Shooting Mittens by Trixie Zynch

Shooting Mittens

Knitting
October 2008
Aran (8 wpi) ?
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
191 yards (175 m)
men's medium
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Earn endless devotions from your favorite hunter or outdoorsman! These easy-to-knit mitts have minimal shaping or sizing, relying instead on the stretchiness of 2x2 ribbing. The easy-care yarn is knit on a smaller-than-suggested needle size to create a warm, dense, draft-resistant fabric; the larger needle is used only to insure a stretchy cast on and loose bind off.

Wearing these is compatible with shooting a gun. However, unlike a traditional shooting glove or mitten or glitten, the trigger finger is not only separate but also exposed, allowing maximum trigger sensitivity. OK, you’re thinking, but what kind of hunter needs both trigger fingers exposed? Bow hunters, apparently. Leaving both trigger fingers exposed facilitates moving the arrow from its holder to the rest.