Crochet mittens pattern — four pieces, 60 rounds written out
A free crochet mittens pattern for a pair about 23 cm around the hand and 14 cm from the cuff edge to the closed tip, worked on a 4.5 mm hook in three colours over about three and a half hours. The thumb is an afterthought — six of round 11's 32 stitches go over a length of waste yarn, and pulling that yarn out leaves a slot that is already the right size and already bound, which is also the only thing that makes one mitten a left and the other a right. Two mittens of 24 rounds and two thumbs of 6 are written out separately, each round carrying the count it ends on.
Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 60 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check
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Why it is rated Medium
Medium: round 11 has to go over waste yarn at the correct side for each hand, and the thumb is sewn around a slot rather than shaped as you go.
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00What you need before you start
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What you need before you start
Yarn — three colours, all weight 4
about 15 gWorsted / aran wool, CYC weight 4
about 25 gWorsted / aran wool, CYC weight 4
scraps, about 5 gWorsted / aran wool, CYC weight 4
Tools
5 you probably own, 1 to buyYou likely have
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Pins
You need to buy
About 30 cm of smooth scrap yarn in a loud contrast colour, for the two thumb openings
Optional
A row counter
A second stitch marker to hold the first stitch of the thumb opening
Gauge and finished size
the last check before you cast onTension
Gauge matters more here than on a toy, because the mitten has to fit. Work the cuff, try it over the hand it is for at round 8, and change hook size before you go on — the count never moves again after that.
Finished size
~23 cm around the hand, ~14 cm from the cuff edge to the closed tip
How to make the mittens, piece by piece
Switching rewrites every round:US32 sc into a ring of 32 chainsUK32 dc into a ring of 32 chainsWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.
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01The mittens
Two the same. Eight rounds of cream for the cuff, twelve for the…24 RNDS
starts in cream· picked up· Piece 1 of 4
First six rounds[32] [32] [32] [32] [32] [32]
The cuff
RND 1–81[32]
2[32]
3[32]
4[32]
5[32]
6[32]
7[32]
8[32]
The hand, with the thumb opening on round 11
RND 9–209[32]
10[32]
11[32]
12[32]
13[32]
14[32]
15[32]
16[32]
17[32]
18[32]
19[32]
20[32]
Closing the top
RND 21–2421[24]
22[16]
23[8]
24[4]
US termsscsingle crochetdecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesrndround
When this piece is donePull the waste yarn out of each one now. The six stitches you worked over it let go and leave a clean slot for the thumb.
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02Right mitten
— the same 24 rounds again, worked from piece 0124 RNDS
starts in cream· picked up· Piece 2 of 4· mirrors the mittens
First six rounds[32] [32] [32] [32] [32] [32]
1[32]
2[32]
3[32]
4[32]
5[32]
6[32]
7[32]
8[32]
9[32]
10[32]
11[32]
12[32]
13[32]
14[32]
15[32]
16[32]
17[32]
18[32]
19[32]
20[32]
21[24]
22[16]
23[8]
24[4]
US termsscsingle crochetdecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesrndround
3
03The thumbs
A short tube of ten stitches, six rounds tall. Nothing shapes it…6 RNDS
starts in heather· picked up· Piece 3 of 4
First six rounds[10] [10] [10] [10] [10] [10]
1[10]
2[10]
3[10]
4[10]
5[10]
6[10]
US termsscsingle crochetdecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesrndround
When this piece is doneRun the tail through the last round of each and draw it up to close the tip.
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04Right thumb
— the same 6 rounds again, worked from piece 036 RNDS
starts in heather· picked up· Piece 4 of 4· mirrors the thumbs
First six rounds[10] [10] [10] [10] [10] [10]
1[10]
2[10]
3[10]
4[10]
5[10]
6[10]
US termsscsingle crochetdecdecreasest(s)stitch, or stitchesrndround
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Four pieces from two lists. Two lists — the mittens and the thumbs — are written once and worked twice, identical round for round; the grey bars are piece length, all drawn to the same scale.60 ROUNDS IN ALL
Nine notes on the mittens
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01An original Crochet Genie design.
02Worked in a continuous spiral in plain single crochet. The fabric comes out smooth and evenly stretchy — there is no ribbing anywhere in this pattern, and nothing to join and nothing to turn.
03Start each mitten with a ring of 32 chains rather than a magic ring, so the cuff edge stays open and stretchy. The thumb starts the same way on 10 chains.
04The thumb opening is made with waste yarn, not by skipping stitches. On round 11, work 6 stitches with the scrap yarn, slide those 6 stitches back onto the hook and work them again in heather, then carry on around. The round still counts its full 32 stitches, which is why the count never dips.
05Both mittens are worked from exactly the same rounds. The hands are told apart only by where the waste yarn sits: put it over stitches 2 to 7 of round 11 on the first mitten and over stitches 26 to 31 on the second, so the two thumbs end up facing each other.
06When a mitten is finished, pull the waste yarn out. The 6 stitches let go and open into a slot about 4 cm wide.
07The thumb is a straight tube. Close its far end by running the tail through the last round and drawing it up, then ease the open end into the slot and sew it down all the way around.
08For a longer mitten, add straight rounds before round 21. Each extra round adds about 0.6 cm.
09The stripe is two whole rounds of mustard, changed at the round boundary, so no yarn is carried inside the hand.
Four questions this pattern answers
Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.
How many pieces make up the mittens?
How much yarn will the mittens take?
What hook will the mittens need, and what is the finished size?
How long will the mittens take to crochet?
A round that will not add up?
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