Tree Hugger Mittens Free Crochet Pattern

I designed these Tree Hugger Mittens for the Crochet Mitten Drive, which is a fun way for crocheters to help people in need. 15 designers, including myself, have teamed up to bring you 15 free mitten patterns for this good cause! Every Friday from 9/11 – 12/18, one of us will share a new mitten pattern for you to make and hopefully donate to someone who needs them. You can read all about it in our Facebook group, see everyone else’s mittens & show off your own!

 

You can find links to all of the other mittens right here: Blackstone Designs, Mad Mad Me, Crystalized Designs, Busting Stitches, Moogly, Kaleidoscope Art & Gifts, Sincerely Pam, AllieCat’s Hat and Crafts, KatiDCreations,
ACCROchet, Fiber Flux & coming soon: Abigail Haze Designs, Frayed Knot, Whistle & Ivy

 

 

Yarn

Lion Brand Wool-ease, worsted weight yarn
Women’s size: 145 yards of #151 Grey Heather (A), 20 yards of #139 Dark Rose Heather (B) and 20 yards of #167 Eggplant (C)
Men’s size: 195 yards of #403 Mushroom (A), 25 yards of #174 Avocado(B) and 25 yards of #180 Forest Green Heather (C)

 

Materials

• US Size H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• yarn needle
• scissors
• stitch marker
• ponytail elastics (1 per mitten) – These are used around the wrists to help the mittens fit more snug. I used regular elastics for the women’s size and larger ones that are intended for thick hair for the men’s size (click here for a photo).

 

Difficulty

Intermediate

 

Sizes & Finished Measurements

Women’s: Length: 9”, Around base of thumb: 10”
Men’s: Length: 10.5”, Around base of thumb: 11.5”

 

Abbreviations

ch(s) – chain(s)
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
fpdc – front post double crochet
st(s) – stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
sc2tog – single crochet 2 together

 

Special Stitches

• Spike Stitch – Spike stitches are used in rounds 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 (women’s size) and rounds 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 (men’s size). In those rounds you will be instructed to “1 sc in st below next st.” – this is the spike stitch. A spike stitch is simply a single crochet that is made in the previous round rather than the current one. If you were making a normal single crochet, you would put it where the X is in the photo below. Instead you will make it in the same stitch that that stitch is in, in the previous round, where the arrow is pointing in the photo below.

What you will do is insert your hook into that stitch (where the arrow is pointing, in the previous round), draw up a loop to the height of the current round and finish your single crochet as normal.

 

Gauge

16 sc and 17 rows = 4”

 

Notes

• Pattern is worked in continuous rounds without joining. You will want to use a stitch marker to help you keep track of your rounds. The final 4 rounds are worked in joined rounds.

• The thumb is made first and then the mitten is worked from the finger tips to the wrist, joining the thumb to the mitten at round 24 (women’s size) / round 26 (men’s size).

• Color Changes: During rounds 11 – 21 (women’s size) & rounds 13 – 23 (men’s size), you will be doing color changes. When you get to the last stitch of each odd numbered round, you will draw up a loop, then to finish that sc, use the new color as shown in the photos below. There is no need to fasten off after each color change, just drop the color when you’re done with it and pick up the new one.

 

Instructions – Women’s size

 

Thumb
With A, ch 2.
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook – 6 sc.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st – 12 sc.
Rounds 3 – 10: 1 sc in each st – 12 sc.
Round 11: 1 sc in each st, invisible join and fasten off A – 12 sc.

Mitten
With A, ch 2.
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook – 6 sc.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st – 12 sc.
Round 3: *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 18 sc.
Round 4: *1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 24 sc.
Rounds 5 – 9: 1 sc in each st – 24 sc.
Round 10: *1 sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 30 sc.
Round 11: 1 sc each st – 30 sc.
Round 12: With B, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 30 sc.
Round 13: 1 sc each st – 30 sc.
Round 14: With C, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 30 sc.
Round 15: 1 sc each st – 30 sc.
Round 16: With A, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 30 sc.
Round 17: 1 sc each st – 30 sc.
Rounds 18 – 23: Repeat rounds 12 – 17, fasten off B & C after final rounds.
Round 24: 1 sc in each of the next 14 sts, join thumb by making 1 sc in each of 10 sts around the thumb, skip 2 sts in the mitten and make 1 sc in each of the next 14 sts – 38 sc.
* Use your yarn needle and a scrap of A to stitch the hole left by the skipped sts closed. *
Rounds 25 – 31: 1 sc in each st – 38 sc.
Round 32: * 1 sc in each of the next 4 sts, sc2tog; repeat from * 5 times, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts – 32 sc.
Rounds 33 – 36: 1 sc in each st – 32 sc.
Round 36 1/2 (partial round): 1 sc in each of the next 3 sts (this is just to get you to the side of the mitten so the seam will be there rather than on the front or back.)
Round 37: 1 sc in each st working over a ponytail elastic, sl st to join to 1st sc – 32 sc.
Round 38: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in each st, sl st to join to 1st dc – 32 dc.
Round 39: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 fpdc in next st, *1 dc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st; repeat from * around, sl st to join to 1st dc – 16 dc, 16 fpdc.
Round 40: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 fpdc in next st, *1 dc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st; repeat from * around, invisible join to 1st dc and fasten off A – 16 dc, 16 fpdc.

 

 

Instructions – Men’s size

 

Thumb
With A, ch 2.
Round 1: 7 sc in 2nd ch from hook – 7 sc.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st – 14 sc.
Rounds 3 – 11: 1 sc in each st – 14 sc.
Round 12: 1 sc in each st, invisible join and fasten off A – 14 sc.

Mitten
With A, ch 2.
Round 1: 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook – 6 sc.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st – 12 sc.
Round 3: *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 18 sc.
Round 4: *1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 24 sc.
Round 5: *1 sc in each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 30 sc.
Rounds 6 – 11: 1 sc each st – 30 sc.
Round 12: *1 sc in each of the next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 36 sc.
Round 13: 1 sc each st – 36 sc.
Round 14: With B, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 36 sc.
Round 15: 1 sc each st – 36 sc.
Round 16: With C, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 36 sc.
Round 17: 1 sc each st – 36 sc.
Round 18: With A, *1 sc in st below next st, 1 sc in next st; repeat from * around – 36 sc.
Round 19: 1 sc each st – 36 sc.
Rounds 20 – 25: Repeat rounds 14 – 19, fasten off B & C after final rounds.
Round 26: 1 sc in each of the next 16 sts, join thumb by making 1 sc in each of 10 sts around the thumb, skip 4 sts in the mitten and make 1 sc in each of the next 16 sts – 42 sc.
* Use your yarn needle and a scrap of A to stitch the hole left by the skipped sts closed. *
Rounds 27 – 34: 1 sc in each st – 42 sc.
Round 35: * 1 sc in each of the next 5 sts, sc2tog; repeat from * around – 36 sc.
Rounds 36 – 40: 1 sc in each st – 36 sc.
Round 40 1/2 (partial round): 1 sc in each of the next 3 sts (this is just to get you to the side of the mitten so the seam will be there rather than on the front or back.)
Round 41: 1 sc in each st working over a ponytail elastic, sl st to join to 1st sc – 36 sc.
Round 42: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 dc in each st, sl st to join to 1st dc – 36 dc.
Round 43: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 fpdc in next st, *1 dc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st; repeat from * around, sl st to join to 1st dc – 18 dc, 18 fpdc.
Round 44: ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 fpdc in next st, *1 dc in next st, 1 fpdc in next st; repeat from * around, invisible join to 1st dc and fasten off A – 18 dc, 18 fpdc.

 

Helpful Photos

 

Joining the thumb (round 24 of women’s size/ round 26 of men’s size):

First you will be working in the mitten, then around the thumb, then back to the other side of the mitten.

You’ll be left with a hole that needs to be stitched shut:

 

Adding elastic to the wrist (round 37 of women’s size/ round 41 of men’s size):

You will be making your stitches around the elastic. To do this, pull up your first loop under the elastic, and then the second one, over the elastic.

 

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