Knitting Level 2: Mittens

Welcome back! If you've conquered the basics covered in our Knitting Level 1 class, you are ready for Level 2. In this class you will learn the skills needed to make mittens.

The pattern is provided for this class, but students are required to purchase their own yarn, needles, and notions. Students get a 15% discount on materials purchased for their class.

Run time

4 sessions x 2 hours.

Project

World’s Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits. See our samples on Ravelry.

Skills Taught

• Long-Tail Cast On
• Backwards Loop Cast On
• Swatching in the round
• Magic Loop
• Reading a pattern and understanding common abbreviations
• Increase and decrease
• Picking up a stitch
  

Skills Required

• Cast on
• Knit and purl

Materials Provided

• World’s Simplest Mittens by Tin Can Knits. Also available free on Ravelry, on the Tin Can Knits app, and through your Beehive customer account.
• Resources page
• Swatching and blocking guide

Supplies to Purchase

• 100 g of worsted-weight yarn in light or bright colours. Suggested:
  • Berroco Lanas, Berroco Ultra Alpaca, Berroco Vintage, Blue Sky Fibers Woolstok, Drops Karisma, Drops Lima, Estelle Wave, Istex Léttlopi, Malabrigo Rios
• 3.75 mm (US 5) and 4.5 mm (US 7), 80 cm (32”) circular knitting needles
• Tapestry needle
• 2 stitch markers
• Smooth waste yarn or 1 small stitch holder.

Lesson Plan

Class 1

• Long Tail cast on
• Intro to magic loop
• Swatch
• Cast on for ribbing
• Homework: Finish the ribbing, knit until just before increases

Class 2

• Recap on pattern reading/common abbreviations
• Learn increases
• Place thumb stitches on hold, backwards loop cast on
• Homework: Knit until time to start the decreases

Class 3

• Learn decreases
• Homework: Finish knitting the mitt hand, weave yarn tail through top stitches to bind off

Class 4

• Pick up stitches for thumb
• Knit the thumb 
• Weave in tails 
• Start second mitten