We love our orange tabby cat, so I knew I had to make these kitten mittens when I saw them on Pinterest! Want to make some of your own? I am including my tips and links to Alyoops's (the original designer) page below. If you'd like to see more pics of these, they are on my Ravelry page!
Make Your Own:
- Materials. Size 5 needles and aran weight yarn.
- Pattern Design. Alyoop's designed these mittens (so cute!), but they are written top down. I prefer bottom up, and Cloverlaine has some great instructions on how to make them bottom up. The only thing is that there are no basic mitten instructions. So, I've added these here in the tips below.
- Cuff: Cast on 36 stitches and join in the round. Do a k2, p2 rib for 18 rows.
- Thumb gusset: Increase to 40 stitches: *k9, m1fb*, repeat from *'s four times.
- Row 1. Knit all.
- Row 2. Place marker, m1r, k2, m1l, place marker, knit to end.
- Row 3. Knit all.
- Row 4. Slip marker, m1 r, knit to next marker, m1l.
- Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you have 14 stitches between markers (12 rows total).
- Row 13. Place 14 thumb stitches onto waste yarn or a holder.
- Mitten hand. Join the remaining stitches in the round and knit all stitches for 24 more rows (or until the top of the mitten covers the top of your middle finger).
- Ears. I used Cloverlaine's ear instructions and made each ear have 16 stitches total.
- Thumb. Pick up the 14 stitches from the waste yarn. I knit six rows of stripes. Then I switched to the face color for four rows. Next, for the last row, knit 2 together all the way around.
- Bind off, weave in all ends!
Happy knitting!
~SaltyCrafts
P.S. I also made a Norwegian version of these mittens here. Looking for more mitten ideas? Check out these mittens: Herringbone mittens, and Druid mittens.
P.S. I also made a Norwegian version of these mittens here. Looking for more mitten ideas? Check out these mittens: Herringbone mittens, and Druid mittens.
P.P.S. If you want to see more of my current projects, you can find me on instagram (SaltyCrafter) and on ravelry (bsl19).
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What does m 1 r mean, and m11.do I cast on 11 sts?
ReplyDeleteM1r means make one stitch to the right. This is one of my favorite tutorials on this: http://www.purlbee.com/2013/08/13/make-one-right-m1r-make-one-left-m1l/
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DeleteYour answer to anonymous' question " cast on 11 stitches" makes no sense...I'm pretty sure the answer is " make 1 left "... She is reading the instructions incorrectly...hard with small print...M1l...looks like M11
DeleteThank you, Susan. You are so right. Appreciate the correction. I will delete that comment!
DeleteHello. Can you tell me if the size is for an adult or a child, please. Thank you, Lili
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