These whimsical fingerless mitts are an ode to books and a delightful addition to any avid reader’s knitwear collection. A tall bookshelf adorns the top and underside of these mitts, topped with a lunar motif on the hand side and a lovely little potted plant and window on the palm.

Colorwork is charted only, some experience with following charts is recommended. You can use any contrasting colours of fingering weight yarn.

My sample used Cascade Heritage Sock in
the colorway Cream (MC) and Bis-Sock by Biscotte Yarns in the colorway Nenuphar (CC).

Materials Needed
Approximately 195 yards of fingering weight yarn.
MC = 90 yards
CC = 105 yards

Techniques Used
Knitting in the round
Stranded colourwork
Working from a chart
Thumb gusset - increasing

Finished Measurements
7.5” circumference across palm
9” tall