Make Your Own!

Want to make your own Delftwear mittens? The pattern that I made is below. I've also included several different colorwork charts so you can choose different tiles to personalize your mittens.

If you want to design your own tile, each tile is 22 stitches and 27 rows. :-)

Delftwear Fingerless Mittens
Pleaste note: the right and left glove are made the same way, but the order you knit the tiles will determine which picture is on your palm and which is on the back of your hand.
Left glove: Palm side first, back of hand side second
Right glove: Back of hand side first, palm side second

Fingering weight yarn in two contrasting colors
Gauge: 7 stitches / 9 rows = 1"
Needles: US 3 (circular or DPN)

[C1]CO 51 stitches.

Cuff:
Round 1: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 2: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 3: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 4: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 5: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 6: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 7: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 8: [C1]K all
Round 9: [C1]K all, increase 1 stitch (52 stitches on needles)

Tiles:
Round 10: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 11: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 12: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 13: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 14: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 15: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 16: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 17: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 18: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2

On Round 19, you will begin increasing for your thumb gusset.
Round 19: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]KFB, K2, KBF, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 20: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K6, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 21: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K1, KFB, K2, KBF, K1, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 22: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K8, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 23: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K2, KFB, K2, KBF, K2, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 24: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K10, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 25: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K3, KFB, K2, KBF, K3, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 26: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K12, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 27: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, KFB, K2, KBF, K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 28: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K14, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 29: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K5, KFB, K2, KBF, K5, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 30: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K16, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 31: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K6, KFB, K2, KBF, K6, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 32: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K18, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 33: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K7, KFB, K2, KBF, K7, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 34: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K2, move next 16 stitches onto waste yarn, K2, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2

Round 35: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2
Round 36: [C1]K2, {22 stitches of first chart}, [C1]K4, {22 stitches of second chart}, [C1]K2

Finger Cuff
Round 37: [C1]K all, decrease 1 stitch (51 stitches on needles)
Round 38: [C1]K all
Round 39: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 40: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 41: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 42: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 43: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 44: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around
Round 45: [C1]K2, [C2]P1* repeat around

Cast-off knitwise.

Thumb
Pick up the 16 stitches from waste yarn.
T Round 1: [C1]K16, pick up and K4 more
T Round 2: [C1]K16, K2tog, K2tog
T Round 3: [C1]K18
T Round 4: [C1]K2, P1* repeat around
T Round 5: [C1]K2, P1* repeat around
T Round 6: [C1]K2, P1* repeat around

Cast-off knitwise.

Weave in the ends and block.

Colorwork Charts
<-- Check out the charts on the left and right -->
Questions? Email knittinsmitten@gmail.com

Glossary
[C1]: Color 1 (navy in my gloves)
[C2]: Color 2 (white in my gloves)
CO: Cast On
K: Knit
K2tog: Knit 2 together (decrease)
KBF: Knit through the back and front of a stitch (increase)
KFB: Knit through the front and back of a stitch (increase)
P: Purl
T: Thumb

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