Simple and Smart Fingerless Mitts

• Suggested Yarn: 1-2 balls of  Superwash Merino by Coeur d’Alene Yarns. Color # C810 Terra Cotta imported from Peru. 
• Needles:US 8 (5 mm) circular needles with a 40” cord or size needed to obtain gauge. A 40-inch cord is used for the magic loop method. 
• Notions needed:Stitch markers to mark the beginning of the round and thumb gusset increases. Scrap yarn is used to hold the thumb sts while working the body of the mitt.
• Gauge:20 sts and 24 rows =  4” in stockinette stitch, blocked. 
• Size: Small to Medium adult. May increase size by multiples of 4.

• This is a downloadable pattern only!
  

This pattern is part of my Simple and Smart knit series. It is a perfect first fingerless mitt pattern with a simple thumb gusset. It is knit in the round starting with a ribbed cuff. Once that is complete, you knit several rounds in stockinette stitch then begin increases for the thumb gusset. Once you have completed the thumb increases, the thumb sts will be placed on scrap yarn while the rest of your mitt is completed. The Mitt is finished off with ribbing and bound off using a stretchy bind off.