Noro Hat & Fingerless Mitts Gloves Knitting Pattern

Noro Hat & Fingerless Mitts

What is Being Made

This downloadable knitting pattern provides instructions for creating a coordinated set consisting of an adult woman's hat and a pair of fingerless mitts. The hat is designed with a finished head circumference of 20 inches (51 centimeters) and a length of 8 inches (20.5 centimeters). The fingerless mitts feature a width of 7½ inches (19 centimeters) and a length of 8 inches (20.5 centimeters), making them a practical accessory pair that complements the hat.

Techniques Used

Both pieces in this set are created using seamless, bottom-up construction, meaning the garments are knitted from the bottom edge upward without requiring seaming. The projects are worked in the round using circular or double-pointed needles, which creates a tubular fabric and eliminates the need for joining seams. Striped colorwork is incorporated into the design, adding visual interest and dimension to both the hat and mitts. The pattern includes essential shaping techniques such as decreases (including slip, slip, knit decreases) to shape the crown of the hat and increases (including make one increases) to adjust stitch counts as needed throughout the projects.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

This intermediate-level pattern utilizes fundamental knitting stitches and techniques including:

• Knit and purl stitches as the foundation of the fabric
• Knit two together and purl two together for decreasing stitches
• Make one increases (both knitwise and purlwise variations) for adding stitches
• Slip, slip, knit decreases for refined shaping
• Slip stitches for edge finishing and selvage work
• Pick up and knit/purl techniques for picking up stitches along edges
• Stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and shaping points

The pattern includes chart notation with no stitch indicators, which are shaded spaces representing areas where stitches have been decreased or not yet created, allowing knitters to skip over these spaces while following the chart.

Materials

The projects are worked using 1 hank of Noro Kiri in colorway #09 (100 grams), a yarn choice that creates the striped effect characteristic of Noro yarns. Needles required include one set of five size US 4/3.5mm double-pointed needles for working in the round. Additional materials include a clip-on stitch marker for tracking pattern progress and waste yarn for holding stitches (such as thumb stitches on the mitts) while working other sections of the pattern.