Using another raveler’s suggestion to cast on for the larger size on size 5 needles to accommodate the sport weight yarn.

Ripping back after reading so many knitters were disappointed in the afterthought thumbs. Found an ingenious solution on shakeyourbooties’s A mod dash.

My mods to shakeyourbooties’s mods:

Right mitt
After slipping 12 gusset sts to a holder, worked 9 rows and then did a final cable row with one cable on top of hand: CB, p1(2), patt to end of row. K 8 more rows, then bind off.

Thumb
Pick up sts as shakeyourbooties suggests. Then, divide sts as 7, 7, and 6 where 6 sts are the just-picked-up sts. K 7 2/3 rounds in stockinette, ending before needle with 6 sts. Bind off. I couldn’t figure out how to k thumb in patt where pearl rows lined up nicely. It looks fine in st st.

I was watching It’s Complicated while figuring out the first thumb and found the irony of that amusing.

Left mitt
Same as for right except final cable on hand is CF.

One down, one to go. I absolutely LOVE these with the mods made. This will be my new go to fingerless mitt pattern. It’s wonderful with gently variegated yarn because both yarn and cable pattern share the limelight.

I’m a little disappointed in the yarn. It’s incredibly soft and a pleasure to knit with, but the color faded with first wash. You can see this in the left (unwashed) and right (washed) palm pictures.