Palmer Mittens

Named for the area in Colorado where my family lives called the ‘Palmer Divide’ - these mittens are designed for life here, where it might be 60 degrees one day, snowing the next and everywhere in between from hour to hour in the fall and spring.

This pattern includes instructions for fingerless mittens as well as full mittens — with the full mittens a little longer in the cuff than the fingerless mittens, and finished with a Kitchener bind off at the top for a nice rounded shape. For the fingerless mittens, the pinkie side/ outside is knit longer than the index finger side. The cuff length extends well past the wrist for that extra coverage, but is shorter than the full mittens for a fun layered look when worn together.

Pattern is for an intermediate knitter, using short rows and knitting in the round techniques.