Description

The Guinevere fingerless mittens feature a floral stranded colourwork motif on the back of the hand and a small allover pattern on the palm. You knit them seamlessly from cuff to fingers, then knit the folk-style thumbs last, with no shaping necessary.

The pattern for Guinevere fingerless mittens is available to purchase as a digital pdf download from the Being Knitterly Ravelry store, or here as a printed pattern.

Options

Digital pdf pattern

Available from the Being Knitterly Ravelry store.

Printed pattern booklet

The A4 pattern has 6 pages including:

• Before You Start: notes, sizing, yarn, tension | gauge, and abbreviations.
• Photo tutorial for the cable cast-on.
• Charts.
• Written instructions.

 

Guinevere yarn pack (blue flowers and violet flowers)

The yarn pack contains:

• Five 25 g balls of Spindrift from Jamieson’s of Shetland, as well as a small amount of a smooth similar-weight waste yarn.

 

Pattern details

Sizes

Palm circumference: 18 (19:20:21) cm | 7 (7½:7¾:8¼) in.
Finished palm circumference: 17 (18:19:20) cm | 6 3/4 (7:7¼:7¾) in.
Finished length: 17 cm | 6¾ in.

Yarn

Jamieson’s of Shetland, Shetland Spindrift (4-ply; 100% Shetland wool; 105 m | 115 yds per 25 g ball).

Blue flowers colourway:

Yarn A: Burnt Umber 1190: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn B: Oatmeal 337: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn C: Eesit 105: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn D: Nighthawk 1020: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn E: Cloud 764: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.

Purple flowers colourway:

Yarn A: Aubretia 1300: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn B: Lavender 617: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn C: Orchid 547: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn D: Violet 600: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.
Yarn E: Buttermilk 179: 1 (1: 1: 1) x 25 g ball.

Gauge | Tension

35 sts and 35 rounds per 10 cm over stranded colourwork stocking stitch after washing and blocking.

Needles & Accessories

Use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after washing and blocking. Suggested needle sizes are:

2.50 mm | UK12 | US1–2 of your preferred method of knitting projects with small circumferences.
3.00 mm | UK11 | US3 of your preferred method of knitting projects with small circumferences.
Stitch marker.
Blunt-ended yarn or tapestry needle.

Other details

This pattern is available in two versions: the standard one for those who knit right-handed and an alternative one written for those who knit left-handed. If you purchase the printed pattern or kit and would like the pattern for knitting left-handed, please say so in your order notes at check out.

Most of you knit right-handed, that is, your stitches move from the left-hand to the right-hand needle as you knit.

Some of you knit left-handed, that is, your stitches move from the right-hand to the left-hand needle as you knit.

If you are a left-handed knitter who knits right-handed, that is your stitches move from the left-hand to the right-hand needle, you should use the pattern for knitting right-handed.

Designer: Nicki Merrall (Being Knitterly).
Sample knitters: Nicki Merrall and Mary Leeson.