Hypno Mittens & Fingerless Gloves by Claudia Fiocchetti

Hypno Mittens & Fingerless Gloves

Knitting
March 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
205 - 242 yards (187 - 221 m)
To comfortably fit hands with 21-22cm / 8-9in circumference.

Hypno - mittens and fingerless gloves
I love geometric shapes, especially when rendered in monochrome shades of black and grey. I called this design ‘Hypno’ as decentering the smaller squares of each repeat gives a slight hypnotic feeling. You can choose to knit the Hypno mittens or fingerless gloves … or both!

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball)
A Bruce: 2 x 25g balls (mittens); 1 x 25g ball (fingerless gloves)
B Birkin: 1 x 25g ball (mittens); 2 x 25g balls (fingerless gloves)

Needles and notions
Gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences
Below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences
Gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working fingers
Long gauge-size circular needles or holder for holding finger stitches
Waste yarn (for holding thumb stitches) Stitch markers
Tapestry needle

Gauge
32 stitches and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stranded colourwork in the round on gauge-size needle(s)
Use 3mm needle(s) as a starting point for swatching.

Size
Both the mittens and fingerless gloves are fairly large-fitting, designed to comfortably fit hands with 21-22cm / 8-9in circumference. The mittens can be worn by smaller hands fitting as a cosy outer layer over another pair of mitts or gloves.

Special techniques
Long-tail tubular-cast on

Pattern notes
These mittens (or fingerless gloves) are worked from bottom to top. The cuff is worked in 1x1 rib in alternating shades, then the hand is worked in stranded colourwork, inserting waste yarn for an afterthought thumb. After the hand is completed, the top is finished with mitten shaping or half fingers, and the thumb is worked separately.

PLEASE NOTE: the pattern is for personal use only