How To Make Baby Mittens On A Round Loom

Materials Needed

• A small quantity of baby or worsted weight yarn in the color of your choice
• Note: You could also use two colors, one for the cuffs and tie, and the other for the rest of the mittens
• Knitting loom 15-peg 1/2-inch gauge (for one strand) or 12-peg loom (for two strands)
• Large-eye blunt yarn needle
• Stitch marker
• Pair of scissors

Instructions

Cast On

Put a stitch marker on the first peg. Using the yarn of your choice for the cuff, put a slip knot on that peg. Proceed to the next peg and e-wrap it two times.

Knit off one loop over another loop. Repeat between stars up, including the last peg. To finish the cast on, e-wrap the first peg again, and knit off one loop over another loop.

Cuff

• Rounds 1st, 3rd, and 5th: Flat-stitch all around the loom.
• Rounds 2nd and 4th: Purl all around the loom.
• For a girl: Round 6: Purl all around the loom.
• For a boy: Skip round 6, then begin the directions for the hand.
• Change colors if you want. To use the new color, cut the old one, leaving a 4-inch tail to weave later. Take the tail up to the stitch on the last peg as if you are going to purl the stitch, then pull all the way through.
• Secure that stitch, so it does not unravel. Put a slip knot in the additional color on the first peg, and knit one loop over the other loop; this process completes the cuff color and firmly attaches the hand color.
• Hand
• Round 1: Double-stitch all around the loom.
• Repeat this process until the mitten is slightly less than 2 inches long for a preemie, or 3 inches long for a newborn.
• Last four rounds: Flat-stitch all around the loom; this will make the mitten less bulky and easier to gather.
• Bind off
• Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail.
• Cut a separate strand of yarn enough to wrap the loom at least three times.
• Fold this strand in half, making a doubled strand.
• Using the gathering technique, Bind off with these two strands of yarn. Ensure that you turn the mitten inside out before gathering.
• Tie all ends in a square loop very near to the inside of the mitten.
• Cut the excess yarn, leaving tails about 4 inches.
• Weave in tails.

Mitten Tie

• Using one strand of yarn, put a slip knot on one peg. E-wrap the peg and combine off one loop over the other loop.
• Flat-stitch this peg until the tie is 8 inches long.
• Cut the yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail.
• Pull the tail throughout the loop as if to purl, and pull to knot it tightly.
• Weave in the tails at the ends of the tie.
• Weave the tie in and out of round 5 of the mitten; this is the cuff’s last round.

If you want, you could put pompoms to the ends of the tie. If you wish to add pompoms, do not weave the ends, since you will use them for the pompoms. Weave the tie throughout the mitten, and place the pompoms.

With the given instruction, you now know how to make baby mittens on a round loom, and you may share it with other friends. Know more about baby clothes.