As much as I love fingerless gloves, I’ve actually never knit fingerless gloves with a mitten flap.
The Saleha Gloves Pattern from the Blue Elephants is a great little pattern with easy colorwork bands and a contrasting mitten flap. They have full thumbs so that you’re totally covered when you use them as mittens.
Of course you could also just knit the fingerless glove portion and leave off the tip of the thumb if you prefer that look.
Check out the full DIY and all the options on her blog.
[Photo: the Blue Elephants.]
A long time ago, when I was writing the knitting website for About.com, someone asked me about all the different ways to knit thumbs on mittens, if someone asked me that question now, though, I could direct them to The Mitten Handbook by Mary Scott Huff. This book contains everything you need to know to knit your own mittens to any size, any gauge, using a variety of edging, cuff, thumb and top treatments.
Looking for more knitting patterns for Mittens? Check these out on Etsy.
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