During the seasons, it can be quite difficult to predict the vagaries of changeable weather in advance. Freezing in the morning and heat in the afternoon - this pattern is typical for late autumn and for the spring months. The best way to protect your palms from the cold, avoiding uncomfortable mittens and gloves, is to use an accessory such as mitts (crochet). For beginners, this product may seem complicated, but there are ways to simplify the work.
What are mitts
This accessory has recently come into use. And immediately got the widest application. Mittens look like mittens, leaving all fingers open and warming only the back and inside of the palms.
There are several ways in which you can make crocheted mitts. The knitting pattern of a particular product is a very rare and individual thing. It is developed by each knitter independently. Rather, you can find patterns of patterns that are suitable for knitting such items.
How can I knit the mitts with my own hands?
Mittens can be made in two ways:
- Performing additions for the thumb.
- No additions (simplified model).
The application of the second method is justified if crocheted warm and soft mitts are needed. The knitting pattern of such patterns, as a rule, includes openwork elements. At their expense, the canvas can stretch a bit and grasp the palm more tightly. Ornaments with small longitudinal rapports are well suited. Such patterns facilitate the calculation of the future product and its implementation. The first type of mitts has a shape more appropriate to the palm of a person. This method should be used when working with a thread that does not stretch. For example, the method is relevant for cotton, linen and viscose.
Crochet: Finger Mitt
You can make mittens, providing for the expansion of the canvas from the wrist to the thumb. An interesting choice of yarn and pattern colors makes the model relevant for both women and men. The principle of manufacturing such mitts is the sequence of actions:
- Production of a control sample and calculation of the number of columns for the product.
- Set of initial chain of air loops. You can knit in different directions: from the wrist to the fingers or vice versa. This example will describe how to crochet the mitts from the fingers down.
- Work should be performed in a circle, watching for the formation of a neat connection of rows. From the beginning of knitting to the base of the thumb, the fabric knits evenly.
- Then, for the thumb, you should perform a chain of several air loops (about 10), skip 3-5 loops of the base and knit the next column.
- Further work also takes place in a circle with regular fittings. This is necessary in order to determine how many columns will need to be reduced. Often it is enough to reduce one in each row. The contractions are performed exactly in the center of the thumb. However, a variant in which two columns in each row or through one is removed is very popular. The contraction lines run along the edges of the expanding area (closer to the line of the wrist, they converge at one point).
At the final stage, the thumb is tied in several rows about 2 cm high.
Simple Mittens for Beginners: Getting Started
The following description describes how to quickly crochet the original mitts. The knitting pattern is not needed here, since verbal instructions better convey the essence of the master class:
- First of all, it is necessary to test the yarn and pattern in combat conditions: to make a control sample. In this case, you should knit a section of the canvas with a continuous pattern for the cuff (single crochet) and the main ornament (lush columns).
- The cuff is made by knitting a rectangle with loops on one side. Its length should be sufficient to turn around the wrist, plus a pad 4-5 cm for the clasp. The height of the cuff is usually about 7 cm.
- Button loops are very simple: instead of one single crochet, you should knit an air loop. Then skip one loop of the base, and from the next knit another column.
- The distance from the last row of the cuff to the thumb hole is determined by fitting. This section is knitted in circular rows with the main pattern: a lush column and two air loops are repeated sequentially. You can intersperse the lush columns with one air loop to get more dense crocheted mitts.
The knitting pattern of such a pattern is visually not very different, but the lace is smaller. Go to the main drawing by placing the edges of the cuff on top of each other as they look in the finished product.
Shaping the thumb and completing knitting
To form a hole for the thumb, you should perform lifting loops, then knit a row with the main pattern. It must be left unfinished. At a distance of one magnificent column to the end, the fabric is rotated and knitted in the opposite direction. The height of the hole for the finger is two rows. In the process of knitting the third should resume the circular rows. To do this, at the end of the second you need to throw a chain of air loops through the top of the hole. The further fabric is knitted evenly.
The final steps are the binding of the upper edge of the mitts, cuffs and holes for the finger. You should also pick up and sew buttons. So the mitts are ready for any weather. If desired, you can use a different pattern as the main one.