Lined Seamless Mittens (Knitting Pattern)
PLEASE NOTE: This was one of my very first designs, which I offered for free from 2010 to 2025. In 2019, I released a much better-fitting and more comprehensive pattern called Just Plain Mittens. As of 2025, this pattern has been re-designed and re-edited for an even better knitting experience. Because of this, I’m taking down the Lined Seamless Mittens pattern (which had some design issues).
The new design comes in six sizes which can all be made in three weights of yarn. It includes patterns for sewn fleece liners for each size as well as knit fingering-weight liners. And it also comes in low vision accessible, screen-reader friendly formats and in ePUB.
I encourage you to go pick up the Just Plain Mittens pattern bundle on my knitwear design site, My Secret Wish Knitting.
Happy Knitting!
Just Plain Mittens Knitting Pattern Bundle. Project Level: Easy. By Talena Winters. Knit love in every stitch.
Original Post
'Tis the season for creating things that keep heat in and cold out. Fires, blankets, conversation, tea, and... mittens!
I have been learning the art of making mittens for the last several years--kids go through an awful lot of them, either because they lose them or wear them out. Therefore, with three boys, I've had the opportunity for a lot of practice! ;-) Thankfully, mittens are something that are fairly fast to make.
This year, I decided to make the project even faster and warmer by using chunky yarn knit densely together. I then painstakingly worked out a design for a fleece liner with set-in thumbs... 'cause in Canada, a thin--or even a thick--layer of knitted yarn just ain't gonna cut it!
(I love that my spell-checker will not put a red flag on "ain't" and "gonna", but "snuck" will do it every time. What is wrong with the dictionary, people?!!)
So, back to the knitting... Another free pattern for you, internets. If you make it and like it, please let me know. If you make it and have problems with it... also, please let me know, so I can correct the pattern.
These mittens were made for child size medium. They work well on my boys' hands that are aged 5-6.
As noted above, I made these hand-specific, but frankly, they are more likely to end up on the wrong hand than the right one. To make them "uni-handed", just change the shell pattern so that the edge of the hand falls in the middle of the thumb increases, and make both the same. For the lining, you will likely need to draft your own pattern--lay the mitten on a piece of paper, outline in pencil, true lines, add 1/4" seam allowance all around, and stitch on stitching lines. Complete as described below.
P.S. I would love it if my kids would decide that wool does NOT drive them crazy, since acrylic drives ME crazy. But, that's just the way it is. So, these are made up in affordable Bernat Chunky.
[Original pattern removed (but I left the images up). Check out the Just Plain Mittens now.]
