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Fingerless mitts for frosty days

4/12/2019

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Frost Fighter Mitts & Headband by Anna Ravenscroft, Anna Alway Designs
I always have cold hands. I don’t know why but my fingers are always icy and I find myself searching for gloves or mittens as soon as the weather starts to turn colder. So I thought I would continue my Autumn Accessories series by looking at some of Anna’s lovely Fingerless Mitts.

I do like fingerless mitts as they allow you to text, access your handbag or sort out coins for the parking meter – all of which are much more complicated when you’re wearing traditional gloves. They are also much easier to knit which is an added bonus!
Fingerless Mittens by Anna Ravenscroft, Anna Alway Designs
​Anna has three different patterns for fingerless mitts and they are all wonderful. This first pair is worked in a lovely angora/wool DK yarn in contrasting colours of silver grey and burgundy. They feature a long ribbed cuff and a neat shaped thumb to keep you cozy warm.

Fingerless mitts are not only easier to knit than gloves, they also need a bit less yarn too. For example, in the Fingerless Mittens here you only need about 32gm of the main colour and 12gm of the contrasting shade. That means that you can often make good use of oddments left over from a previous project.

The mosaic colour patterning is really interesting to work and brings extra warm into the hand area so the mitts are both stylish and comfortable. For more information about the Fingerless Mittens, please click here.
Winter Warrior Mitts & Cowl by Anna Ravenscroft, Anna Alway Designs
Then this next pattern is the Winter Warrior Mitts and Cowl, which you will probably remember from the first blogpost in this series when I was chatting about cowls.
Winter Warrior Mitts by Anna Ravenscroft, Anna Alway Designs
These mitts have a lovely slim fit and feature a beautifully textured pattern which gives an extra degree of insulation and warmth around the hand. They are worked in Milla Mia Naturally Soft Merino, which is a 100% merino wool sportweight yarn. This is a gorgeously soft yarn so the set is super comfy to wear.

You will need about 1 ball of yarn for the mitts and another 2 balls if you want to also make the matching cowl. 
For more details about the Winter Warrior Mitts & Cowl, please click here.
Frost Fighter Mitts by Anna Ravenscroft, Anna Alway Designs
​Then lastly, here are Anna’s Frost Fighter Mitts. The pattern features a wonderful reversible cable stitch from our Reversible Knitting Stitches book, so you can select whichever side you prefer for the mitts. The pattern includes two different sizes of fingerless mitts and a headband too so you can keep your ears warm. I will be including that headband in a future post in this series, so watch out for more information about that soon.

The mitts are worked in one of my favourite yarns, Willow & Lark Nest which is a super-toasty wool and cashmere mix. I wrote about that yarn here when I was introducing the Grayswood Scarf, and also earlier this year when if you had been in Cornwall you might have heard a knitter furiously knitting at 2am in the morning of her daughter’s wedding!

The Frost Fighter Mitts are worked flat and then seamed together leaving an opening for the thumb. This means that the mitts can be worn either way up, which is useful for cyclists. For more photos and information about this cozy headband and mitts set, please see Anna’s Ravelry store here.

Next time, I will be changing my focus from fingers down to toes to look at some socks to knit for the winter days ahead.

Until then – Happy Knitting!

Moira
Reversible Knitting Stitches by Moira Ravenscroft & Anna Ravenscroft, Wyndlestraw Designs

Last Blogpost: How much yarn do I need for a scarf?
​Autumn Accessories Series #1: Autumn Accessories
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Keep those toes toasty warm

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