Pair of mittens for the boy child!

I made a pair of fingerless gloves for my friend's little girl who was 3 on Friday.

My shortest had to keep trying them on for me to check the size, he thought they were wonderful and didn't want to take them off so I assured him (in that half hearted dismissive way you do) that I'd make him some.

Well having the memory of a elephant he reminded me yesterday that I'd promised to make him a pair of mittens - but he didn't want broken ones (i.e. he didn't like the fingerless version!) so off I took him to my local wool shop and he picked the biggest ball of wool he could! Sadly the shop assistant told him that there was more than enough wool for a hat and a scarf too!!

As soon as we got home he wanted me to start so....

Here's the pattern that I cobbled together, it's my first go at making up a pattern so I'm chuffed it worked out OK:


Rnd 1 - Chain 20, sl st into the first chain to make a ring.

If making for a larger child / adult increase the number of chains.

Rnd 2 - Chain 3, dc in each ch, sl st into the 3rd chain at the start of the rnd
Rnd 3 - 7 Chain 3, dc in each stitch, sl st into 3rd chain at the start of the rnd

If hands a longer / larger extend by increasing the number of rounds here before moving onto rnd 8.

Rnd 8 is the round where the thumb hole will be made. I kept checking that this would fit my little one.
Rnd 8 - Chain 3, dc in each stitch until the last 8. Miss 7 dc's out and dc into the 8th stitch (this is the thumb hole) and sl st into the 3rd chain at the start of the round.
Rnd 9 is working up to the top of the finger part of the mittens.
Rnd 9 - 10 - chain 3, dc in each stitch, sl st into 3rd chain at the start of the rnd.

If little hands are longer then continue a few extra rounds.

Rnd 11 - chain 2, hdc 1, hdc 2 together, hdc 1, hdc 2 together etc. until the end of the round and sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.

If making larger ones you may want to put a basic round of hdc's in here.

Rnd 12 - chain 2, hdc 1, hdc 2 together, hdc 1, hdc 2 together etc until the end of the round and sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.

If making larger ones you may want to put a basic round of hdc's in here.

Rnd 13 - chain 2, hdc 2 together until end and then sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.
Cut thread and pull through.

Now working on the thumb area, join thread:

Rnd 14 - chain 2, hdc in each stitch and sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.
Rnd 15 - chain 2, hdc 1, hdc 2 together, hdc 1, hdc 2 together until end of round, sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.
Rnd 16 - chain 2, hdc 2 together until end of round, sl st into the 2nd chain at the start of the round.
Rnd 17 - chain 2, hdc 2 toghether until end of round, sl s ino the 2nd chain at the start of the round.
Cut thread and pull through.

Work in all the loose threads and repeat for the 2nd mitten. Optionally you can make the thumb hole at the start of round 8 so that the seam of sl st's into the chain are on the palm of each mitten.

The fingerless gloves are up to and including round 9, and on the thumb just a round of hdc's, no decreasing.

These are a little smaller as the short person in question has lovely little tiny hands.