Striped mittens on a bow hand embroidery pattern

Intermediate · 3 colors · 1 kind of stitch

Striped mittens on a bow: preview of the stitched design

A pair of striped mittens hangs from a green bow on two ribbons that fan from its knot, a mirror pair with their thumbs turned outward. Each mitten is five stripes, red and white by turns, with its thumb striped with the hand, under a green cuff. The stripes, the cuffs, the ribbons and the bow are all satin stitch.

Size and details

Intermediate. Satin stitch over about a quarter of the cloth in a 6 inch hoop; from a 6 inch hoop up some of the satin stitches are long.

3 colors of floss and 1 kind of stitch:

Satin stitch
Which stitch goes where

The stitched size and the widest satin stitch, by hoop
Hoop	Inches	Centimeters	Satin stitch up to
3 in (8 cm)	1.7 × 1.4 in	4.3 × 3.6 cm	3/16 in (5 mm)
4 in (10 cm)	2.6 × 2 in	6.6 × 5.1 cm	1/4 in (6 mm)
5 in (13 cm)	3.5 × 2.7 in	8.9 × 6.9 cm	5/16 in (8 mm)
6 in (15 cm)	4.3 × 3.4 in	10.9 × 8.6 cm	7/16 in (11 mm)
8 in (20 cm)	6.1 × 4.8 in	15.5 × 12.2 cm	9/16 in (14 mm)

In an 8 inch hoop the widest satin stitch shape is 9/16 in (14 mm) across. Satin stitches longer than about 12 mm (just under 1/2 in) tend to work loose: divide the shape into sections, or work it in long and short stitch.

The pattern is drawn inside a circle about half an inch (1.3 cm) smaller all around than the hoop.

What you need

DMC 986 Very Dark Forest GreenRibbons of the mittens, cuffs of the mittens, tails of the bow, loops of the bow and knot of the bow
DMC 304 Medium RedRed stripes of the mittens
DMC B5200 Snow WhiteWhite stripes of the mittens

The floss is six-strand cotton; the stitch guide says how many strands to use. You also need a hoop, an embroidery needle (a size 7 to 9 suits two or three strands) and plain cotton or linen fabric. To frame the piece in its hoop, cut a square 3 inches (8 cm) wider than the hoop: a 9 inch (23 cm) square for a 6 inch hoop.

Stitch guide

Satin stitch 2 strandsRibbons of the mittens, stripes of the mittens, cuffs of the mittens, tails of the bow, loops of the bow, knot of the bow

Getting it onto your fabric

The PDF holds the pattern twice at actual size: once as drawn, and once mirrored for an iron-on transfer pen. Print it at 100% with scaling off and check the one-inch square (25.4 mm) with a ruler before you trace. How to transfer a pattern explains tracing, carbon paper and the other ways. The files are under Downloads.