Based on a small child’s mitten fragment, this mitten is simply knit with a band of two color knitting at the wrist. As with gloves in the period, mitten gauntlets extended over the cuff of a garment for warmth and protection.

Revised in 1997 by Noel M. R. McGonigle.
Revised by Cheryl Mariolis.
Revised in 2010 by Jackie for Plimoth Plantation with kind permission of the Weavers’ Guild of Boston.