Keep tiny hands cozy with the Victorian Bow Mittens, a sweet crochet baby mitten pattern filled with vintage-inspired charm. Featuring a soft rounded shape, pretty ruffled cuffs, delicate bows, and crocheted ties, these mittens make an adorable finishing touch for a handmade baby outfit.
The pattern includes instructions for two sizes: 0–6 months and 6–12 months and uses KnitPal Chenillique weight #4 yarn in Pink Sorbet with a 4 mm crochet hook.
The mittens are worked in the round using simple double crochet stitches before a full ruffled edge is added around each cuff. Small crocheted bows and double-chain cords complete the design, giving the Victorian Bow Mittens their extra-special finishing details.
Make them as a thoughtful baby shower gift or pair them with the matching Victorian Bow Bonnet Cap and Headband for an adorable coordinated baby set.
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What You’ll Need
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Yarn:
KnitPal Chenillique (weight #4 - 100% polyester, 214 yards per 100 gram)
Approximately 1 ball in Pink Sorbet -
Hook:
US - G/4mm crochet hook
Or size needed to obtain gauge -
Notions:
Scissors
Tapestry needle
Details
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Skill Level: Easy
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Gauge:
A 2-round gauge swatch = 2" (5.1 cm) in diameter with a 4 mm hook
Swatch:
Round 1: 12dc in a Magic Ring. (12 sts)
Round 2: Inc around. (24 sts) -
Sizes:
The pattern has the instructions for 2 sizes.
The Small size is for 0-6 months.
The Large size is for 6-12 months.
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch: chain
- dc: double crochet
- dec: decrease (Make an unfinished dc in the first stitch and in the next stitch. Yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook.)
- inc: increase
- sc: single crochet
- sk: skip
- slst: slip stitch
- st(s): stitch(es)
- (...)x # or {...}x # - work instructions within parentheses/braces as many times as directed (#)
- (# sts) - indicates the total number (#) of stitches you should have at the end of the round/row
Special Stitches
Double-Chain Cord:
Leave a long tail before making the slip knot. Start working yarn simultaneously, alternating between a yarn under with the tail and a yarn over with the working yarn, then pulling through both loops.
Patterns
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MITTENS (MAKE 2)
Start with the Magic Ring.
Round 1: Ch 3 (count as 1st dc here and after), dc 11, slst into 3rd ch from the beginning to join. (12 sts)
Round 2 (for small size): Ch 3, dc in the same st, (2 dc in same st, dc, 2 dc in same st)x 3, 2 dc in same st, dc, sl st to join. (20 sts)
Round 2 (for large size): Ch 3, dc in the same st, (2 dc in same st)x 11, sl st to join. (24 sts)
Rounds 3-7 (5 rounds): Ch 3, dc in each st around, sl st to join. (20,24 sts)
Rounds 8-9 (for large size only): Ch 3, dc in each st around, sl st to join. (24 sts)
RUFFLE:
Round 1: Ch 1 (do not count as st), (sc, ch 1, sk 1 st)x (10,12), sl st to join. (10,12 sts and 10,12 ch 1 sps)
Round 2: Ch 3 (1st dc), dc in the same st, (3 dc in ch sp, 2 dc in same st)x (9,11), 3 dc in the last ch sp, sl st to join. (50, 60 sts)
Fasten off and cut the yarn. Weave in all the ends.
BOWS (MAKE 2)
Start with 8 chs.
Row 1: Sk 1 ch, 1st sc in each remaining chs, turn. (7 sts)
Rows 2-3 (2 rows): Ch 1, sc in each st across, turn. (7 sts)
Fasten off and cut the yarn. Weave in all the ends
Take a 5-inch-long piece of the yarn and wrap it around the center of the Bow. Fasten off and use the remaining yarn to sew the Bow on the Mittens between Rounds 1 and 2 of the Ruffle.
Fasten off and weave in all the ends.
MAKING THE CHAIN (MAKE 2)
Make a double-chain cord 12 inches long.
Weave this chain through the chain spaces of Round 1 (2nd to the last).
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