Stimson

These versatile mitts can be folded down and worn as fingerless gloves, either loose or buttoned down, or can be fastened closed at the top, loosely or snugly, to be worn as warm full (ish) mittens. The thumbs are open, but are long enough to cover your whole thumb and keep it pretty warm, and the cuffs are super long for warmth, but can be folded up as you like.

The construction switches between flat and in-the-round; they are topped with an i-cord bind-off edging, and the thumbs are worked flat, then seamed around. This short thumb seam is the only sewing you’ll do, besides sewing on the buttons.

The stitch pattern is a mistake rib (with 2 stockinette rib stitches on the right side, 1 on the wrong side), for a very textured and stretchy fabric. The only shaping is in the form of a long slit at the cuffs, and the thumb gussets, but they will stretch and mold to comfortably fit your hands and wrists.

Measurements

S (M, L) to fit 6.5 (7.5, 8.5)" / 17 (19, 22)cm palm circumference

Yarn

approx 150 (200, 260) yards / 140 (180, 240) meters worsted or aran weight yarn

Needles

US 7 / 4.5 mm circular needles with 32 in / 80 cm cable, or dpns

Pattern includes photo tutorial for i-cord edging with buttonholes.

This pattern was redone as a solo pdf in January 2026, originally published in Stranded magazine in 2016.