Giant Christmas Mittens to stash Christmas treats

By now you’ve probably got most of your Christmas shopping out the way, but have you considered how to present your gifts? The latest addition to knitshop.co.uk’s pattern range is a Giant Christmas Mitten that can be used to hold all kinds of goodies. It’s a great alternative to a Christmas stocking and if you hang it up next to the tree it’s bound to be a fun talking point. Just use some of the leftover yarn and make an i-cord. An i-cord is basically knitted rope. There are instructions on how to make it here. 

Giant Christmas Mitten by Julieta Brandao
knitted in Merino Wool Yarn/Roving

 

The Giant Christmas Mitten is really quick to make and the stripes look great. You can make it on 12mm circular needles using Merino Wool Roving Yarn, as we’ve done here, in which case you’ll end up with a mitten 41cm tall and with 32cm wide!

To make the Giant Christmas Mitten you need either double-pointed needles or long circular needles. A 40 or 60cm circular needle is ideal. We’ve used Red Merino Wool Roving Yarn and White Merino Wool Roving Yarn, but the Giant Christmas Mitten would also look fantastic if you used the Silver Merino Wool Roving Yarn rather than the white. 

 

Giant Christmas Mitten
knitted in Red and White Merino Wool Yarn/Roving

If you don’t to make want quite such a large mitten, you could use knitshop.co.uk Thick And Easy Yarn instead. For this you’d need 8mm or 9mm circular or double-pointed needles. As well as the Red and White shades in this range, Thick And Easy Yarn comes in Forest Green, which would also look festive.

Because the pattern uses circular or double-pointed needles, most of the Giant Christmas Mitten is made using knit stitch. The pattern is easy to follow, with line by line instructions explaining where you need to make or decrease stitches and photos to show what it should look like. The thumb and fingers are grafted together at the end, but you could easily cast off the stitches and then sew up the sides using mattress stitch. 

The Giant Christmas Mitten taken out
to Chinbrook Meadows.

 

We’re sure the Giant Christmas Mitten will be a big hit this Christmas, especially if it comes filled with lots of tasty treats.

Merry Christmas from the knitshop.co.uk Team
Julieta, Marcia, Mec, Rosie, Vladimir and Felix!

Links to this blog:

Giant Christmas Mitten pattern: http://webmail.knitshop.co.uk/knitshop-pattern/2919-giant-mitten.html

knitshop.co.uk Patterns: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/161-knitshop-pattern

Merino Wool Roving Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/105-wool-roving-yarn

Thick And Easy Yarn: http://www.knitshop.co.uk/106-thick-easy-yarn

12mm circular needles (80cm): http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1899-12mm-80cm-bamboo-circulars.html

9mm circular needles (80cm): http://www.knitshop.co.uk/knitting-accessories/1894-9mm-80cm-bamboo-circulars.html

How to make i-cord: http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingskills/qt/icord.htm

How to graft edges together: http://knitting.about.com/od/knittingskills/ss/toe-grafting.htm