It's a glove, it's a mitten, IT'S A GLITTEN!

Hey folks,  This 'ible for the SEW WARM contest can help others (yes, you can help kids learn!).  I work with Newton North High School Greengineers,  greengineers.wikispaces.com/, steering the algae to biofuel project.  One of their other fabulous projects is recycling plastic bags into reusable totes.  The sewing machine that is the grand prize for SEW WARM, will be used for this project.  So please vote, for the kids.

So I love mittens for the warm fingers, but also like having the option of using my fingers.  Most glove/mitten combos out there give you a mitten on top, but keep your fingers separate inside.  This prevents the benefits you get from having your fingers together in a mitten to stay warm.

I made these glittens in two forms, single layer and double layer.  This instructable will walk you through how to make a simple pattern, and how to make a slightly more difficult pattern.  We'll do the simpler, single layer first, and then the double layer.

Step 1 Bill of Materials

 The things you'll need
Tools:
Sewing machine
scissors
pins
rotary cutter (no necessary, but if you don't have one, get one, you'll love it!)
Paper
Marker

Material:
I used fleece for a few reasons:
1. it's warm
2. it's cheap
3. it's incredibly forgiving!  It's easy to cut, easy to sew, it doesn't show bad seams, fleece is your friend!

Comments

[canker mitchell]

Instead of adjust the wrist of the pattern, do you think it would work if you sew elastic around the wrist part? It might help keep the glittens in place especially for kids. Thanks for the tutorial, I can't wait to make a pair.

[knektek]

or you can call it a mlove

[sarahfish]

 touche knek, touche

[jianqiang]

 I've always called these things hobo gloves, no offense to hobos

[Iridium7]

 CHANGE!? YA GOT CHAAANGE!? COME ON HELP A GUY OUT HERE! haha.

[sarahfish]

 I do too, but I've always found that they keep your fingers separate, and I wanted to differentiate from that design.