I started off using the pattern Mobile Mittens by Maria Moesby, but it didn’t work because I wanted the gradient of the handspun gradient yarn I am using to flow from top to bottom, and I found that pattern created a mitt that was too bulky for me.

I finished the first mitt on 11/27/2011. I wouldn’t call it successful yet - it’s definitely a proto-type, and I’ll rip and re-knit it. The purple flip-top was too big and gapes open, and I need to extend the fingerless part underneath. On the thumb, the fingerless part was a bit too long. But other than that, pretty good!

Re-tooled, started the second one, and now am almost done with the second mitt on 12/6/2011. It took re-working the fingerless part that goes around the hand a few times, but I think I have this one figured out - I’m knitting one flap rather than around the whole hand.

Ripped the first one and finished re-knitting it 12/11/2011. My process is a little fiddly (you have to break the yarn in several places to make the top-down gradient work) but I am very happy with this.

The pattern goes like this: I started with the thumb top first, then broke the yarn and started with the hand flap top. Broke yarn again, knit the hand flap along the palm and joined to the hand flap top. Knit around, broke yarn again to knit thumb. Joined the thumb flap top and thumb to hand, decreased to wrist, knit ribbed cuff.

I’ve kept notes on my progress. Would people be interested in me posting it as a free pattern?

Mod notes:
Circular cast-on: http://www.spellingtuesday.com/circular_co.html

Used 82 g of yarn.