I love to have options
I wanted to make a pair of hybrid mittens–you know, the kind where the mitten cap flips back to free your fingers for little things like turning keys in locks, swiping metro cards, eating cookies…
I wasn’t happy with an existing pattern I found, and to fix that pattern would have taken just as long as fudging something on my own, so fudge I did.
I present to you, the knitblog community, the results of said fudging. Flip-top mittens:
I started by adapting the mitten pattern in Ann Budd’s Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns from dpns to a two-circular-needles pattern. Using that pattern as a base, all I needed to do was knit a few strategically placed rows on the palm side on waste yarn to make the gap, throw in some buttonloops and buttons…y bueno… I love these things and if I lose one I’ll cry. I really will. Maybe I should invest in those clips that attach little kids’ mittens to their coat sleeves?
I bought the yarn at Rhinebeck. It’s Spirit Trail Fiberworks merino sock yarn. I’ve been calling the colorway Spirulina, but they call it 38-04-04-01.
Besides the choice of mitteny warmth or fingers free for cookie-eating, you can also use the resulting profile to make hand monsters! (C is for cookie AND Cari, don’t ya know.)
Hey! Cute mittens and a clever design.
Apparently we are all talking to the hand here today.
Posted by: claudia
Awesome! I am so making those. Thanks for sharing your fudging secrets! ;0)
Posted by: alison
Cute mittens! Great job creating, too!
Posted by: Jackie
Oh yay! They came out so great!
Posted by: Jackie
Those are just adorable, & the colors are simply lurvely. Sorry I missed the gang this weekend, hope to catch up with you soon.
Posted by: mindy
umm, those are SO cute. great fudging, I say. I might just have to fudge some up myself.
hee hee. talk to the hand.
Posted by: Carrie
Hey! Cute mittens and a clever design.
Apparently we are all talking to the hand here today.
Posted by: claudia
Awesome! I am so making those. Thanks for sharing your fudging secrets! ;0)
Posted by: alison
Cute mittens! Great job creating, too!
Posted by: Jackie
Oh yay! They came out so great!
Posted by: Jackie
Those are just adorable, & the colors are simply lurvely. Sorry I missed the gang this weekend, hope to catch up with you soon.
Posted by: mindy
umm, those are SO cute. great fudging, I say. I might just have to fudge some up myself.
hee hee. talk to the hand.
Posted by: Carrie
Oh – I love the mittens! I had a pair once, but alas, there was some unfortunate business that involved the mittens, too many martinis, and a train ride, and well, the mittens went to mitten heaven. Sigh…
I think the clips are a v. good idea. 🙂
Posted by: Elisa
Oh, I love your mittens! DH has had many of the store-bought kind, but I’ve never liked exactly how they are. I love that yours are MITTENS instead of gloves, and your flap is small… all the store ones are huge! Thanks for showing us what you did 🙂
Posted by: Leisel
great design! and fabulous color. i love how that flip top doesn’t open low on the palm.
Posted by: froggy
C is SO for Cari. And cute-as-hell.
xo
Posted by: Rachael
Spirulina turned out very well. Kudos.
How about them leaves? Are the dogs having fun rolling around in them?
Posted by: Iris
Wow, mittens you can still flip someone off with! Genius!
Posted by: Silvia
The LES approves. I need bloglines. I’m missing out on all the fun.
Instead of clips, I like the idea of having them on a long string, going over the shoulders, down the arms. When you’re wearing a coat, nobody sees it. If you take off a mit, it dangles. Clips sound like they could come off?
Posted by: valentina
hi.
i’ve been lurking, lured here via a link from someone else’s blog, though whose i can’t remember.
they’re GLITTENS! my sister-in-law from new jersey called them that, and i love the word, so yes, you made glittens, and they’re awesome. i don’t usually like variegated yarn, but this particular one is nice.
Posted by: jen
Spirulina! Very high protein vegetarian mittens. I’m all for it. 😉
Posted by: Norma
Those are soooo pretty! And look at all your pretty leaves, too. Get raking, girl.
Mmm, fudge…
Posted by: alison
Wow, that was fast! They look awesome! Nice choice on the buttons, too.
Posted by: Jenn
Cute!
Posted by: Becky
Oh – I love the mittens! I had a pair once, but alas, there was some unfortunate business that involved the mittens, too many martinis, and a train ride, and well, the mittens went to mitten heaven. Sigh…
I think the clips are a v. good idea. 🙂
Posted by: Elisa
Oh, I love your mittens! DH has had many of the store-bought kind, but I’ve never liked exactly how they are. I love that yours are MITTENS instead of gloves, and your flap is small… all the store ones are huge! Thanks for showing us what you did 🙂
Posted by: Leisel
great design! and fabulous color. i love how that flip top doesn’t open low on the palm.
Posted by: froggy
C is SO for Cari. And cute-as-hell.
xo
Posted by: Rachael
Spirulina turned out very well. Kudos.
How about them leaves? Are the dogs having fun rolling around in them?
Posted by: Iris
Wow, mittens you can still flip someone off with! Genius!
Posted by: Silvia
The LES approves. I need bloglines. I’m missing out on all the fun.
Instead of clips, I like the idea of having them on a long string, going over the shoulders, down the arms. When you’re wearing a coat, nobody sees it. If you take off a mit, it dangles. Clips sound like they could come off?
Posted by: valentina
hi.
i’ve been lurking, lured here via a link from someone else’s blog, though whose i can’t remember.
they’re GLITTENS! my sister-in-law from new jersey called them that, and i love the word, so yes, you made glittens, and they’re awesome. i don’t usually like variegated yarn, but this particular one is nice.
Posted by: jen
Spirulina! Very high protein vegetarian mittens. I’m all for it. 😉
Posted by: Norma
Those are soooo pretty! And look at all your pretty leaves, too. Get raking, girl.
Mmm, fudge…
Posted by: alison
Wow, that was fast! They look awesome! Nice choice on the buttons, too.
Posted by: Jenn
Cute!
Posted by: Becky
So now it’s 7:40 am and I’m already hungry for cookies. I love the way the mittens (excuse me, glittens) turned out, with the button and pointyness and everything. Hooray!
Posted by: Em
I bought the clips, they didn’t work too well. The kind I bought didn’t connect to my sleeves reliably. So if you don’t want to lose a mitten, make yourself a string. Ultimately, I’ve decided against both options because either way they dangle when I’m cleaning up after my dog.
Posted by: Mary
Genius! I hope you copyrighted these…
Posted by: Cree
Very cool gloves. It’s definately nice to have a choice!!!
Posted by: Eilene
LOVE the glittens. awesome yarn choice as well. cool button…
the whole kit ‘n kaboodle rocks.
Posted by: susan
Late to the party–AGAIN!! But, impressed nonetheless by your fabulous mittens. I love them!
Posted by: elisabeth
So now it’s 7:40 am and I’m already hungry for cookies. I love the way the mittens (excuse me, glittens) turned out, with the button and pointyness and everything. Hooray!
Posted by: Em
I bought the clips, they didn’t work too well. The kind I bought didn’t connect to my sleeves reliably. So if you don’t want to lose a mitten, make yourself a string. Ultimately, I’ve decided against both options because either way they dangle when I’m cleaning up after my dog.
Posted by: Mary
Genius! I hope you copyrighted these…
Posted by: Cree
Very cool gloves. It’s definately nice to have a choice!!!
Posted by: Eilene
LOVE the glittens. awesome yarn choice as well. cool button…
the whole kit ‘n kaboodle rocks.
Posted by: susan
Late to the party–AGAIN!! But, impressed nonetheless by your fabulous mittens. I love them!
Posted by: elisabeth