The Hand of Friendship Fingerless Mittens
Using 3.5mm needles
1 ball of Angora Merino Bigwigs Yarn (50g) DK (1 ball makes
two pairs)
I designed this simple pattern to show the beautiful yarn to
it’s best and I wanted the pattern to be knit flat as I am fastest that way and
had lots of these to make.
Key
K – Knit
P – Purl
St – stitches
Kfb – Knit into the
front and back of the same stitch
Yo – Yarn over
If you need any
clarification on the terms above YouTube is a great help.
The pattern
CO43st
Row 1 K2 (P1,K2) repeat to last 2 st,
K2
Row 2 K2 (P2,K1) repeat to last 2 st,
K2
Rows 3-20 Repeat
rows 1 & 2 nine more times
Row 21 Repeat row 1
Row 22 K1, Kfb, K to last 2st, Kfb, K1
(45 sts)
Row 23 K1, P to last st, K1
Row 24 K3,
K2tog, Yo (K3, K2tog, Yo) repeat to last
5 sts, K5
5 sts, K5
Row 25 K1, P to last st, K1
Row 26 K all stitches
Row 27 K1, P to last st, K1
Row 28 K6, K2tog, Yo (K3, K2tog, Yo)
repeat to last
2 sts, K2
2 sts, K2
Row 29 K1, P to last st, K1
Row 30 K all stitches
Row 31 k1, P to last st, K1
Rows 32-55 Repeat
8 row pattern (Rows 24-31) three
more times
Rows 56-62 Repeat
rows 24-30
Row 63 K
all stitches
Row 64 K2
(K2tog, Yo) repeat to last 3 st, K3
Row 65 K
all stitches
Row 66 Picot
bind off.
*BO 3 st, move
remaining st to left needle, CO 2 sts, BO 6 st* repeat to end.
Leave long tail to sew up and cut yarn. Measure from the top edge and sew up the first 3cm and leave a 6cm gap for the thumb hole and continue to sew up to the bottom of the mitten.
If required soak and block then gift them or wear them.
You can make the mittens longer or shorter by changing how many times you repeat the 8 row pattern (in bold above) and or changing the length of the rib pattern at the beginning.