Checkmate Fingerless Mitts

Keyboarding has a mysterious way of turning fingers into icicles. These unisex fingerless mitts will combat that numbing chill and warm your hands for typing or other activities.

These mitts feature checked colorwork patterns over the hand and a seeded pattern for the thumbs. The small scale of the colorwork patterns ensures that floats on the inside of the mitts are short and snag-free.  This project is ideal for using leftover fingering weight yarn.

Sizes:  small/medium (large/extra-large)
length = 6.25 (7) inches
circumference = 6.5 (7.5) inches


Yarn Requirements:  150 - 175 yards (137 - 160 meters) fingering weight yarn in each of 2 contrasting colors
Needles:  2.5 mm (US 1.5) double point needles
Gauge:  9 stitches and 10 rounds = 1 inch in stranded colorwork

Skills/Techniques Required:
working small circumferences in the round
following charted colorwork patterns
stranded colorwork