It’s easy to see why fingerless mitts are so popular with modern knitters, keeping hands and wrists warm while leaving fingers free to knit! Fingerless mitts, wrist warmers, and other decorative arm accessories were also popular during the 1920 and 1930s, usually made with fine lace fabrics and coordinated with glamourous evening dresses. These mitts draw on this eveningwear connection with a multi-shaded bead motif at the wrist and a delicate picot hem. Worked in a fine 4-ply yarn, with a buttoned cuff at the wrist for a close fit, these mitts are designed to be both pretty and practical.

Sizes
1 (2, 3)
Circumference, at widest part of hand: 16 (17.5, 19) cm / 6¼ (6¾, 7½)”
Length: 16.5 cm / 6½”
Length is easily varied to suit your hand size.

Materials
Stranded Dyeworks Oasis (4-ply / fingering weight; 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon; 424 m / 464 yds per 100g / 3½oz skein)
Shade: Shiner; 1 skein (Note: 1 skein is enough for a pair of Beckett Mitts and Barbara Gloves)
2 buttons, approx. 1cm / ½” diameter
Stitch marker
Bead A: 80 (88, 96) beads
Bead B: 10 (11, 12) beads

Needles
2.25mm / US 1 knitting needles suitable for working small circumferences in the round
0.8 mm crochet hook (or hook small enough to fit through chosen beads)

Gauge
38 sts & 54 rows to 10 cm / 4”, measured over stocking stitch in the round with 2.25mm needles, after blocking.