Combined mitten and glove

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an aim of the present invention to provide a combined mitten and glove which is a simple one-piece construction and can be easily manufactured in a single blank and which can be worn either as a glove or as a mitten, and when worn as a glove, has the appearance of a simple glove without a dependent mitten portion.
A construction according to the present invention comprises a knitted elongated tubular member, one end being closed and having elongated finger and thumb portions forming a glove, a waisted wrist portion connected to the glove and a tubular mitten portion extending from the wrist portion in the opposite direction, the mitten being open at its free end with an overlapping flap covering the free end and a thumb portion formed in the mitten portion such that when the glove is worn, the mitten portion can be folded over the glove with the thumb of the mitten portion coinciding with the thumb portion of the glove and the overlapped portion covering the opening at the end of the tubular mitten over the fingers.
The combined mitten and glove, when worn as a glove, would normally have the elongated extending tubular portion forming the mitten being folded along its tubular length to the wrist portion forming a cuff for the glove .