I was after a new pair of fingerless gloves for the autumn and winter months, and came up with my own design – this super-simple pair with a shell pattern running down the back of the hand.
I thought it would be fun to share my pattern, in case anyone else is keen to make a pair. I've popped it up on Ravelry (you can find the pattern page here), but I know some people are struggling to use the website since its re-design, so I wanted to share it here too.
Download seashell mitts pattern (pdf)
For the grey pair, I used a stray ball of Silver Lining Lumiere 4ply yarn I found in my stash – it's lovely yarn but has been discontinued. As you can probably tell, I ran out at the end of my project – and had to use another ball of the same yarn, but a different colour, for a 'contrast stripe' at the top of each mitt.
To test my pattern, I made another pair from some very beautiful yarn hand-dyed by Bonnie of Union Fibre. The colour is 'Limpet' and the base is her Merino-Linen Singles.
One pair of these fingerless gloves takes about 40 grams of yarn. So you can definitely make two pairs from one 100gram skein and have enough leftover for a pair of baby booties.
This pattern would be simple enough to adjust if you need a larger or smaller pair of mitts – you could knit additional or fewer repeats of the shell pattern, and knit more or less of the ribbing at the top and bottom.
I hope you enjoy making them if you decide to! Please let me know if I've made any mistakes, or there's any useful information missing.
With thanks to my lovely friend Lizzie, for requesting the pattern, which encouraged me to write it down š
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