Free Pattern for Fingerless Mitts - A Mittful of Jelly Beans

This may not be the established way to do things, but I'm sortof a nonconformist anyway, so I'm going to use this method to share my pattern.

A Mittful of Jelly Beans

Size -- to fit a teen, or small, adult woman's hand

Yarn -- Magic Stripes by LionBrandYarn, colorway/JellyBeans (fingering/sportweight superwash wool) One 100gm skein

Gauge -- 7 sts to the inch (28 sts = 4 inches)

Needles -- size US 2, and US 3 dpns , one size US 8 dpn for casting on and binding off, and one size 4 needle for bindoff of thumb (these mitts can probably be adapted to MagicLoop method -- haven't tried)

Knitting terms: m1 -- make one: using the right needle to pick up the bar (from the front side) between the stitch you just worked and the next one to be worked, place it on the left-hand needle, then knit into the back of this picked-up stitch.

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Cast on :

Using a size 8 double-pointed needle, caston 44 stitches.

CUFF:

Divide stitches among 3 size US 2 needles, (being careful to not let these big loose stitches fall off of the needles before the first round is knitted.....use needle point protectors or even little rubber bands, if necessary). Join, (being careful not to twist the round of caston stitches), by knitting 2, then purling 2, in sequence around all the way to the end of the 3rd needle. If necessary, place a marker to let you know where your round begins.......I just use the tail of the yarn to remind me of the beginning. Knit 27 more rounds of 2 x 2 ribbing, for a total of 28 rounds.

WRIST :

Next, switch to size US 3 needles, and knit 15 rounds of stockinette stitch (knitting every stitch of round) before starting thumb gusset.

THUMB GUSSET:

Knit 2 stitches, place a marker, m1, k1, m1, place second marker; knit rest of round.

Rnd 2 : Knit even all the way around.

Rnd 3 : Knit to marker, pass the marker to your right needle, m1, knit to second marker, ml, then after passing second marker, knit even to end of round.

Repeat rnds 2 and 3 until you have 19 stitches between markers.

Next round -- K2, place thumb stitches onto holder (I use a piece of yarn), and knit around rest of stitches in round, pulling stitches tightly at gap where thumb stitches were. (43 stitches)

Knit 3 more rounds of stockinette on hand stitches.

RIBBING FOR FINGERS :

Switching to your size US 2 needles, knit through front and back of first stictch of round, increasing one stitch, then p2,k2, for rest of round, ending with p2. (44 stitches)

Knit 2 x 2 ribbing, beginning with K2, for 7 more rounds, then bindoff in ribbing pattern, using a size US 8 needle in your right hand.

THUMB :

With new yarn and size US 3 dpns, pick up 4 stitches in gap, then knit other 19 held stitches, dividing them between 3 needles, and decreasing 3 stitches evenly, for a total of 20 stitches when round is finished.

Join round, and knit in 2 x 2 ribbing for 3 rounds.

Switch to size US 2 dpns, and knit 2 more rounds of 2 x 2 ribbing.

Bind off in ribbing pattern, using a size 4 needle in your right hand.

Weave in tails and enjoy your handiwork !

Please advise me of any errors you find with these instructions........it's been awhile since I made these mitts !