Monday, October 26, 2015

October Knit ~ M's Mitts

Well, it looks like I'm back on the one-knit-a-month train (touch wood).

I whipped up these mitts/wristers/wrist-warmers/fingerless gloves/whathaveyous for M, who's been complaining that his hands are cold all the time. There is the school of thought that says mitts are pointless, because your fingers are still exposed to the cold, and there is the school of thought that says they are fabulous, because they keep your hand warm while allowing you the use of your fingers. I belong to the latter school, natch. The idea is that the blood flowing to your fingers is warmer when it gets there by passing though your insulated wrist and palm. I don't know if that really works, but I do know that if you're not wearing anything on your hands, your fingers are a lot colder, and if you need your fingers to do stuff (type, fill the bird feeder, draw, open doors, write), you'll just take your mittens/gloves all the way off and then what?

Anyway, fingerless philosophy and science aside, I love wearing fingerless gloves. I love knitting them. And I would love to keep my boy's hands warm. He says he can't wear them while playing guitar, but they should help when he's doing homework and computer-related things. They probably would work for playing the drums and piano, too.

Pattern info on my Ravelry page.

9 comments:

  1. Love the mitts. I love fingerless mitts too, both knitting them and wearing them :)

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  2. Love them. I have made a few pairs of these for friends but never for myself, perhaps I should!

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  3. I love these, Andrea. I need these! How do I get on your list?

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    1. Kate, my dear, I would be honored to make you a pair. What is your favorite color?

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  4. I'm with you on thé fingerless thing. Love mine, wearing them all the time at the moment but I do change to full mittens when it gets really cold here.

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    1. Oh, yes, me too. But fingerless get me through Sept-Oct-Nov-March-April at least! Plus indoors in the colder months.

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  5. I am of the same philosophy as you, They look amazing. Love the color.

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