Divided Highway Mitts by Denise Balvanz

Divided Highway Mitts

Knitting
May 2022
both are used in this pattern
Aran (8 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
103 - 170 yards (94 - 155 m)
Size: Small (Medium, Large); Palm: 7.2 (8 , 8.8)”.
English
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Fingerless mitts or full mittens to keep your hands warm! Start with ribbing or a picot hem add a band of simple stranded work for the cuff, then a gusset is worked for a “sore thumb” followed by another band of stranded work for the hand, finish it off with ribbing or hem for the fingerless mitts and a rounded decrease for the top of the mittens.

Lots of options are given so you can customize to suit. Great for using up scraps! The middle rows of dots only take about a yard of yarn each so you can use up even the smallest scraps.

Size: Small (Medium, Large)

Finished Measurements
Around palm of mitts or mittens: 7.2 (8 , 8.8)”, 18 (20, 22) cm.

Cuff length
Mittens: 3.25”, 8 cm, Fingerless mitts: 2.5”, 6.3 cm.

Hand length from top of cuff to top of mitt
Mittens: 5.5 (6.75, 8)”, 14 (17, 20) cm, Fingerless mitts: 4.5”, 11.5 cm.

Gusset length from wrist to crotch of thumb
2.25 (2.5, 2.5)”, 5.5, (6.5, 6.5) cm

Thumb length
Mittens: 2 (2.25, 2.5)”, 5 (5.7, 6.3) cm, Fingerless mitts: 1 (1.25, 1.5)”, 2.5 (3, 3.5) cm.

All lengths are adjustable. Additional yarn may be needed.

Yarn: Heavy Worsted/Aran Weight yarn of your choice.

Mittens: With Hems – MC: 100 (111, 122) yds, 91 (101, 111) m, CC: 44 (48, 53) yds, 40 (44, 48) m. Ribbing will take slightly less CC. Allow extra yarn if you add length.

Fingerless mitts: With hems – MC: 72 (79, 87) yds, 66 (72, 79) m, CC: 63 (69, 76) yds, 58 (63, 69) m.
With ribbing – MC: 69 (76, 84) yds, 63 (69,77) m; CC: 34 (37, 41), 31 (34, 37) m; Allow extra yarn if you add length.

Optional contrast: Dots in row 6 take less than 1 yd, 1 m of yarn. Great place to use up small scraps!