Toddler’s Mittens

Happy Valentine’s Day! We had a snowstorm today so I took advantage of being stuck inside and spent the day making toddler sized mittens. The Children’s Mittens I had made earlier were too big, so I found a pattern for smaller ones. This new pattern was still too big though, so I adjusted it to make really tiny mittens. Here is the original pattern. (No longer available however you can still view the creator and the mittens.) My version can be found below.

You will need:

• Worsted Weight Wool
• Size 4.00 mm dpns
• Yarn needle
• Crochet hook for the string

Instructions:

1. Cast on 28 stitches. Divide onto 3 needles. Join in the round.
2. k2, p2 ribbing for 12 rnds.
3. Evenly increase by four sts, so you now have 32 sts.
4. K 6 rnds.
5. Using a piece of scrap wool, k5, put these sts back on the left needle.
6. K 10 rnds.
7. Decrease over the next 9 rnds 
   1. K6, K2tog around
   2. Knit
   3. K5, K2tog around
   4. Knit
   5. K4, K2tog around
   6. Knit
   7. K3, K2tog around
   8. K2, K2tog around
   9. K1, K2tog around
8. Thumb:
   1. Remove waste yarn and place live sts onto two dpns as you go, there will be 9 sts, 5 below and 4 above. 
   2. K5 sts on the bottom
   3. Pick up 2 sts from the side
   4. K4 sts from the top
   5. Pick up two sts from the other side
   6. Place marker and continue knitting in the round for 8 rnds
   7. K2tog for one round, ending with K1
   8. Cut yarn, using a darning needle pull through remaining stitches. 
   9. Pull to the inside of the thumb and weave in. 
9. Crochet a chain to attach the two mittens.