Suzies Stuff

Fingerless Mitts

Copyright 2002, by Suzetta Williams. All Rights Reserved

These are handy because you can slip your thumb out and shove the mitts up your wrist, no more lost gloves.

Materials:
Worsted weight
G hook

Foundation: Chain 32

Row 1: Hdc in third chain from hook and in each chain to end. Chain 2 turn. {30 hdc}

Rows 2-7: Hdc in back loop only (BLO) of each hdc of prior row. Chain 2 turn

Row 8: Hdc in BLO first 16 hdc of row 7, chain 5, skip 5 hdc and hdc in BLO of remaining 9 hdc of row 7. Chain 2 turn.

Row 9-16: Repeat row 2, working hdc in each chain of chain 5. After completing row 16 do not chain 2, fasten off leaving a tail long enough for sewing seam.

Finishing: Sew seam catching BLO of row 16 to foundation chain.


Optional thumb:

Row 1: Attach yarn with a sc in the first skipped st of row 7. Sc in each skipped st of row 7, sc in side of hdc of row 8, sc in unused loop of chain of row 8, 2 sc in side of hdc row 8. Join with a slip st in first sc. Ch 1, DO NOT TURN. (13 sc)

Row 2-5: Sc in each sc around. Join with a slip st in first sc. Ch 1, DO NOT TURN. (13 sc