Size:  Mens

8” length from wrist to finger-tip (the cuff adds an additional 2.75” to the length)

palm width: 5.75”

upper hand width : 4.5”

2 balls BERNAT Softee Chunky Twists [117m/128yd(s)] [80g/2.8oz] was used

11 hdc and 8 rows hdc = 3”  (please use yarn that allows you to achieve this stitch tension)

5.5 mm (I-9)crochet hook, stitch markers, scissors and a measuring tape

ch (chain stitch), sc (single crochet), hdc (half double crochet), sl st (slip stitch), hdc2tog (half double crochet two stitches together), BL (back loop), st (stitch), sts (stitches), rnd (round)

Row 1: Chain 12, turn

Row 2: 1 sc in each st across, ch 1, turn [11]

Row 3: 1 sc in each st across in BL only, ch1, turn [11]

Row 4-25: Repeat Row 3; do not finish off.

Row 26: Fold the cuff in half.  You will be slip stitching through both layers of the cuff.  When folded “Row 1” is on the top and “Row 25” is on the bottom.  Slip stitch through the “Row 1” chain and through the BL (back loop) only of “Row 25”.  [11]

Round 1:  sc around the top of the cuff, sl st in BL of 1st sc of the rnd, ch 1 [25]

Round 2: (1 hdc in each of the first 4sts, 2 hdc in the next st) 5 times [30]

Round 3: (1 hdc in each of the first 4 sts, 2 hdc in the next st) 6 times [36]

Round 4-9: 1 hdc in each st around [36]

Round 10: 1 hdc in the first 4 sts, 2 hdc in the next st, skip 10 sts, 1 sc and 1 hdc in the 16th st, (1 hdc in each of the next 5 sts, 2 hdc in the next st) 2 times, 1 hdc in each of the remaining sts [30] *The skipped sts will later be the thumb portion of the mitten*

Round 11: 1 hdc in each of the first 6 sts, 1 hdc in the st below the 7th stitch (Figure 1 – please see PDF version), 1 hdc in each of the remaining sts [30]

Round 12: 1 hdc in each st around [30]

Round 13-20: repeat “Round 12”

Round 21: (hdc2tog) 15 times [15]

Round 22: 1 hdc in each st around [15]

Round 23: (hdc2tog) 7 times, 1 hdc in last st [8], weave yarn end through the loops of the final round, weave in ends and finish off.

With the opening for the thumb on the left-hand side of your crocheted work, attach the yarn to the furthest stitch on the right-hand side of the opening.  (Figure 2 – please see PDF version)

Round 1: ch 1, 1  hdc in each st around, sl st to the st where you joined your yarn [11] (*note the ch 1 counts as a st) (Figure 2 – please see PDF version)

Round 2: 1 hdc in the ch 1 of the previous round, and in each st around [11]

Round 3: sl st and 1 hdc into the 1st hdc of the previous round, 1 hdc in each st around [11]

Round 4-7: Repeat “Round 3” [11]

Round 8: sl st into the 1st hdc of “Round 7”, 1 sc in each st around [10]

Weave yarn end through the stitches of “Round 8”, weave in loose ends, FO.