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Dec 12, 2024

Customize your own mitten pattern

Written by Lena Kobberrød · Marketing Manager at Dreamknit

Are you dreaming of knitting a pair of mittens, but can't seem to find the perfect pattern? With our design tool, you can create your very own custom mitten knitting pattern. You pick every detail yourself, and the pattern is ready in seconds. This is how it works:

Choose the size

Our mitten patterns are available in a wide range of sizes, from baby to men's XL. Pick the size first, and every other choice you make follows along.

Tiny pink baby mittens next to a large orange and white adult mitten — From baby size to adult size.

Choose the type of thumb

The traditional thumb: a simple and effective way of knitting thumbs without increasing for a gusset.
The side thumb: worked with increases to shape a gusset inside the palm.

Two red hand knitted mittens showing a side thumb and a traditional thumb — Side thumb on the left, traditional thumb on the right. The side thumb is shaped with increases for a gusset.

Choose the structure of the mitten

Stockinette
1x1 ribbing
2x2 ribbing

Ribbing hugs the hand and stretches, so it fits a bit more snugly than stockinette. It also hides small mistakes beautifully.

Three knitted mittens showing stockinette, 1x1 ribbing and 2x2 ribbing — Stockinette (red), 1x1 ribbing (orange) and 2x2 ribbing (green). The orange one is a child's mitten.

Choose the type of cuff

No cuff
Single cuff
Double cuff

A double cuff folds back on itself, so you get two layers of wool around the wrist. Perfect for cold mornings.

Orange mitten with a single cuff next to a green mitten with a double cuff — The green mitten has a double cuff. See how much deeper it sits than the orange one.

Choose the type of structure for the cuff

This choice follows your choice of mitten structure. The cuff is where the mitten meets your wrist, so a bit of ribbing here keeps everything in place.

Red and white knitted mitten with a 1x1 ribbed cuff under a stockinette hand — Stockinette hand, 1x1 ribbed cuff.

Choose the type of decreases

Spiral: the easiest type of decreases.
Flat: decreases are worked in each side and the top is closed by using Kitchener Stitch.
Side: decreases are worked in each side all the way to the top.

Three knitted mitten tops showing spiral, flat and side decreases — Three ways to close the top: spiral (orange), flat (red) and side (green).

Add color with color charts

This is where it gets really fun. With color charts you draw your pattern straight onto the mitten, stitch by stitch. Pick your colors, click the squares, and watch the design take shape as you go.

Dreamknit color chart editor showing a blue and yellow mitten pattern — Draw your own motif on the back of the hand and the palm. You see the whole chart while you work.

Start from scratch, or use one of our motifs and make it your own. The chart follows your stitch counts, so it always fits the size you picked.

Three colorwork mittens knitted in different yarns from Dreamknit color charts — Three mittens in different yarns, each with its own color chart. They all have side decreases. The blue and yellow one comes from the chart above.

Add any yarn

You can use any yarn for your project. This kind of project does not require many grams of yarn, and is therefore the perfect opportunity to get use out of leftover yarn that you already have at home.

We recommend using woolly yarns, e.g. HipKnitShop Hip Wool, Drops Lima, Isager Aran Tweed, Sandnes Peer Gynt, Cascade 220.

As you can tell, there is a lot of room for creative freedom here! Click the mitten below to start designing your own ✨

Light blue knitted mittens - design your own mitten pattern with Dreamknit

Lena Kobberrød

Marketing Manager at Dreamknit

Lena writes Dreamknit's guides — getting started, checking your gauge, swapping yarn, and ending up with the pattern you had in mind. She has knitted for over ten years and has published eight guides since 2024.