Fuyu no Mittens (冬のミトン)

I had some leftover yarn from my Haru no Seetaa - enough to possibly make a pair of hand mitts.  I perused the web and found these patterns: Pioneer Gloves & Chilly Podsters.  I really liked the pattern on the Pioneer Gloves but was intrigued by the Chilly Podsters so, I decided to mash the patterns together.  I used my Chiaogoos US5 needles and ...
1. Cast on 40 sts.
2. Follow Pioneer Glove pattern for 45 rows (25 rows for the cuff, 15 rows to increase for the thumb portion).
3. Split the fingers and thumb; place 15 sts on stitch holders.
4. Continue the Pioneer Glove pattern for the finger portion for 23 rows.
5. Bind off 18 sts to make the split based on the Chilly Podsters.
6. Continue in Pioneer Glove pattern for 1 row.
7. Start decreasing 5sts then another 5 sts for 2 rows, k 1 row, *decrease 1 row (5 sts), k 1 row*, repeat * once (5 more start), decrease until there's a total of 6 sts.
8. Bind off with the Kitchener st.
9. Pick up thumb start and continue in pattern for 5 rows.
10. Bind off 5 sts to make the split based on the Chilly Podsters.
11. Continue in Pioneer Glove pattern for 4 rows.
12. Start decreasing for 5 rows until there's 6 sts left.
13. Bind off with the Kitchener St.
14. Using the remaining yarn, pick up 20 start and follow Pioneer Glove pattern for 11 rows.
15. Bind off in pattern and weave in ends.

Viola!  It was done within a week! Just in time for my up coming work trip! 😉😁

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Bottom cuffed

Top cuffed

Top cuffed and tucked