How to knit mittens for a girl with knitting needles so that it is easy to work and pleasant to wear? You need to choose the right yarn and pattern.
Yarn for mittens: features of the choice
To link a thing worthy, high-quality, corresponding to the requirements for it, you can, if you pay attention to two main points. It:
- the right yarn and tool for the job;
- compliance with the scheme of work with small verified deviations taking into account the figure.
If you choose the wrong thread, and even not fit in the size, then the thing will have to be, if not thrown away, then dissolve and tie the socks under the rubber boots from the damaged threads.
In order to knit mittens with knitting needles for a girl, however, for a boy and an adult, you need to choose a warm, but not thick yarn. Well, if it is mixed - wool and angora plus acrylic. Such mittens and form will hold, and not slide down much in the sock.
It’s not worth choosing bare synthetics, since mittens are still a winter accessory, and it’s unlikely to be warm in synthetics. An exception is the case when the mittens are double, then the top can be knitted from the threads you like, regardless of their composition, and the inside is made of warm wool.
Knitting needles for knitting are chosen according to the scheme: a thread folded in half and slightly twisted = thickness of the knitting needles. Then the density knitting will be as it should be - moderately elastic, but soft, without unnecessary gaps, but not rigid.
What are mittens?
Mittens and gloves, as well as mitts protect your hands from cold and dirt, and they are also for beauty and style. Gloves are more suitable for autumn-spring wardrobe, each finger in them lives on its own, as it is already or not too cold. But mittens - this is a whole hostel for fingers, because together it is warmer, only a large independent, but this is necessary for him, because it helps the rest to grab and hold something.
Mittens are a funny midway between gloves and mittens. The fingers in them are hidden only to the middle, then they breathe fresh air, unless the mittens provide a special part, like from mittens, which can be worn on the fingers and hide them from the cold.
Tale of Scandinavia
You can knit mittens with knitting needles for a girl in different ways. The so-called Scandinavian patterns - ornaments of colored threads are very beautiful in winter clothes. They are directly created for comfort in the winter cold. And mittens for girls, knitting needles associated with the use of such a pattern, will appeal to little fashionistas.
Scandinavian patterns are usually knitted from two skeins of different colors. The technique is not too complicated if you carefully follow the pattern, and do not forget to twist the threads so: twist one row in one direction and the second row in the opposite. So the threads will unravel on their own. If you twist them to go from one color to another all the time in one direction, then they will quickly get confused and have to spend time trying to rewind them to different balls.
Traditional braids
You can knit beautiful mittens for a girl with knitting needles if you use ordinary braids. Although why the usual? Braids in knitting are very diverse. In them, the number of loops can be different, and the length of the rapport, and even the method of moving one pigtail relative to another - before knitting, after knitting, dividing one pigtail into two, three, four. In general, knitting mittens for a girl with knitting needles is a pleasure if you want to create something beautiful and original that everyone will see, even passers-by on the street.
From simple to complex
Some time ago, there was a stir among needlewomen - owls captured the world of creativity. And in knitted things, these birds won their place, remaining and still a favorite print on sweaters, hats, scarves. Owls did not pass their attention to mittens for girls, knitted with needles.
Moreover, you can knit an owl as a jacquard pattern, and voluminous braids. Yes, yes, it is from the most ordinary double braid that cute owls are obtained, decorating knitted mittens for the girl with knitting needles. Its layout is extremely simple - a wide braid is divided into three parts after a certain interval - the last ones are smaller, the middle one is wide, weaving is done again after a certain number of rows, then again weaving into two braids is done after four or six rows. The next four to six rows end with the reduction of pigtails into a common canvas. It turns out: a stomach, a muzzle with eyes and eyebrows. In order to visualize the eyes of the owl, beads or buttons on the leg are sewn.
General principles and unusual ways
In order for the mittens for the girl, knitted with knitting needles, to be comfortable, certain principles must be observed during work. The elastic band around the wrist needs to be made a little longer than we would like, then the mittens will retain heat much better than if a bare hand would stick out between the sleeve of a winter coat or jacket and mittens.
The place for the thumb should be both spacious and not too wide. It will be optimal to determine the number of loops necessary for knitting the thumb from the finished web. It is better to spend a few minutes trying on and calculating than getting uncomfortable mittens.
They should not be long so as not to interfere. If you want to connect the mittens for the girl with knitting needles, with the description of the scheme for the adult's hand, then you still have to redo it, otherwise nothing will work. Or you will need to take thin yarn and thin knitting needles to get into the size according to the existing picture.
If the mittens are connected not with a satin finish, but with a pattern, color or weave, it is better to provide a lining for them, otherwise there is a risk of stretching the loops or even breaking the threads by putting on and removing the product.
The principle of knitting mittens on five needles is one. For example, mittens for a girl of 5-7 years old on knitting needles No. 3,5. To collect on each of the 4 knitting needles 8 loops total 32 loops. Knit 21 rows with an elastic band, for example 2x2. Then add in each row 1-2 loops, as needed for the girth of the palm. Knit with front stitch or pattern 12 rows or 6 centimeters - the distance from the wrist to the thumb.
Remove 6 loops on a knitting pin. Continuing to knit, dial 6 stitches to continue knitting. Knit another 20 rows with the front surface, this will be approximately the end of the little finger.
Now, in each odd row, knit together every two loops, and even rows in the pattern. Having thus reduced the loops, break the thread, pass it through the remaining 4 loops on the knitting needles and tighten them. Remove the thread on the wrong side and fasten.
Now you need to tie the thumb. To do this, transfer 6 loops from the pin to the knitting needle, dial 6 loops from the air loops of the palm and add one loop at the edges of the broaches = 14 loops. Knit on 4 knitting needles for the length of the thumb. It turns out 10 rows. Then knit two loops together and, pulling on a thread, close the knitting. Tail the thread inside out and secure it. Mittens are ready.
The most common products can be knitted using double knitting. It starts with the fingers. The required number of loops is typed on the knitting needles, which in the first row is doubled in increments. Then the fabric is knitted in two layers - knit a loop, remove the loop, leaving the thread between (!) Loops. It turns out: one row - one side of the mittens, the second row - the other side. Such an unusual knitting will allow you to create the most ordinary products without a pattern, but if you take a beautiful colored yarn, they will look interesting.