My older two insist on wearing gloves. We try to spend as much time as we can outside no matter the temperature. As I have said before we are enjoying the cold. Some days even their waterproof ski gloves just don’t cut it. I am trying to convince them that mittens are good! When your fingers can touch each other they stay warmer. After finding the perfect pink yarn my daughter was convinced. So I knit her a pair of felted mittens.
Felted mittens
Pattern for 5 year old size
Supplies
- Yarn – worsted weight – about 50 grams
- Needles – 4 double pointed size 6
- 1 place marker
- 1 stitch holder
Notes
repeat between ( )
K =knit
P= purl
Directions
Wrist
Cast on 30 stitches – 10 stitches over 3 double pointed needles
Row 1-20 – (K1, P1) in the round
Thumb gusset
Row 21 – Start the seed stitch K1, P1 to the end
Row 22 – (P1, K1)
Row 23 – add 1 stitch, K1, add 1 stitch, add place marker, (K1, P1)
Row 24– K1,P1, K1 (P1, K1)
Row 25 – add 1, P1, K1, P1, add 1 (K1, P1)
Row 26 – P1,K1,P1,K1,P1(P1, K1)
Row 27 – add 1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, add 1, (K1, P1)
Row 28 – K1,P1,K1, P1,K1,P1,K1 (P1, K1)
Row 29 – add 1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, add 1, (K1, P1)
Row 30 – P1,K1,P1,K1,P1,K1,P1,K1,P1 (P1,K1)
Row 31 – add 1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, add 1,(K1, P,1)
Row 32 – K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1,K1 – place the 11 stitches you just knit onto a stitch holder. Continue (P1, K1) for the end
Hand
Row 33 – (K1,P1)
Row 34 – (P1,K1)
Repeat rows 33 and 34 – 10 times
Row 55 – Start to reduce the stitches by (K1, P1, K1, P1, K2together)
Row 56 – (P1,K1)
Row 57- (K1, P1, K1, P2 together)
Row 58 – (P1,K1)
Row 57- (K1, P1, K2together)
Row 58 – (P1,K1)
Row 57- (K1, P2together)
Row 58 – (P1,K1)
Row 57- (P2together)
Cut the yarn leaving about 6 inches of yarn attached to the mitten. Thread the yarn through the first stitch. Pull tight, continue threading through each stitch. Pull both ends through to the wrong side of the mitten and knot.
Thumb
Divide stitches on to 3 double pointed needles (4 stitches, 4 stitches, 4 stitches)
Row 1 – (P1, K1)
Row 2 – (K1,P1)
Row 3 – (P1, K1)
Row 4 – (K1, P1)
Row 5 –(P1, K1)
Row 6 – K1,P1,K1,P1,K1,P1, K2 together, P1, K1, P1
Row 7 – P1,K1,P2 together, K1, P1, K2 together, K1, P2, K2 together
Row 8 – K1,P2 together, K1, P2 together, K1, P2 together
Row 9 – (P2 together)
Cut the yarn leaving about 6 inches of yarn attached to the mitten. Thread the yarn through the first stitch. Pull tight, continue threading through each stitch. Pull both ends through to the wrong side of the mitten and knot.
Felting
The mittens are big, too big for a 5 year old. Throw them in the wash with like colors on the hot cycle. They will felt, shrink, and become thicker and warmer.
