Knitting mittens for children with knitting needles is not at all difficult. If you have a little experience and desire, then everything will surely work out. It remains only to decide what they will be. After all, a huge number of options. Ordinary, with an ornament, in the form of animals, with a relief pattern and many others. Choose those that you like and can do! And the principle of knitting is the same in all cases. Let's take a closer look at how to knit children's mittens.
Where to begin?
So, to knit children's mittens with knitting needles, you will need one skein of yarn, five knitting needles and a little imagination. We start with gum. For a baby of three years, it is necessary to put thirty-two stitches on the knitting needles and distribute them eight on each. Next, we knit an elastic band. This can be a 1x1 or 2x2 option, or any other. The width of the gum also depends on your desire. I want to note that the wider it is, the warmer and more comfortable the mittens are.
After you finish knitting the elastic, go to the front surface and knit to the base of the thumb. On the second needle, we remove five or six loops on a pin, and in the next row above them we dial the same number. This way you get a thumb hole.
Next, continue knitting until the end of the little finger, after which we begin to perform a uniform decrease. After four loops remain on the knitting needles, we pull the thread through them with a hook and tighten it harder. We hide the end of the thread inside the mittens.
Knit a thumb
We transfer the loops from the pin to the knitting needle and additionally dial another six to eight loops. We distribute them into three knitting needles and knit the required number of rows, after which we perform the reduction until two loops remain on the knitting needles. We pull one through the other and hide the end of the thread on the wrong side. The finger is ready.
Knitting the second mittens is similar to the first. We only knit the finger on the other side, on the first spoke.
So your mittens are ready. Wear mittens with pleasure, knitting, for children or adults, simple or unusual, because they are so warm and keep a piece of the soul!
Mittens option for the smallest
Above, we examined the standard scheme for creating mittens. But for newborns there is an option even easier. How to knit children's mittens with knitting needles for babies, we will consider further.
In principle, the knitting pattern is practically no different from the standard. Except for the thumb. In the option for newborns, we do not need it. Well, think for yourself how difficult it is to put on mittens for a baby of three years. And to perform the same procedure with a newborn baby is even more difficult. Therefore, we will knit mittens without the thumb and, of course, smaller.
The knitting pattern is the same as described above, just do not make a hole for the finger. The option for girls can be knitted with a relief pattern, as in the photo, and decorated with satin bows. And the option for boys is striped mittens or any other pattern.
Sets look very nice - a hat and mittens, made in the same style and one pattern. It would seem that nothing complicated, everything is quite simple, but it looks very stylish and attractive.
Now you know how to knit baby mittens with knitting needles and newborns, and older kids. It's time to think about teens.
Fashionable Mittens Option for Teens
Children 12-15 years old love everything unusual. You can please them by tying two-in-one mittens. These are gloves and mittens. The photo shows an example for girls. For boys, you can knit in a different color and just facial smoothness. And you can decorate with an original applique or embroidery. Turn on your imagination and get to work.
Beginning of work
We begin to knit in the same way as the traditional version of the mittens. You can make the gum a little longer than usual to make a lapel, as in the photo. Reaching the thumb, we also leave a hole for it and continue to work. Further knitting is performed according to the pattern of gloves. Only the fingers are not tied to the end, the loops close approximately in the middle. Now you can move on to tying the thumb. This is done in the same way as in the standard version. But you don’t need to make any reductions, but just close all the loops.
The final stage
We proceed to knitting the reclining part. To do this, on the finished mittens (in the place where the fingers begin), we collect over the entire width of the loop. Next, we pick up the same amount plus two or four, knit on five knitting needles. In order not to make a mistake with the size, often try on. As soon as you reach the end of the little finger, begin to decrease until four loops remain on the knitting needles. Through them we stretch the thread, tighten and hide it inside out.
Now it remains only to sew a button in the gum area and make a loop at the end of the mittens. Beautiful and fashionable mittens are ready for your child.
You must admit that knitting mittens for children can be done even by beginner needlewomen.