Mittens, take fingers out when needed.

Those are sometimes called hunter's mittens, though IMO a hunter's mitten has a separate finger. Fences, Fox and Geese has in it a pattern for those sort of mittens. Some people call them glittens.

Make a pair of gloves, then pick up stitches across the back of the hand below the knuckles, cast up an equal number, join for knitting in the round and knit a mitten tip.

Hi Dennis! I just did a google search and found a couple of pages for you. They will come in handy (no pun intended. hehe) for me too. My brother mentioned years ago that he would like the gloves with the mitten flap on them because he shoes horses and does a lot of other farm work which make him have to remove his gloves/mittens to free his fingers. I can't work with the double pointed needles, so I couldn't make him any. However, I spotted a crochet pattern I could try, and there could be at least one two-needle pattern somewhere there too, I didn't look at them all. Enjoy, I hope you find what you're looking for! :o)

OOODLES of fingerless gloves here -

The Antique Pattern Library has a copy of "Knitting and Sewing" by Maud Churchill Nicoll which contains a variety of glove and mitten patterns for service men. There is at least one pattern in it that will give you good guidance for such a project. The download is quite large (the best part of 12MB) - you can find the file at:

Thanks Wooly!

Hugs, Dennis

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VP, I have a cable modem with 3mb download.

I love the sight! Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

V>> Dearble Friends,

I saw somewhere a pattern for fingerlees mittens with a flap that goes over the fingers when you want them covered ,,, now where did i see that ,,,, but you can calcilate it yourself ,,,, mirjam

how about these?

Taueret

Those are the type we often wear, I didn't make them though (but now I have the pattern I shall!)

We bought them from an ex-Army store, they're dull green and machine made. I think that the hand-made ones will be warmer.

Mary

Yep, here's one patttern -

I personally do not like the palm slit mittens. The top tends to flap around in my way while I'm trying to use my fingers. I prefer the kind where you tie back the top. I've seen both fingerless mittens and fingerless gloves made into convertible mittens, another name I know they go by. I've seen and heard about full gloves underneath, but if you need finger dexterity like I do, I think fingerless is the way to go. I do think it interesting, though, and I'm going to do it with the next pair I make, to consider the possibility of a thumb slit, since my thumbs are completely enclosed on my convertibles, and the thumb area is a little slippery. The thumb is small enough, it should not flap around in my way, and I was thinking an extended version of a button hole knit into the pattern would work well. It's either that or I could use puffy fabric paint or a little Plasti-Dip or even a piece of leather to give more traction on the thumb.

For holding back the flip top, I tried round and strip type Velcro fastenings, but the glue wears off quickly and the pieces fell off, and trying to sew down the Velcro was messy; the remaining glue from the Velcro gummed up my needle. Therefore, from my experience, I'd recommend if you go with either a button and button hole or a tie with a knob-like button for holding back the flap if you choose to make a separate flap.

If you come up with a better slit mitten pattern, I'd of course love to see that. It's easiest to make, but like I said, mine flapped around when I was trying them out to see what type I liked enough to make a mate for.

Leah

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The commercial pair I have uses very small squares of Velcro which have been sewn on by hand. To me this is the worst feature of the mittens because the hooks catch on the knitted fabric as well as on the loops.

But I can't think of a better way!

Mary

Oooh, I like these... but I wish they were made on two needles because I can't use double-pointed needles. *sigh* Oh well... maybe I can find someone who can make them for me. Thank you for sharing that site. :o)

You could do them on straight needles, add a st on either end for the seam, knit back and forth and seam up.

sue

Yes Mirjam,

It would not be hard to figure out.

Thanks and always good to hear from you. Dennis

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Great Taueret, Thanks, Dennis

Nice warm wool Mary, Hugs, Dennis

Thanks for another great pattern!

I could make these in a day!

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Leah, I thank you so much for the great info. If I find something different I will give you a yell.

You gave me enough ideas I might come up with something, if I decide to go that route I will post it and picture.

Hugs and God bless, Dennis & Gail