As I had promised to knit my sister Pip a pair of fingerless mittens of her choice. She decided on the very cute Mitt Envy fingerless mittens pattern featuring a beautiful cable panel.
Within a few days, Mitt Envy designed by Weezalana and a skein of Belle Epoque Silk Sock 50% silk, 50% superwash merino sock yarn in a beautiful clear blue arrived.
Changes I Made To The Pattern
The pattern suggests Koigu Painter’s Palette Premium Merino which is a fingering weight /4-ply yarn so it was easy to substitute a different 4-ply sock yarn.
There were a few changes to be made:
- After working on a small tension square, I chose to use 2.5mm dpns instead of 2.25mm ones.
- I was knitting the mitts for my sister Pip and she wanted the mitts to be a little longer on her hands so that when her fingertips were cold she could curl them up inside the mitten. To achieve this, I added 2 additional repeats of the cable pattern. I also added an extra couple of rows of k2 p2 ribbing at the top cuff.
- The other change I made was in the shaping for the thumb increases. I increased until there were 25 sts instead of 21 sts and when knitting the thumb I did a couple of decreases for shaping.
Would I Knit Mitt Envy Again?
Absolutely… I found Mitt Envy to be a well-written pattern with clear easy-to-follow instructions. As ever, I did tweak the pattern to create the styling that I wanted for the fingerless mittens I was knitting for Pip.
And The Yarn?
Yes, Pip was right when she was enthused about this gorgeous yarn as the skein of silk/merino sock yarn was a joy to knit. It felt lovely, handled well during knitting, and gave excellent definition to the cable… and most importantly the finished Mitt Envy fingerless mittens look beautiful on Pip.
I am a fairly new knitter and challenging myself to knit these gloves but I don’t understand why she labels the row sections 1st repeat, 2nd repeat and so on because as far as I can see nothing is repeated?
Hi, I have completed knitting these gorguous Envy mitts to row8: of the left mitt. Where I have ended up with the marker on my 4th needle at the end of the row
Second and third repeat:
Row 1, Knit all stitches to marker( this is where I am stuck). Does this mean that I start knitting from the 1st stitch all the way round to the marker in 53 stitches in total.
I hope you can help me here. Your help in this regard, will be most appreciated.
Many thank
This is my all time favourite pattern on ravelry. I have made a few pairs too and like your thumb decrease tip. Love your yarn colour too
It is such a pretty pattern!
They look lovely. My grandmother gave me this shaped finger-less mittens and I still have those mittens for years. They can be very handy for using smartphones and keeping your hands warm.
hi were can I get the pattern for your cable fingerless mittens?i have a old pattern I need a new pattern.thank you
Hi Helen, this wonderful cable fingerless mittens pattern is called Mitt Envy and was designed by weezalana, It is available on ravelry.com. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mitt-envy and I hope you enjoy knitting it. Nicolette
Just recognised my mitts… and hand 🙂
They are lovely mitts. I was spoiled with choice for the photos. Have they turned up yet?