Axel mitts
Published on Friday January 5th, 2007
Behold, quick-knitting fingerless mitts! I have named them in honor of recently retired cyclist Axel Merckx. They have three crossed cables on the back; the palm is in 2×2 rib like the cuff and finger covering. For extra warmth, you can wear them like this:
They’re a fast, stash-busting project — perfect for toasty hands this fall, whether you’re cycling, knitting, reading, or typing. Click the link beneath the first image to grab the free PDF.
Posted: January 5th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Thanks for this! My daughter has been wanting me to knit her some so I’m going to try yours when I get a chance!
Posted: January 5th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
very nice! i like how the top folds for extra warmth
Posted: January 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
They. are. gorgeous.
Posted: January 5th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
those are great! however, my daughter wants a pair with fingers. i’ve been using the knucks pattern at knitty, but with the yarn i’m using, it’s not working well. i gotta refigure the math on it.
and i ADORE that color!
Posted: January 5th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
the best of both worlds! very clever!
Posted: January 6th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Good mitt. I like you can fold it down for a little more cover…
Posted: January 6th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Very cool. I like the top folding down, too. Is it okay if I think of Axl Rose when I make them?
Posted: January 6th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Lovely!
Posted: January 6th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Those are stunning! I had cold hands walking my son to school the other day and decided I need some nice mitts. I love yours, so I’m adding them to the to-knit list. I love the folded down top. That’s distinct from any other mitt pattern I’ve seen.
Posted: January 7th, 2007 at 8:14 am
How cool!! Your handspun is so even. Those are some great fingerless mitts and thanks for posting the pattern.
Posted: January 7th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
they are absolutely beautiful, of course, and very fashion forward! these might be perfect for me since i have an aversion to knitting mittens. (i’m not sure how i developed this.)
Posted: January 8th, 2007 at 8:01 am
love them! Thanks for the pattern too
Posted: January 8th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Wow, what fabulous mitts! And only 150 yds of wool too–sounds like a very gratifying project.
Posted: January 8th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Sweet mitts! Good design idea on the extra fold.
Posted: January 8th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Very lovely! Thanks for the pattern. The yarn color is gorgeous.
Posted: January 8th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Great mitts! They look very warm and cozy!
Posted: January 9th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Love those, I must knit a pair, thanks for all the info!
Posted: January 9th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Very cool…I see some of these mitts in my future wardrobe.
Posted: January 9th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
All hail Axel! (I wonder what team he’ll be on this year?)
Posted: January 9th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Beautiful mitts - I’ll be making some shortly
Could you please send me an invite for Zimmermania? I’m making a BSJ and want to be able to post
Thanks! Hannah
Posted: January 10th, 2007 at 4:45 am
Wonderful mitts! Thanks for sharing the pattern. I love the ribbed cuff at the top. As if a girl needs another new project to cast on. Sheeesh. It looks like these will knit up so fast that nobody’ll ever notice though.
Posted: January 10th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Hi Sarah,
Sorry to post this as a comment, but I can’t find your email address…..We corresponded about Miss May a while back, and I’m ready to dig in. I’m wondering if you know the gauge you used or what the dimensions of your finished object were. I’d like to make it in a bigger size (6-9 months), so any additional information will help me figure out how to do so.
Thanks much!
Posted: January 10th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Love them.
Posted: January 10th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Those are really lovely! Excellent job, just excellent.
Posted: January 11th, 2007 at 7:53 am
those are great! I love that you can fold it down or up!
Posted: January 11th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Very cute! How clever of you
Posted: January 13th, 2007 at 11:19 am
Ooh these are great! Thanks for posting the pattern. I’ve been wanting to sneak in a pair of mitts since my hands are always Freezing but have so many other things on the needles. This looks like the quick solution!
Posted: January 13th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
How stylish–I love them! May have to make some for our cold office :).
Posted: January 17th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
These are FANTASTIC! It’s finally cold enough in LA to need such a thing, and in bulky weight? Very possibly the best thing ever. Cheers!
Posted: September 15th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
[...] * Sarah at Blue Garter - Hers has everything I want from an ideal knitting blog: beautiful pictures of beautiful knitting, eloquent and elegant writing, the twists and turns of learning new things, even two lovely patterns (it may not be on the pattern page yet, but the Axel Mitts are most definitely a pattern) and a kind, responsive writer. [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Wonderful pattern!! I plan to knit several pair just as the pattern directs. Then I would like to make some with a different cable pattern. My college age, twin grandaughters do not wear the same anything!!!!
Since I am a really new knitter, I wonder, is it possible to insert a different cable pattern. What if the cable has only 8 stitches or has more stitches?
How would I go about that? I have never been able to knit without a pattern to follow, never mind modify a pattern.
shloey
Posted: November 17th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
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Posted: December 6th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
When you do the 2nd CO, do you: 1) knit in 2×2 until BEFORE the last st then pm, CO 1 and then p the remaining last st. OR 2) knit all the way through, pm AFTER the last st, CO and then p the CO st?
I was a little confused. You cast on 2 gusset st each time you do the CO rows, but inc the last st that remains within the markers if you interpet it like in 1) you end up with 3 st inside the markers.
Thanks!
Posted: January 10th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
[...] And I hated it. Don’t get me wrong - I still loved every single individual color, but the overall effect was too loud, too intense - just too much for me. Still, I gamely cast on for a pair of Axel Mitts. That’s when the yarn began to pool. It began to pool with the intense red-orange and the intense gold ending up in the same spots, and the greens and browns and deep purples in the same spots, and this meant it looked like candy corns meets the swamp monster. [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2008 at 9:11 am
These are awesome! I made some in worsted weight (adjusted the pattern a little bit) for our favorite preschool teacher and she loves them. Before she would constantly have to take her mittens off to help the kids but not anymore! Thanks for the pattern
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Posted: January 16th, 2009 at 10:13 am
i am unable to open the pdf file for both the beret and the fingerless mitts, both patterns that i reallllly want to make! can you help me with this? thanks
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