Summary: Normal thumb gore, two thumbs on each mitten, one on each side; double-pointed needles

Finished size: 8” (20.5 cm) around by 7.5” (19 cm) long, excluding ribbing

Materials: 2 oz (56.5 g) brown worsted-weight wool; 2 oz (56.5 g) white worsted-weight wool; size 2 (2.75 mm) double-pointed needles

Description:

Danish fishermen used “spear” mittens made with two thumbs. Because the thumb area was the first to wear out, mittens with an extra thumb lasted twice as long. The checkerboard pattern comes from early Jutland mittens.