Cute cozy hedgehog mittens will appeal to your child. It is not difficult to connect them, a novice needlewoman will cope with the work. A minimum of effort and a new thing - warm original mittens - is ready.
Weed yarn hedgehog mittens
There are several ways to knit hedgehog mittens: use weed yarn or knit long loops. The simplest solution is to make mittens from "grass" on five knitting needles. For mittens for a 5-6-year-old child, you will need 50 grams of woolen yarn and 30 grams of "grass".
Cast on 32 loops on knitting needles - the number of loops depends on the thickness of the thread and the width of the wrist. Knit a 6 cm elastic with the main yarn, go to the front surface. Go through half the stitches (in this case 16) with a smooth thread, then attach the "grass" and knit the remaining 16 stitches. So go on - the bottom of the smooth yarn, the top with the addition of "weed".
Thus, knit 4-5 cm in a circle and start forming the hole of the thumb. For the right mitten on the lower right knitting needle, knit the first 4 loops with a contrasting thread, knit one row, then continue knitting with the main color. After knitting 6 cm, start lowering the loops, forming a corner. Set aside the yarn-weed, then work without it.
The corner is made as follows: the last two loops on the left needle of the upper side are knitted with one loop, on the right needle of the lower side the first two loops are knitted together. On the opposite side, lower the loops in the same way. When there is one loop left on each knitting needle, cut off the thread, pull it through the loops and tie.
Now go back to working on your finger. Remove the contrasting thread, put the opened loops on the needles, knit 5 cm and close the work with a corner in the same way as you did on the mitten. Make a nose and eyes out of beads, tie the ears and sew.
"Fur" from elongated loops
You can knit "fur" with elongated loops on the needles or crochet. Type on the needles the required number of loops, knit with the wrong ones, then knit the pattern: remove the extreme loop without knitting, with the right needle pull a thread 1-1.5 cm long through the working loop on the left knitting needle, discard it and, holding it with your finger, wrap it with a working thread, leave to work, then knit a loop from the left knitting needle. Continue this way to the end of the row, purl the next row. Knit the top of the mitten with elongated loops, the bottom with the front satin stitch.
Similarly, you can crochet an imitation fur. For a mitten, type a chain of air loops with a long length equal to the width of the wrist, close it in a circle. Tie several rows with crochet stitches, then knit the top with elongated loops, the bottom with crochet stitches. The technique of knitting "fur" with knitting needles and crocheting is similar: insert the hook into the column, pull the thread, wind it, leave a long loop at work, knit another loop from the column. Alternate rows, one - from columns with crochets, the next - from elongated loops.
