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Solution = mittens with flaps!

If you can make mittens, you have all the tools to make mittens with flaps. Just follow along with this simple tutorial.
I used a super bulky yarn for these mittens to make them as warm as possible, specifically Lion Brand Hometown USA in Portland Wine (I guess plum wasn't fancy enough :)). I used size 8 double pointed needles and a yarn needle. My gauge for this yarn is 9 stitches is 3 inches in stockinette stitch. Height is not important for the gauge as you use your hand to measure when to make the flap and when to decrease for the fingers. I think these mittens should take about 1 skein of yarn, as I started this with the leftovers of one skein and finished them with yarn to spare on the second skein.
Step 1: Cast on 20 stitches and divide to two needles, 10 stitches per needle.
Step 2: K2P2 ribbing for ~3 inches
Step 3: Make thumb gusset

- Round 1: K10, M1, K10
- Round 2: K10, K1, K10
- Round 3: K10; M1, K1, M1; K10
- Round 4: K10; K3; K10
- Round 5: K10; M1, K3, M1; K10
- Round 6: K10; K5; K10
- Round 7: K10; M1, K5, M1; K10
- Round 8: K10; K7; K10
- Round 9: K10; M1, K7, M1; K10
- Round 10: K10; K9; K10
- Round 11: K10; M1, K9, M1; K10

Step 4: Knit until the bottom of the flap




Knit 5 rounds
Knit 5 rounds in the following pattern: K1P1 on the palm side (10 stitches), K10 on back side of mitten
Cast off 10 stitches in K1P1 pattern, Knit 10 on back side of mitten.
Cast on 10 stitches, connect to back side of mitten and knit 10 stitches on the back of the mitten.
Knit 10 stitches over the stitches you cast on.

Step 5: Decrease
- Round 1: *K2tog, K8* x2
- Round 2: Knit around
- Round 3: *K2tog, K7* x2
- Round 4: Knit around
- Round 5: *K2tog, K6* x2
- Round 6: *K2tog, K5* x2
- Round 7: *K2tog, K4* x2
- Round 8: *K2tog, K3* x2
- Round 9: *K2tog, K2* x2


Step 6: finish flap

Insert one double pointed needle into each stitch on the top of the flap. Using the tail yarn, K1P1 across. Sew the end of the tail through the side of the mitten from the inside to the outside slightly below the level of the row you just knit across. This will secure the flap you are knitting over the mitten so that the gap created by the flaps will be covered. Repeat K1P1 and securing the flap to the sides as shown in the pictures for 6 rows. Cast off and then sew the remaining tail down to the thumb gusset.

Step 7: Finish thumb

K1 round
K4, K2tog, K5 (10 stitches per needle now)
Knit around until thumb is the appropriate size when tried on (as shown)
K2tog, K3, K2tog, K3
K2tog, K2, K2tog, K2
Knit around



Step 8: Add a button to back of mitten to secure the flap
Now repeat for the other mitten, making sure to put the flap on the appropriate side for your other hand. Yay! Mittens with flaps. :)
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