This is my pattern for a pair of fingerless gloves. The simple lace pattern on the front is inspired by a traditional Shetland ‘shale’ stitch pattern.

Download seashell mitts pattern (pdf)

For the grey pair, I used a stray ball of Silver Lining Lumiere 4ply yarn I found in my stash - it's lovely yarn but has been discontinued. As you can probably tell, I ran out at the end of my project - and had to use another ball of the same yarn, but a different colour, for a 'contrast stripe' at the top of each mitt.

The pair on the right is knitted up in some very beautiful yarn hand-dyed by Bonnie of Union Fibre. The colour is 'Limpet' and the base is her Merino-Linen Singles.

One pair of these fingerless gloves takes about 40 grams of yarn.

So you can definitely make two pairs from one 100 gram skein and have enough leftover for a pair of baby booties.

The pattern is simple to adjust if you need a larger or smaller pair of mitts - you could knit additional or fewer repeats of the shell pattern, and knit more or less of the ribbing at the top and bottom. 

With thanks to my lovely friend Lizzie, for requesting the pattern, encouraging me to write it down.