stitch stripes, knitted flat.
Above, top row: Composed Mitts, Diamondback Mitts with slip-stitch cabling over stripes, Fiets Hand Shoes in two-color brioche stitch. Bottom row: Fresco Fair Isle Mitts, Great Weekend Mitts (knitted flat and seamed; the ribbed false-button placket is picked up and knitted along the seam, hiding it), Little Gems Mitts.
Above, top row: Winter Twilight, Latvian Fingerless Mitts, P.S. Mitts. OK, these do have half-fingers, but you can leave them off. Designed for hand-dyed yarns, using a twined-knitting technique to break up the colors. Pattern purchase link here.

Bottom row: Sleeveless in Seattle, Birds and Blooms Mitts, Bryophyta in beautiful mossy colors, with matching cowl.
And finally: Eliza Fingerless Gloves in Noro with entrelac cuffs and a bit of corrugated ribbing; Shaadi Mitts (by my friend Jaya Srikrishnan, with mehndi-inspired patterning on back of hand and beautiful intricate two-color cable patterning on the palms); Duet (these remind me of Pueblo pottery – textured mitts with a fair isle wrist band).

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Coming Thursday: Lacy mitts

Series:
Part 1 – textured mitts

Pattern roundup: fingerless mitts – Part I

It feels like fall here all of a sudden, and I’m in the mood for warm-hands projects. Fingerless mitts are the perfect thing for people with (1) attention spans too short to finish sweaters or even a second sock (knitting a pair of mitts is like knitting one sock) and (2) an addiction to picking up “just one ball” of whatever yarn looks irresistible at the moment. They’re a great way to try a new-to-you knitting technique or an expensive luxury yarn, and easy to carry with you wherever you like to knit. They’re perfect for cold morning walks or typing in a chilly office – and they make great gifts for anyone and everyone.

It all started with Fetching, published in Knitty in 2006. More than 15,000 pairs have been knitted and uploaded as Ravelry projects. Now there are thousands of fingerless mitt patterns on Ravelry. More than 1400 of them are free (click here to see them all and do your own browsing – not all my picks are free, though). I’m breaking up this roundup of my favorites into four posts. Today, my picks for mitts with texture. (Photos are Ravelry screen shots – live links below each picture.)
First row: Seeta, Zephyr, and Goya. Second row: River Road, Get a Grip, and Mm-m-malabrigo Mitts.
First row: Green Thumb, Very Terhi, Smockies. Second row: Glorious Cabled Mitts, Zigzag Mitts, Hands of Blue.

Left column: Aegean Mitts, Kyla, Twist Mitts. Right column: Sideways Gansey Style Mitts (worked flat), Larus + Ardea (featuring twined knitting), Peridot.

And for good measure, Entwined, Half Mitts with Viking-inspired Cables, and Dual Cable Fingerless Gloves.
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