I made a pair of mit­tens for a friend :D

They’re con­vert­ible! :D

Great for using the phone while outdoors :)

I’m shar­ing my pat­tern here so you can make a pair too if you like, and so I can return to this pat­tern when I need to make anoth­er pair :P

They’re very quick to make, because the yarn is thick. Each took me a cou­ple of hours in front of the TV.

The pat­tern is for the mit­tens only. The but­ter­fly applique is made fol­low­ing this beau­ti­ful pat­tern. I thought they look nice with­out being too flashy with the sub­tle blue/grey/teal tones. The yarn I used for the but­ter­flies is a dis­con­tin­ued sock yarn by Mary Max­im.

I used:

Bulky weight yarn (I used Bernat Alpaca in “Ebony”, it’s very soft)

6.5 mm and 6 mm hook

Size:

It fits my hand, which has an 8″ cir­cum­fer­ence at the widest part of my palm (includ­ing thumb)

Note:

Mit­ten is cro­cheted in the round, but turn­ing at the end of every round, except when work­ing on the thumb.

Pat­tern is writ­ten for the right mitt. Pat­tern for the left mitt is the same as the right one except for rows 11 and 18, instruc­tion for these rows are in (paren­the­sis).

Pat­tern:

With larg­er hook, ch 23, sl st in first ch to form a ring, being care­ful not to twist the chain.

Row 1: ch 1 (does not count as a st), sc in each ch around, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn (23 sc).

Row 2 — 10: sc in each sc around, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 11 (thumb open­ing): sc in first sc, ch 4, skip 4 sc, sc in next sc, sc in each sc around, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

(Left mitt, row 11: sc in each sc until there are 5 sc left in the round, ch 4, skip 4 sc, sc in last sc, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.)

Row 12: sc in each sc until 4 ch space, sc in each of the 4 ch, sc in last sc, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 13 — 17: sc in each sc around, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 18 (begin mit­ten top): sc in first sc, sc in each of next 9 sc in the back loop only, sc in next sc, ch 12, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

(Left mitt, row 18: sc in first sc, sc in each of the next 9 sc in the front loop only, sc in next sc, ch 12, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.)

Row 19: sc in each of the next 12 ch, sc in each sc across, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn (23 sc).

Row 20 — 26: sc in each sc around, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 27: sc in first sc, 2 sc tog, *sc in next 4 sc, 2 sc tog*, repeat from * to * around until there are few­er than 4 sc left in round, sc in remain­ing stitch­es, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 28: repeat row 20 (work even)

Row 29: sc in first sc, 2 sc tog, *sc in next 3 sc, 2 sc tog*, repeat from * to * around until there are few­er than 3 sc left in round, sc in remain­ing stitch­es, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 30: sc in first sc, 2 sc tog, *sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc tog*, repeat from * to * around, sc in last 2 sc, sl st in first sc, ch 1, turn.

Row 31: sc in first sc, 2 sc tog around, sl st in first sc. Press mit­ten top flat so that the work­ing loop is in the top right cor­ner. Cro­chet­ing through both lay­ers of work, sl st across the last row of mit­ten top. Fas­ten off.

Reat­tach yarn to the stitch next to the begin­ning ch for mit­ten top.

Next row: ch 1, 2 sc tog, sc in each sc until stitch just before the begin­ning ch for the mit­ten top, 2 sc tog, sc in the remain­ing loop of each sc (the oth­er loop of each sc in this part is attached to the mit­ten top) to end, sl st in first 2 sc tog, ch 1, turn (21 sc).

Next 6 rows: repeat row 20 (work even for 6 rows). (In ret­ro­spect I thought maybe I made this part a bit too tall. Maybe 5 rows are enough.)

Fas­ten off.

Thumb

Attach yarn to a stitch in thumb opening.

Row 1: ch 1, sc in each sc. When you come across the side of the row on either side of the thumb open­ing, insert hook into the side of the row, draw up a loop, insert hook into next sc, draw up a loop, yo and pull through all loops on hook. There are 8 sc around the thumb. ch 1, do not turn.

Row 2–6: work even for 5 rows.

Row 7: 2 sc tog 4 times. Press thumb flat so that the work­ing loop on hook is on the top right cor­ner of thumb. Work­ing through both lay­ers of thumb, sl st in next 2 sc, fas­ten off.

Cuff

Attach yarn at the bot­tom of the mitt.

With small­er hook, ch 3, dc in next st, dc in each st around, sl st in top of begin­ning ch 3, fas­ten off.

Weave in all ends.

Ta-da!

I hope the pat­tern is clear! If there’s any­thing unclear please feel free to post a com­ment, your question(s) will prob­a­bly be help­ful to oth­ers too!

Bye for now :) Stay cozy!