NOTES

I started off making these fingerless mittens according to the pattern. This is my second time making a Susan B Anderson pattern. After knitting four rows, I knew that I would need to alter this pattern for fit.

MODIFICATIONS

• I made gauge with my yarn.

• The smallest number of stitches for cast on was too big for my hands. Proportionally, I do have small hands. I kept the needle size - 2.5mm - but reduced the number of stitches to cast on to 40. This produced a close fitting fingerless glove (with negative ease).

• I am always on the search for the perfect cast on and bind offs. Lately, it has become an obsession. I decided to use a tubular cast on by combining two youtube tutorials. As I use the two-at-a-time method to knit pairs - I simply love this method - it was a bit finicky at first to adapt the two-at-a-time method. It required putting the first crochet cast on, using 1/2 the stitches and the second mitt with 1/4 crochet cast on stitches.

• I reduced the number of thumb gussets to correspond to the reduction in the cast of stitches and to fit my thumb.

• I removed the bobble before each thumb during the gusset portion, so that the bobble placement (slightly different on each side of the thumb) didn’t bother me.

  • I was slightly annoyed that the bobbles were not symmetric on the thumb gusset. One bobble is right beside the thumb gusset and the second bobble (on the underside of the hand) is four stitches past the thumb gusset increases.

RESOURCES

• 2x2 Tubular Cast On [in the round] // (1) Sockmatician Youtube tutorial // (2) Suzanne Bryan Youtube tutorial

• No Holes at the thumb gusset // Suzanne Bryan // Youtube Tutorial [It’s for sweaters, but works well for mittens and gloves too.]

Final Thoughts

• Now the I have the blueprint for my hand specifications related to this pattern, it may be worth asking if bobbles on the palm are realistic - for my lifestyle - given how these mitts will be worn. Only time - and an opportunity to wear these mitts out - will tell.