I’ve been having fun, making my first pair of fingerless mittens – yay!
After searching on youtube, and finding several really great videos, I opted to start off with a very simple one. A big thumbs up to Bag-O-Day Crochet. Video was excellent!
I’ve got rather large hands so I began with a bit of trial and error, getting the number of stitches & rows right, for ribbing the cuff. And couldn’t resist crocheting in one of my very bright yarns! This is an acrylic DK yarn, bought not long ago in ACTION. Lovely & soft to work with, and grogeously bright – you know me by now, I can’t stand to work in (what I consider) drab colours. If I’m going to make something it has to be bright!
Some people might not like seeing the colours striping diagonally, but I knew this was going to happen, since I was crocheting in the round and not joining (slip stitch, chain 1) and I can’t honestly say it bothers me to have the funny stripes.
I’m just happy that I managed to sort out stitch count, alter number of rows where necessary to make them a custom fit for me. I solved one problem – needing width for main hand, but not wanting it to gape at opening – by keeping the same number of stitches all round but changing from a 4mm to a 3.5mm hook for the last few rows. If I follow this pattern again, I’ll probably also do the ribbing and first rows on a 3.5mm hook too.
I made them a lot longer, over the fingers, because these are going to be my “walking Gibbs” mittens and we’re heading for colder weather soon.
Now it’s time to get back to CAL squares!
These look beautiful, I love the colours! x
colour sort of reminds me on bonfires, Guy Fawkes and fireworks ^^
Yes! That’s so true, beautiful x
I like the stripes! Nice job, all the way around!
Love the mitts, Claire. The colour and the ‘wonky’ stripes add to their appeal.
thanks Kathy.
Those are just fun, and your timing is perfect!
They look great. I have used this basic pattern before. Brilliant idea changing hook size 🙂 never thought of that.
well we change hook size to get knitting or crochet to swatch size, so I figured I could try 2 different size hooks for the same project.
Personally, I love those colors too. 🙂 I also like the shell stitch edging – I think that’s what that stitch is called. I’m not a crocheter!
I have no idea what the edging stitch is called either . I just followed the pattern lol. But yes, it goes it a nice finish.
Good idea for dog walking in cold weather, and another advantage of those gorgeous colours is that you’ll never lose them!
yes I’ll definitely be able to find them when I put them down!
I like the ones where you have a bit you can pull over the fingers too. Still have the use of your fingers which normal mitts don’t give you, but you can keep the fingers warm too. If you don’t know what I mean Claire then this link shows a knitted pair. https://www.kweenbee.ca/knit-a-pair-of-flip-mittens-or-fingerless-gloves#.XbTWl25Fyyo
yes I’ve seen those, but I like my fingers to be “free” lol.
That’s a useful tip – swapping hook size. Thank you
Lovely and cheerful for those dog walks.
Such a vibrant colour – to liven things up on a dreary autumn day!
I love fingerless mittens, fabulous colours 🙂
I love the colour pooling, and the two came out so similar that it looks deliberate!
You did a dandy of a job on them. I love the design of the colors. I have a pair I made years ago. They really are quite handy. 😉