GSM — Convertible Mittens Knitting Pattern

GSM — half-finger gloves with a mitten top that pulls over the fingers, from Ístex’s Lopi 24, in crimson red Léttlopi. The fingers are knitted only half length; fold the mitten top back and the fingertips are free, and a small opening near the top of the thumb lets the thumb tip through. One colour, one women’s size; the pattern names no designer. In the photo a hand in one of them presses the keys of a mobile phone.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• One women’s size
• Right and left mitten, with the thumb and the finger order mirrored
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the crimson red kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Léttlopi — 50 g balls · one size — the pattern says “Ladies”
A 9434 crimson red — 2

Size
One size, given in the pattern as a women’s size. No gauge or finished measurements are given; the hand is 32 stitches around.

Gauge
The pattern gives no gauge. The cuff is knitted on 3.5 mm and the hand on 4.5 mm needles.

Needles
3.5 mm (US 4) and 4.5 mm (US 7) double-pointed needles
The first 3 rounds of the mitten top use both sizes at once: 3.5 mm for the rib on the palm side, 4.5 mm for the back of the hand

You will also need
A little waste yarn for the thumb, stitch holders (or spare yarn) for the waiting finger stitches, markers, and a tapestry needle for the ends. None of these are in the materials list.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round on double-pointed needles. The cuff is 32 stitches of K1, P1 rib on 3.5 mm for 6 cm; the hand is stocking stitch on 4.5 mm, with 6 stitches for the thumb knitted in waste yarn after 11 rounds — at the start of the 3rd needle on the right mitten, at the end of the 2nd on the left. After 11 more rounds the four fingers are knitted one at a time — the little finger first on the right mitten, the index finger first on the left — with 2 stitches cast on or picked up between the fingers so there are no holes. Each finger is just 5 rounds long and cast off loosely, so the fingertips stay free. For the mitten top, 16 stitches are picked up across the back of the hand just below the fingers and 16 are cast on for the palm. After 3 rounds — rib on the palm side on 3.5 mm, stocking stitch on the back on 4.5 mm — it is knitted on 4.5 mm for 18 rounds, or to the length you want, and decreased at both sides. The thumb is 13 stitches picked up around the waste yarn and knitted full length, with 3 stitches cast off and cast on again near the top to leave an opening for the thumb tip.

Pattern from Lopi No. 24 (no. 24), Ístex. No designer is named in the pattern.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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