Play Hooky with Me | How to Make Bernie's Mittens CROCHET style | FUN, FUNKY, EASY Mittens @PlayHookywithMe | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 37 minutes ago.
In this video, I share had to a make a fun and funky pair of mittens inspired by the lovely Bernie Sander's "Smittens".
These are quick and relatively simple mittens worked flatly and seamed together in the same spirit as Bernie's, except i'm doing it in Crochet. More info is under the time stamps on the real sweater mittens.

*Note If you want your tapestry crochet to look "cleaner" and closer to the graph design, I would recommend trying Intarsia Crochet instead of tapestry. (I've added links below the timestamps). Also, working this pattern in rounds would ensure that the tapestry is clean and defined. This is a more advanced technique but basically you are connecting all the pieces as you go instead of separate ones that you join later.

TIME STAMPS/ Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Hook & Yarn
01:16 Sizing
01:52 Cuff
04:45 Palm Side Tutorial
07:51 Palm GRAPH
07:56 Decreasing
09:50 Read Before Tapestry Crochet Instructions
10:00 Tapestry GRAPH
10:05 Tapestry Crochet Tips
10:36 Tapestry Tutorial
14:21 Row 3
18:49 Row 19
20:56 Decreasing
23:20 Prepare for Seaming
25:05 Seaming
27:21 Thumb
30:54 Thumb Decrease
32:30 Outro

The original mittens were created with repurposed wool sweaters by Jan Ellis. Read article here:
nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/meet-vermont-teacher-behind-bernie-sanders-viral-mittens-n1256206

Extra resources on how to do "tapestry crochet" :
lillabjorncrochet.com/2016/07/how-to-do-tapestry-crochet-step-by-step.html

How to get a cleaner image when working on both sides:
youtu.be/uIX7gGW79Bw

OR try Intarsia Crochet :
youtu.be/Xhm6WK5cqxU

Yarn & Hook
5 mm
I use:
Tulip
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Boye Ergonomic Hook
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For Weaving in Ends I love :
Susan Bates Finishing Needles
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Worsted Weight (Med 4)
Loops & Threads Impeccable
Aran, Chocolate Brown, Soft Taupe, Putty, White, Blue Moon
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Tapestry Pattern :
L= Left
R= Right
BR = Brown
GR= Gray
DB= Dark Brown
WHT= White

Row 1- L 13BR
Row 2- R 13BR
Row 3 -L 2BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 2BR
Row 4- R 2BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 2BR
Row 5- L 1BR, 3WHT, 1BR, 3WHT, 1BR, 3WHT, 1BR
Row 6- R 2WHT, 1GR, 3WHT, 1GR, 3WHT, 1GR, 2WHT
Row 7 -L 2WHT, 1GR, 3WHT, 1GR, 3WHT, 1GR, 2WHT
Row 8 -R 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT
Row 9- L 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT, 3GR, 1WHT
Row 10- R 2GR, 1DB, 3GR, 1DB, 3GR,1DB, 2GR
Row 11- L 1GR, 3DB, 1GR, 3DB,1GR, 3DB,1GR
Row 12 -R 1DB, 3BR, 1DB, 3BR,1DB, 3BR, 1DB
Row 13 L 13BR
Row 14 R 13BR
Row 15 L 2BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WHT, 2BR
Row 16 R 1BR, 3WHT, 1BR, 3WHT, 1BR,3WH,1BR
Row 17 L 2BR, 1WHT, 3BR, 1WH, 3BR, 1WHT, 3BRN, 1WHT, 2BRN
Row 18 R 13BRN
Row 19 L 1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB
Row 20 R 13DB
Row 21 L 1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR,1DB,1BR
Row 22 R 11WHT
Row 23 L 9WHT
Row 24 R 7WHT
Row 25 L 5WHT

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CROCHET US vs UK CROCHET

Chain (chn) is the same for both
US single (sc) = UK double crochet (dc)
US half double (hdc) = UK half treble (htr)
US double (dc)= UK treble (tr)
US triple (treble) (tr) = UK double treble (dtr)
US double triple (treble) (dtr)= UK triple treble (trtr)

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