Baby Mitten Crochet Pattern

With this free pattern, you can enjoy making the cutest baby mitten crochet pattern. This is an easy item to crochet, and it’s practical too! Baby mittens not only help to keep the newborn baby’s hands warm in the chilly winter days, but also helps protect babies from scratching themselves when they have longer or scratchy fingernails.

Crochet Newborn Mittens

These crochet baby mitts are not only cute and an easy crochet project to make, but crochet mittens are also practical. A good pair of baby mittens are essential to protect the new baby against the cold, and also keep it from hurting itself by accidentally scratching its face.

These cute little mittens are great to make for your own baby, or for the perfect gift for someone who has a precious new arrival. These little crochet mittens are made with a main mitten body and mitten cuff to help hold it securely on the baby’s hand. The design of these mittens makes them perfect for any new baby.

This mitten pattern is a quick crochet project that you can make in a short amount of time. Plus these baby mittens require you to use only a few basic stitches to make them, by using a simple stitch pattern.

The process of making these mittens is easy. You start at the tip, and create the main part of the mitten, then finish it off by adding the cuff to the infant mittens.

Let’s begin by walking through the step by step instructions to make these cute baby mittens, and follow the photo tutorial included.

Pattern Instructions

Materials

A skein of soft yarn – preferably a soft medium worsted weight yarn

A crochet hook – the size depends on what size baby mittens you want to make

A yarn needle – optional

stitch marker – optional

Abbreviations

ch – chain

sl st – slip stitch

mr – magic ring

sc – single crochet stitches

hdc – half double crochet

sc inc – single crochet increase

sc dec – single crochet decrease

BLO – back loop only

hbhdc – herring bone half double crochet

How to Make the Herringbone Half Double Crochet

To make the Herringbone half double crochet stitch, first yarn over, insert your hook into the next st, yarn over and pull up a loop. There are now three loops on your hook.

Pull the first loop through the second loop, yarn over and pull through the remaining loops on the hook. You have just completed your first herringbone half double crochet stitch. Repeat these steps for each of these stitches throughout the project.

Estimated skill level: Intermediate

Please note that this pattern is written in US crochet terms

Baby Mittens Size 0-3 months (Size E Crochet Hook)

Gauge Size: 6 stitches per inch

Mittens (Make 2)

Round 1: make a mr, in the mr, make 8 hdc sts, join with a sl st.

Round 2: ch 2, work hdc inc in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 3: ch 2, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 4: ch 2, turn, working inside out in the first st *make 2 hbhdc sts in the same st, make one hbhdc st in the nest st*. Repeat from * to * around. Join with a sl st.

Round 5: ch 2, turn, working right out, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 6: ch 2, turn, working inside side out, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 7: ch 2, turn, working right out, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 8: ch 2, turn, working inside side out, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 9: ch 2, turn, working right out, make a hbhdc st in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Round 10: ch 1, work sc dec in the first sts, *sc in the next 3 sts, sc dec in the next sts*, repeat around from * to *. sc in the last 3 sts Join with a sl st.

Round 11: ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st.

Do not finish off.

Mitten Cuff

At the top of the mitten, it’s time to start the mitten cuff now.

Row 1: ch 8 sts, in the 3rd ch from your hook, make a hdc st. Hdc in each of the remaining 5 ch sts. Join to the base of your mitten with a sl st. Sl st in the next st, turn.

Row 2: working in the BLO make a hdc st in each st across. When you reach the end, ch 2 sts, turn.

Row 3: hdc in each of the sts across until you reach the top of your mitten. Join with a sl st, then sl st in the next st. Turn.

Row 4: working in the BLO make a hdc st in each st across. When you reach the end, ch 2 sts, turn.

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until you meet the first stitches. Turn the mitten inside out and sl st the two sides together. Finish off, and leave a long tail of yarn. Weave in the ends of the yarn, then trim away any access.

Baby Mittens Size 3-6 months (Size E Crochet Hook)

Round 1: make a mr, in the mr, make 10 hdc sts, join with a sl st.