Finished Mitts
Size
- Men’s medium/large
Difficulty
- Medium – pick up stitches, small diameter circular knitting, paired increases
Materials
- US Size 2.5 (3.0mm) 40″ Circular Needles, Double Pointed Needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
- Fingering Weight Yarn, about 200yds, Knitpicks Stroll in Fedora used in pictures
- Waste Yarn
- Tapestry Needle
Gauge
- 8 stitches/inch, 10 rows/inch in the round
Abbreviations
- CO – cast on
- BO – bind off
- K – knit
- M1L – make one left/make one front increase
- M1R – make one right/make one back increase
- P – purl
- P/U – pick up
- Rep – repeat
- rnd/s – round(s)
- sl – slip
- st/sts – stitch(es)
Pattern Notes
- The mitts shown have 5rnds of K1P1 rib at the top of the palm. It works for the ones I made my father, but others might find it a bit skimpy so I’ve included alternate instructions to do 10rnds of K1P1 rib so the finished palm sits higher on the fingers.
mitts being worn, palm down
Body of Mitt
- CO 60 sts, join to knit in the round
- Work 20 rnds of K1P1 rib
- 1 – K
- 2 – K29, PM, K2, PM, K29
- 3 – K to marker, sl marker, M1L, K to marker, M1R, sl marker, K to end of round (32sts)
- 4 – K
- 5 – Rep rnds 3 and 4 until there are 22 sts between the markers (80sts)
- 6 – K 15 rnds
- 7 – K30, sl next 20 sts to waste yarn, K to end of rnd
- 8 – K 9 rnds
- 9 – work 5 (10) rnds of K1P1 rib
- BO
Thumb
- P/U 2 sts, K 20, P/U 2 sts (24sts)
- K 5 rnds
- Work 5 rnds of K1P1 rib
- BO
Finishing
- Weave in ends, wash and block
mitts being worn, palm up
