In trying to adapt a woodworking artform into knitting, I came up with a chart which I was very pleased with, but which had an unintended visual effect: everyone I showed it to said it looked like a spider web! Rather than chucking out the chart and starting all over again, I decided to roll with what I had, and this fingerless mitts pattern is the result.

It’s named after a beloved and talented web-spinning character from children’s literature, whose love and friendship has been warming hearts for over sixty years. These fingerless mitts are perfect for keeping your hands warm on those in-between weather days, and in cold office buildings.

Yarn requirements

(Amounts are approximates.)

• Main colour: 110 (130, 150) yards
• Contrast colour: 36 (44, 50) yards

Sizing

• Small: finished hand circumference 6.5”, to fit hand circumference up to 7”, total height 6”
• Medium: finished hand circumference 7”, to fit hand circumference up to 7.5”, total height 6.5”
• Large: finished hand circumference 7.5”, to fit hand circumference up to 8”, total height 7”

0% to 5% negative ease around the hand is recommended.

Other materials needed

• Four stitch markers: two unique (for marking beginning of round and halfway point of round) and two identical to each other (for marking beginning and end of thumb gusset stitches)
• Spare length of yarn about 10” long
• Tapestry needle