Free Knit Pattern - Mittens

DOODLE’S DOUBLE THICK DOUBLE
QUICK MITTENS

Size: fits ages 6-10

Materials:
2 balls different colors leftover worsted weight yarn,
about 3 oz. Each
1 set each #7 and #8 dpns (US sizes)
small stitch holder or bit of string
a couple of markers or loops of yarn

Gauge: on 8’s about 4 sts/in, but don’t sweat it

Special abbreviations:
Pm= place marker
Inc= increase
M1 increase = with working needle, pick up the yarn from the bar
between stitches in the last row, using other needle remove and
twist all at once. KNIT this stitch.

(Note: lots of references use only the pick up and twist as the increase, however,
this technically increases a stitch in the preceding row, and over distance/multiple rows,
pickups like this will result in a vertical/diagonal pucker because you are always
one row short. Knitting into the picked up stitch evens the row count.)

Pattern:

With 7’s and color A, cast on 28 sts, work k2 p2 ribbing for 16 rows
With 8’s, k2 rows in A, increasing 4 sts across the first row evenly (32 sts)
Add in color B as follows – one stitch in A, one stitch in B, one stitch A,
one stitch B, for the remainder of the mitten unless otherwise indicated
K 4 rows stockinette using this alternating color pattern, putting A over
B in last row, and B over A in last row

Increase for thumb as follows:
(note – don’t sweat the color alterations, just do an extra A for the increases
and alternate the rest as before)
K15, pm, inc 1, k2, inc 1, pm, k to end
K 1 row
Inc every other row until there are 12 sts between markers, k to end (42 sts)
K 16, put 10 on holder or piece of string, k16

K 15 rows even

In color A only, decrease as follows:
K2, k2together , repeat both around
K around evenly once
K2tog, k2 around
K2tog around, pull yarn through and tie off.

Thumb: with A, pick up 10 sts from holder and add about 5 sts to
cover gaps by picking up M1 style. K8 rows, decrease as above.
Pull yarn through and tie off.

Finishing:
Tidy up stray bits of yarn by tucking them in.
Leave ends long because kids are rough on mittens.

Variations:
You can also alternate by doing two of each color in sequence around.
Using a different cuff – the red and white mitten shows a
plain cuff – two rows in ribbing and the remaining 14 rows in stockinette