Free, but if you like it and want to thank me with a cup of coffee, I could always use the caffeine.

The song “Remember My Forgotten Man” closes out the movie Gold Diggers of 1933. It is a striking production number about the plight of destitute, shell-shocked veterans of the first World War. I was inspired by that song and by a 1917 pattern for soldiers’ fingerless gloves to create these functional, fitted hand-warmers for homeless men.

Pattern is written to fit a medium-large sized man’s hand using Aran yarn and 3.75mm needles. Smaller mitts can be made by using thinner yarn and smaller needles: worsted yarn on size 3.25mm fits men’s small-medium.