Fitted Mittens

Abbreviations- ch (chain), sc (single crochet), sl st (slip stitch), hdc (half double crochet), st (stitch), sts (stitches), dc dec (double crochet decrease), blps (back loops), sk (skip), F/O (finish off)

Crochet Hook Size- G

Finished Measurements- 11 inches from bottom of cuff to tip of main body. Roughly 4 inches wide when not worn. Thumb should be about 2 ½ inches long from main body.

Materials needed- Any kind of Medium Weight (size 4) or Bulky Weight (size 5) Yarn, Scissors, Yarn needle.

Yarn used: Mirasol “Miski” 100% Baby Llama. 1 skein of each shade 100 (cream) and 116 (brown).

Cuff

Ch11. Sc in 2^nd ch from hk and across. You should have 10 sc in row.

Ch1 at beg of each row.

R1: In blps only, sc across (10)

Repeat R1 until cuff measures 5 ½ inches from foundation chain.

Sl st in blps of current row and the unworked loop in the foundation chain to attach two sides. If you’re going to make the cuff and main body different colors, then change to main body color in last sl st of cuff.

Main body

Ch 1 and hdc 24 sts evenly into the cuff/wrist and join with a sl st at the beg ch 1. You should have 24 sts in the round.

Ch 1 at beg of each row and sl st in ch 1 at end of each row.

R1: 2 hdc in next st. Hdc next 10 sts. 2 hdc in next two sts. Hdc to last st. 2 hdc in next st. (28)

R2 and every even row: Hdc to end.

R3: 2 hdc in next st. Hdc to last st. 2 hdc in next st. (30)

R5: 2 hdc in next st. Hdc to last st. 2 hdc in next st. (32)

R7: 2 hdc in next st. Hdc to last st. 2 hdc in next st. (34)

R9: 2 hdc in next st. Hdc to last st. 2 hdc in next st. (36)

R10: Hdc to end. (36)

Thumb

Reminder: Ch 1 at beg of each row and sl st in ch 1 at end of each row.

R1: Hdc next 2 sts. 2 hdc in next st. Sk next 26 sts. 2 hdc in next st. Hdc to end. (12)

R2-6: Hdc to end. (12)

F/O. Cut yarn and weave yarn end through remaining sts and pull closed.

Returning to Main Body

Join yarn through the 4^th and 5^th hdc post of thumb. (these are the closest two sts of thumb to the main body where the fingers will be).

Reminder: Ch 1 at beg of each row and sl st in ch 1 at end of each row.

R1: 2 hdc in next 2 sts. Hdc to last two sts. 2 hdc in next 2 sts. (30)

R2-7: Hdc to end (30)

Decreasing Rounds

R8: hdc next 15 sts. Dc dec twice. Hdc to last 4 sts. Dc dec twice. (26)

R9: hdc next 13 sts. Dc dec twice. Hdc to last 4 sts. Dc dec twice. (22)

R10: hdc next 11 sts. Dc dec twice. Hdc to last 4 sts. Dc dec twice. (18)

R11: hdc next 9 sts. Dc dec twice. Hdc to last 4 sts. Dc dec twice. (14)
R12: hdc next 7 sts. Dc dec four times. (10)

F/O. Cut yarn and weave yarn end through remaining sts and pull closed.

Weave in all ends and now you have your right mitten complete. To make your left mitten, make one more right mitten and flip it inside out. Then you’ll have a pair of perfectly matched mittens.

To make the mittens warmer you should line them with some sort of fleece material. A link to a good site to help you find out how to line mittens is here:

http://bobonnedoes.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-line-mittens.html

You're all finished!

Free Pattern By: Denton Foreman

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