Lockdown Gansey Fingerless Mitts by Alison Casserly

Lockdown Gansey Fingerless Mitts

Knitting
September 2020
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Diamond Texture pattern
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
175 - 218 yards (160 - 199 m)
Medium - One size with suggestions for adapting size.
English
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Cosy fingerless gloves inspired by the traditional patterns of Gansey jumpers, which have always fascinated me, & I have adapted this pattern from my Gansey Headband, in the Covid Lockdown 2020.

The mitts are knitted in the round, bottom up, the thumb gusset mimics the gansey under-arm gussets, with the cable pattern wraps around the thumb.

There are both charted and written instructions, and I give suggestions to adapt the size for smaller or larger fingerless gloves. A short version is also included.

Approx weight of finished gloves knitted in DK is 80g. The short version knitted in Frangipani Guernsey 5 ply weighs 45g.