A couple of months ago, we received a call from Marla Phelps in Tenants Harbor, a fishing community on the St. George Peninsula, gateway to Maine’s beautiful Penobscot Bay. Marla’s son Sgt. Michael Wall, is a career soldier stationed in Afghanistan, where the winters are very cold — perhaps even colder than Maine winters. Remembering the warm woolen fisherman mittens his grandmother used to make, Sgt. Wall asked her to make 16 pairs for his unit. Unfortunately, Mrs. Wall doesn’t knit any more and couldn’t remember the pattern she used … so Michael’s family asked Halcyon Yarn for help.

The original knit-a-long pattern is for a "Glomitt", a mitten with a flip-back top that exposes a fingerless glove... See photo and pattern below. The pattern at the bottom of this post is in PDF format, most people can view it without any trouble after downloading. As an alternative, if you'd like to try something a little bit easier to knit, there is a great "Shooter's Mitt", AKA "Guards Gauntlet" pattern made by Beth Hood, see the next post in the forum...

When you're done, you can send them to:
KnitALong
Halcyon Yarn
12 School Street
Bath, ME 04530

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NOTE: the image below is a finished glomitt.
NOTE: the pattern is available for download below, click on "glomittWeb.pdf.zip".
GOOD LUCK!!!