Sorta (Not Really) Surprise Office Mitts

I promised one of my friends that I would knit her something (specifically a wrap (post to be forthcoming).  However, she also mentioned that she could use a pair of fingerless mitts for her office (since it cam be really cold in there).

So, as a sorta (not really) surprise birthday gift, I'm making her a pair of fingerless mitts based on a sample of the pattern of the wrap that she wanted.  Because her wrap has multiple patterns on it, I trolled through my stitchionaries, particularly the ones initially loaned her and found many patterns that I thought she'd like.  Unfortunately, many of those stitch patterns didn't match the number of stitches I needed for her mitts. :(  I finally came across the Box Stitch pattern in my Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary that would be perfect! ♡

Here's what I did:

1. Casted on 28 sts. and join in the round.
2. K2, P2 for 2 rows.
3. Follow Box Stitch pattern (multiple of 4 sts, 4-rnd repeat) as follows for 9 repeats:
• Rnds 1 & 2: *K2, P2; repeat from * to end.
• Rnds 3 & 4: *P2, K2; repeat from * to end.
4. Split 8 sts for the thumb portion by putting them onto a stitch marker(s) and 20 sts for remainder of fingers. Continue in pattern for the remainder of fingers for 7 repeats.
5. Bind off in pattern.
6. Pick up thumb stitches + 2 extra stitches and continue in pattern for 2 repeats.
7. Bind off in pattern.

終わり (Owari = Done)!

Man!  Fingerless mitts are so quick to do! ;)  She's already looking forward to this and wants it ASAP! :P