What can I give to a dear man: husband, father, son, friend? The most valuable gifts are those that are made with love with your own hands. They reflect the true attitude, all the warmth and kindness that you want to give only to the closest.
In winter, a warm and stylish men's mittens made with knitting needles will be a good gift to the strong half of humanity. Consider the features of knitting men's gloves - how to choose yarn, make a calculation and choose a pattern.
How to choose yarn and knitting needles?
For winter knitting, wool yarn is ideal, it is very warm and windproof. However, one must take into account the fact that it can prick and cause itching on the skin. Natural wool that does not cause irritation, as a rule, of very good quality and high cost. This type of wool includes:
- Merino yarn. The thread is obtained from the wool of merino sheep. Products are light, soft and very warm. Yarn from merino wool is often used for children's products, as it does not cause skin irritation.
- Alpaca. Alpaca wool is soft and warm, it is rarely dyed, since animal hair has a rich color - from pure white to black.
- Cashmere. This is the undercoat of alpine Tibetan goats. Very valuable wool, soft, delicate, warm, but pure cashmere yarn is not produced. Cashmere in different percentages is added to another woolen thread, improving its quality.
Also, men's mittens with knitting needles can be knitted from blended types of yarn: wool + acrylic or mohair + acrylic. These types of threads are warm, due to natural wool, but not spiky due to acrylic.
Choose a color based on their preferences of the man to whom you want to make a gift. As a rule, men prefer restrained colors: black, gray, brown, navy blue, khaki.
To knit mittens you will need a set of five stocking knitting needles. For convenience, you can use limiters so as not to “lose” the loops. Choose the size of the needles in accordance with the recommendations on the yarn label or one size smaller - this way the mittens will be denser, which means warmer. Do not take a larger tool, the knitting will turn out loose and, most likely, the product will blow through the wind.
When the yarn and tool are selected, we learn how to knit men's mittens with knitting needles.
We make a calculation
In order to knit mittens for men, it will take from 100 to 130 grams of yarn.
Necessary measurements to build a pattern:
- Girth of the brush (the widest part of the palm).
- The length of the brush (to the tip of the middle finger).
- The length of the brush to the tip of the little finger.
- The length of the brush to the beginning of the thumb.
- Thumb length.
By the obtained measurements, draw a pattern.
How to knit mittens?
After calculation, we collect the desired number of loops and distribute them between the four knitting needles. Knit mittens for men with knitting needles. It is performed with an elastic band, of your choice 1x1, 2x2 or some other option. The length of the cuff is chosen arbitrarily, the main thing is that it is not too short.
After the cuff, we proceed to knit the body of the mittens to the thumb. This place can be made with front stitch, or you can use any embossed or jacquard pattern on the outside of the mittens.
Having tied to the base of the thumb, you need to leave a place for it. To do this, remove the loops, from which the finger will later “grow” onto a pin or additional knitting needle. If there are 10 loops on the pin, then 10 stitches must also be put on the working needle and continue knitting in a circle.
We continue to knit men's mittens with knitting needles until the mitten covers the little finger. From this place you can start the decrease.
The shape of the mittens can be semicircular or pointed. For the first option, the decrease occurs evenly by knitting two loops together, for example, every 8 loops.
For the pointed edge, decreases are made at the end of the second spoke and the beginning of the third, as well as at the end of the fourth and the beginning of the first.
The thumb is knitted on three knitting needles in a circle. They begin to close when a centimeter remains to the tip of the thumb.
Pattern design
What patterns can be applied when creating men's mittens with knitting needles? Their schemes are numerous, but are they all suitable for men? One of the simplest and at the same time suitable for this knitting pattern is pearl (or it is also called “rice”). This is an alternation of the front and back loops running one above the other. The drawing is quite large and embossed.
Jacquard pattern
Are jacquards and men's mittens combined with knitting needles? Jacquard patterns contain not only flowers, there are a lot of options for Norwegian ornaments that can suit men.
The mittens knitted by jacquard turn out to be warmer and denser, as they are knitted in two threads, moreover, the pattern can be invented independently, and the thing will be truly unique.
Knitting men's mittens with knitting needles with a jacquard requires accuracy, do not tighten the threads too much so that the fabric is not too dense, but also do not leave the weaves too loose. Otherwise, when putting on mittens, broaches will be felt with your fingers.