Easy Argyle Men's Mitts

Hook up a simple spike stitch pattern to create my stylish argyle diamond-effect mitts!

Designed for confident beginners, the mitts use mostly single crochet stitches (UK double crochet), simple spike stitches and a simple rib pattern on the upper and lower cuff sections. The pattern includes explanations of these skills. The A4 pattern is given in UK crochet terms and US crochet terms separately.

Each mitt is made to fit an average man’s hand circumference of 21cm (8 1⁄4in) (excluding thumb), and 25cm (10in) hand circumference (including thumb).

Each finished mitt measures approx 15cm (6in) long, 21.5cm (8 1⁄2in) hand circumference (excluding thumb) and 28.5cm (11 1⁄4in) hand circumference (including thumb).

You need a DK yarn with a fair amount of stretch, in cream, purple and brown. I used Rico Baby Classic DK (50% acrylic, 50% polyamide, 50g/165m), 1 ball of each: cream (020), purple (016) and brown (037). Each pair of mitts uses approx 30g of cream, 10g of purple and 5g of brown.