Crochet Mitten Patterns: 7 Free Designs

Crochet mitten patterns vary in yarn weight, thumb construction, and the amount of shaping required. These seven original patterns offer a chunky knit look option, a cuff up worsted mitten, a one piece design sized from baby through adult, and a six size pattern with a video for every size.

Stitch markers earn their keep on the mitten patterns that size up through multiple ranges, keeping thumb gusset increases from getting lost.

Crochet mitten patterns to explore

1. 3 Hour Chunky Crochet Mittens

Jess Coppom’s 3 Hour Mittens are a chunky, faster version of her earlier Morning Mittens, designed with Lion Brand. They use the waistcoat (center single crochet) stitch for a knit look, two skeins of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, an L/8 mm hook for the cuff and a P/Q 15 mm hook for the body, and fit most women’s hands. The page has a detailed tutorial, and she also links a lighter-weight version made with two strands of worsted held together if you don’t want to work in bulky yarn.

2. Basic Crochet Mittens

Amanda Saladin’s mittens are worked cuff up: the cuff is single crochet in the back loop only, the body follows with a thumb hole left open, and the thumb is worked last after the hand and top shaping. The sample uses Malabrigo Worsted, but she says many worsted yarns turn out well as long as you match gauge. It uses an H/5 mm hook for the cuff and an I/5.5 mm hook for the body, and fits a hand circumference of about 7 inches.

3. One-Piece Crochet Mittens

Briana Kepner’s mittens are worked as one piece without seaming and have a knit-look stitch. The sample uses WeCrochet Swish (superwash merino, 110 yards per 50 g), with Brava Worsted, Wool of the Andes and Mighty Stitch listed as substitutes for wool allergies or budget. The sizes go from baby through toddler, preschool and child, then small to XX-large, following the Craft Yarn Council measurements, and the page gives the finished length from fingertips to wrist for each.

4. Easy Mittens (All Sizes!)

Jo to the World’s mitten pattern includes six sizes: baby (under 1 year), toddler, child, youth, women and men. Every size has been tested and comes with a step-by-step video tutorial. It uses any medium (#4) 100% acrylic yarn, and the page lists yardage for two mittens by size, from 60 yards for baby to more for adults, along with the colors she used. It uses two hook sizes, so the ribbed cuff fits more snugly than the mitten body.

5. Crochet Texting Mittens

Left in Knots’ texting mittens are a one-skein project: about 165 yards of Red Heart Chic Sheep (worsted, category 4) or a similar yarn. Gauge is 9 half double crochets by 7 rows over 2 inches. They are 9.5 inches from fingertip to bottom of wrist, with the thumb about 2 inches long. The slit lets a finger and thumb slip out to use a phone. The designer had an odd skein in her stash, so the pattern is a good way to use up a single skein.

6. Daddy’s Simply Easy Mittens

Rhondda Mol’s Daddy’s Simply Easy Mittens are worked from the cuff up in half double crochet, with an opening left for the thumb, and the thumb is added after the main mitten is complete. The page uses King Cole Hedgerow Chunky (a chunky #5 yarn) and has sections on checking your gauge and mitten size, plus helpful tutorials. They are sized for an adult medium or large hand, about 11.5 inches long, and worked on a 5 mm hook.

7. Beginner Bulky Mittens

Michelle Moore’s Beginner Bulky Mittens use basic double crochet and need just one skein of yarn, and she says a pair takes less than 30 minutes. The sample is Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in super bulky #6 yarn on an 8 mm hook, and sizes run from baby to ladies and men’s. The pattern has a video and yarn substitutes. A free written pattern is available to blog subscribers, and each size has its own cuff, body and thumb instructions.