Mittens with knitting needles

100% wool yarn, 280 m per 100 g. Soft lilac color.

Knit with a simple pattern; palm circumference 19 cm.

I cast on 44 stitches in the usual way and knitted in the round on three double-pointed needles (DPNs) of 21 cm length. By the way, the needles are comfortable, and the size is 2.5 mm.

Also needed: 2 stitch markers, scissors, a row counter, and a measuring tape.

 

Knit in the round in a 1×1 rib with crossed knit stitches. The ribbing height is 5 cm.

Then I switched to stockinette stitch and the pattern on the back side.

 

I immediately marked the thumb stitches, which are 8 stitches.

The thumb is shaped with an Indian wedge. I increased stitches for the thumb from the long tail. I increased stitches every other row; for the right hand I made increases before the marker, and for the left hand after the marker.

 

The thumb is shaped with an Indian wedge. I increased stitches 10 times.

The height with increases is 7 cm. Then I placed the thumb stitches on an extra thread and continued knitting in the round for another 1.5 cm, and switched to 1×1 rib with crossed knits, which is 2 cm.

Pattern chart drawn by hand :

 

purl

knit

slant right

slant left

Pattern repeat: 14 stitches and 14 rows.

In the chart only odd rows are shown; even rows in rounds are worked in knit stitches.

Overall height: 17 cm, width: 9 cm, and weight: 37 grams. Another option for using up leftover yarn.