Materials:
190 — 200 yards of medium worsted weight yarn or yarn blend.
US Size 5 (3.75 mm) or size to get gauge double-pointed or straight needles
2 stitch markers, ideally in 2 colors (preferably locking stitch markers)
Gauge: 4.5 stitches per inch/11.4 stitches per cm
MOSS RIB STITCH PATTERN:
On straight needles:
Row 1: *P1, K3*
Row 2: *K3, P1*
In the round:
Round 1: k1, *p2, k2*, k1
Round 2. *k1, p1*
Fingerless Mitt Pattern
- CAST ON 36 stitches. If knitting in the round, place marker and join.
- Knit 2 garter stitch ridges for 4 rounds. (If knitting in the round, you’ll purl all rows.)
- Begin Moss Rib pattern and continue knitting in Moss Rib pattern for 2 .5 inches (6.5 cm) (16 rounds/rows).
Starting next round:
You are knitting the Moss Rib stitch pattern for 20 stitches and then knitting 16 stitches of stockinette to create a smooth palm for the hand.
- On straight needles:
- *p1,k3* (5 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of row
- *k3,P1* (5 times, 20 stitches), purl to end of row
- In the round:
- *k1, p2, k1* (5 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of round,
- *k1,p1* (10 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of round.
- Repeat Row 1 stitch pattern 4 more times for a total of 10 rounds/rows.
Thumbhole:
If knitting on straight needles,
you will continue knitting in the Moss Rib back and Stockinette palm pattern making the hand section as long as you like leaving 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) for final garter stitch edge.
If knitting in the round,
you will stop knitting in the round and begin knitting back and forth for next 10 rows.
- Row 1: (inside of mitt)*p1,k3* (5 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of row
- Row 2: (outside of mitt) *k3,P1* (5 times, 20 stitches), purl to end of row
- Repeat Row 1 & 2 three (3) more times for a total of 8 rows.
For remaining hand cover, re-join stitches to continue with the Moss Rib/ Stockinette stitch pattern in the round:
- *k1, p2, k1* (5 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of round,
- *k1,p1* (10 times, 20 stitches), knit to end of round.
Make the hand section as long as you like leaving 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) for final garter stitch edge.
Final garter stitch edge:
If you are using straight needles, knit every stitch on every row for 4 rows (2 garter stitch ridges) and then bind off.
If knitting in the round, purl every stitch on every round for 4 rounds (2 garter stitch ridges) and bind off with purl stitch.
If you are using straight needles, you now need to sew your side seams making sure you leave a left- and a right-hand thumbhole. The stockinette side should cover the palms of the hand. The Mattress stitch is recommended for sewing your seams, but you can use whichever stitch you prefer.
Adding the Thumb Cover:
If you don’t want a thumb cover, then your mitt is finished.
If you want a thumb cover, continue as follows:
For straight needles:
Cast on 14 stitches and knit 9 rows of stockinette. Bind off, stitch up the side seam and then sew onto the thumb opening.
If knitting in the round:
Pick up 12 stitches around the thumb hole, knit 9 rounds and then bind off.
Now make a second mitt (but remember your thumb hole needs to be on the opposite side of the palm)!
*If hand is larger, add stitches in multiple of 4.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Marjorie Pace // Sep 28, 2007 at 2:15 am
Been looking for Fingerless Knit Mitt, THANKS!
2 Rhonda(BC Canada) // Oct 15, 2007 at 8:34 am
Wonderful!! I hold my right needle under my arm, and I have been trying for a long time to find a pattern that I could use. I never thought of adding the thumb after, thank you!!
3 Susan Baker // Dec 14, 2007 at 9:23 am
A friend was wearing a darkish mossy green/brown scarf at a tea yesterday — she said she had gotten it at your closing sale — it was loose and loopy and the pattern looked like rectangles from a distance — do you recall what the pattern might have been? She said it was stretchy. SAB
4 Carolyn Cooper // Dec 18, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Susan,
I wracked my brain for the past couple of days and even quizzed my husband, but I had dozens of shop sample scarves by the time we closed and without more information such as the yarn, I can’t recall the pattern.
Your best bet is to see if your friend will let you take it to your LYS (in Sequim that’s A Dropped Stitch on Bell Street) and ask if they can “reverse engineer” the stitch pattern.
It sounds like it may have been one of our Condo Knitting samples. Condo Knitting was first popular in the 1980’s. This is where you knit with one large needle (for example, US size #13, 15, 17 or 19) and one smaller needles (such as US Size #7, 8, 9, or 10) and knit every row. Because the one needle is so much larger, you end up with an open, loose stitch pattern.
Sorry I couldn’t recall the exact scarf and pattern for you, but good-luck on your quest.
5 Pam // Jan 25, 2008 at 1:33 pm
My recently deceased aunt left me a new, rather large yarn stash and a larger handful of knitting needles of all sizes.
What a wonderful pattern to “while away” the winter hours and to explore the treasured stash, remembering her.
Thanks!
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