You, my dear Sir, are a whole bunch of wonderful. I'm a crafty mom with a hefty bunch of talent, but sewing with a machine always threw me for a loop. Thank you for the no muss, fuss or frivilous hewy. From a girl raised in a scrapyard with hunters and no mum to show me this kinda of thing, thank you!
Thanks uncle, 7 years later and this video is still informative and educational to people all around the world, greetings from the freezing cold winter of istanbul
Perry I gotta say that I've seen this and a few (by few I mean all ) of your sewing vids and winter stuff making and I've started to learn to make my own stuff. Thanks a whole bunch. I've learned a lot.
I'm left handed too and i aplaude your strenght to resist the right hand's scissor of oppression XD Nice craft, i was thinking about making a pair of mittens myself and found your video, thanks for the instructions
Thank you for a great tutorial! I so need a pair of these mittens and the department stores want too much for them. Now I can make my own with all the extra fleece fabric remnant pieces that I have. I'll make one to match each of my hats. Again, thank you! You made it all so easy!!
You may want to modify the thumb area with moose hide, it is not stretchy like the fleece is. Simple to do. Instead of the thumb on the side, you move it in by making the thumb a third piece. Look at gloves as an example. Thanks for the comments.
I am impressed! For a man, you did a great job! I'm finding out more and more that patterns don't need to be bought. All one needs to do is fit fabrics to themselves making their own patterns and that saves time and money. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much! I started making things in my teens, initially I bought kits, like for a down parka, snowshoes, etc. Once I saw the patterns I realized I could just make my own. Now here I am making a living at it, who knew?
THIS MAN IS A BLESSING I've had a Halloween costume I've been working on (the red guy from dhmis) and I've been trying to make the hand glove things which are basically felt mittens. My first try with it i thought was a complete failure. I used hot glue and staples because I dint know how to sow. The hot glue is NOT a good idea at all and the staples poked out like a sore thumb (it gave me some sore thumbs too). Then I saw this and realized I just needed to turn mine inside out. Now it looks like how I wanted it. To avoid the uncomfortable feeling of staples and hot glue, I wore a red glove under the actual Mitten too. Hope this finds someone who really needs it. I'm definitely gonna want to learn how to sow for this next time.
jerry glass canvas is nice, I think you’ll like that. You may need to modify the pattern though, this one works for materials that are really stretchy. You’ll probably want to make a two piece thumb so you can bring it in a little. But hey give it a try, testing is part of the adventure.
these are perfect. I have a lot of sewing to do for Christmas, and a lot of fleece, so thinking how to use up the left over fabric. I thought I could make mitts from them, for the homeless in our town. I would line them if I could, as our winters are -45 or worse, so single layers wouldn't be thick enough, I don't think
Wonderful!, thank you for your comments. We have made them in the past for those in need, a llot for children, they are so simple.. Our fleece was 300 weight so it was good in single layer. They are amazingly warm really. Another nice thing is they are warm when pretty damp or wet too. If they get soaked, take them off and wring them out, put them back on and warm in no time. Good luck. If you need we can send you some fleece scraps.
We've made lots of these. Last year we made them for all the kids in the daycare near our shop, easy and quick, and pretty warm too. They cost almost nothing to make. Thanks for your comment
I have just come across your video, I have a old sheepskin coat that I am hoping to make into mittens, after watching this video I have more confidence in making them
You can surely make your own. The method I show here works really well for stretchy fabric like fleece. For leather and sheepskin which are more rigid you need to use a three piece pattern where the thumb takes about 1/3rd of the palm piece, this places the thumb on the underside allowing a good grip. You can easily get a pattern by taking apart an old pair of gloves or buy a cheap pair that fits well. It's pretty easy you just need to get the thumb part and you can then fit that to the other two pieces like I show in the video...Hope this helps. You may want to make a couple pair of mittens from fleece for practice before doing the sheepskin.
Hi here's a tip for using scirrors if you're a lefty.. use them upside down with your thumb in the big hole if they are right handed and they will cut for you. Another option is left handed scissors.. thanks for the video
Thank you. We walk our dog out day and night in the winter so ai am making us some just for Sparky walking. I may even make her some poochie mittons lol. Blessings
I can't find the video you're talking about in your playlist. Is it there or maybe you didn't find the time? Thanks for the videos, and rock 'n roll babe :D Peace out from Morocco
What would really be cool is if you could show me how to make some mittens with a slit between the palm and the fingers that would open and close with velcro. That way you could get your fingers out such as pulling a trigger. I had a pair of mitten like that for duck hunting, but I can't find them anymore. They also had a wide elastic band on the wrist to keep the cold out.
I wish he had shown me how he had actually made his pattern. I wanted to know once he laid his hand on the paper how much did he leave between the side of his hand and marking the pattern. Great idea.
This comment is only 8 years late! If you were to hem the end of the mitten, you would then have a loop to run elastic through. So right before you turn them right side out hem the edge by folding it (outside material should be flipped on the inside) and then run the elastic between where you sewed the hem and the fold of the hem
Nice and easy, but I would have made a tad larger seam allowence in the thumb area. I always feel colder in my thumbs if the mittens thumb is kind of skin tight. But I also got an idea of how to use my scraps of all the fleeces I've got lyng in my sewing room......Perhaps use it for a lining inside oil skin cloth.......
That is the nice thing about making your own, you can fit them just how you like. Some I've made looser fitting and some tighter, I've made the wrist a little tighter on some, or longer. Thanks for the comments..
@MrNOOBISHNOOB Sure you can make the mittens with just a needle and thread. I've made lots of things that way when I'm sitting around doing nothing else. I would do a locking spiral stitch, where you are stitching in spiral along the edge, but as you do each stitch before you pull it tight, stick the needle through the loop, this will be a little sturdier..thanks for watching
Thank you,this is a good way to make rabbit fur gloves...I eat rabbits and the fur isnt worth any money so why not make gloves and hats...maybe some shoes
Simple but effective. You can also do a three part mitten, in this way the thumb is more under the index finger, but with soft stretchy fabric like fleece, it works with this two piece design.
There are scissors for left handed people. I am left handed also and have both types. I learned to be ambidextrous so I can use both but if you are only left-handed buy yourself a pair of petty scissors.
Toasty warm when you are inside But polyester fleece is not warm at all in cold weather. I don't understand why they keep using this crap to make winter clothing. Acrylic Fleece is very warm.
yes this is a very simplified way of making a mitten and the thumb really needs to be rotated towards the palm, which is done in a three piece pattern. The intention here is to show a way to make mittens that anyone can do. When using material like fleece which has lots of stretch, this method works perfectly well, however if using leather or something similar that does not have lots of stretch to it, this will be very unsatisfactory. I've made fleece mittens that I used for a whole winter as my primary gear and found them able to perform whatever I needed to have done. Thanks for the comment. Perhaps I should do a video with a three piece pattern to show that...
I love a man who can sew.
You, my dear Sir, are a whole bunch of wonderful. I'm a crafty mom with a hefty bunch of talent, but sewing with a machine always threw me for a loop. Thank you for the no muss, fuss or frivilous hewy. From a girl raised in a scrapyard with hunters and no mum to show me this kinda of thing, thank you!
Thank you for your comments, glad to be of help, hope all goes well for you.
Kassandra Patrick you should check out annika victorias channel aswell, lots of good sewing basics.
Thanks uncle, 7 years later and this video is still informative and educational to people all around the world, greetings from the freezing cold winter of istanbul
You are welcome, enjoy the day!
Perry I gotta say that I've seen this and a few (by few I mean all ) of your sewing vids and winter stuff making and I've started to learn to make my own stuff. Thanks a whole bunch. I've learned a lot.
You are welcome, glad to help out. Thanks
I'm left handed too and i aplaude your strenght to resist the right hand's scissor of oppression XD Nice craft, i was thinking about making a pair of mittens myself and found your video, thanks for the instructions
I was looking on line for mitten inserts for fur mittens...now I know how to make them! Thank you.
Thank you for a great tutorial! I so need a pair of these mittens and the department stores want too much for them. Now I can make my own with all the extra fleece fabric remnant pieces that I have. I'll make one to match each of my hats. Again, thank you! You made it all so easy!!
+2muchRnR Thanks a lot for your comments!!
Thanks man! Hard to find other men sowing for the same reasons I am, happy to learn from you, inspired.
What’s funny is tailoring used to be a man’s trade but it’s a bad stigma in todays world if a man can sow
This is one of the best sewing how to videos I have seen. You sir are a wonderful teacher. Thank you!
You are so welcome!, just something to keep it simple.
This is perfect! I’m making some moose hide mittens with a long coyote cuff and I need longer liners inside. This will do the trick nicely! Thank you!
You may want to modify the thumb area with moose hide, it is not stretchy like the fleece is. Simple to do. Instead of the thumb on the side, you move it in by making the thumb a third piece. Look at gloves as an example. Thanks for the comments.
I am impressed! For a man, you did a great job! I'm finding out more and more that patterns don't need to be bought. All one needs to do is fit fabrics to themselves making their own patterns and that saves time and money. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much! I started making things in my teens, initially I bought kits, like for a down parka, snowshoes, etc. Once I saw the patterns I realized I could just make my own. Now here I am making a living at it, who knew?
Great tutorial love the fleece
THIS MAN IS A BLESSING
I've had a Halloween costume I've been working on (the red guy from dhmis) and I've been trying to make the hand glove things which are basically felt mittens. My first try with it i thought was a complete failure. I used hot glue and staples because I dint know how to sow. The hot glue is NOT a good idea at all and the staples poked out like a sore thumb (it gave me some sore thumbs too). Then I saw this and realized I just needed to turn mine inside out. Now it looks like how I wanted it. To avoid the uncomfortable feeling of staples and hot glue, I wore a red glove under the actual Mitten too. Hope this finds someone who really needs it.
I'm definitely gonna want to learn how to sow for this next time.
Hahaha, well have fun with it. So some simple stuff, play around with it
ME TOO TF
Going to try this with waterproofed canvas duck cloth on the outside and the fleece on the inside. Or maybe wool on the inside.
jerry glass canvas is nice, I think you’ll like that. You may need to modify the pattern though, this one works for materials that are really stretchy. You’ll probably want to make a two piece thumb so you can bring it in a little. But hey give it a try, testing is part of the adventure.
Loved your video because it was most easy video to understand
Thanks for this. It helped me so much!
these are perfect. I have a lot of sewing to do for Christmas, and a lot of fleece, so thinking how to use up the left over fabric. I thought I could make mitts from them, for the homeless in our town. I would line them if I could, as our winters are -45 or worse, so single layers wouldn't be thick enough, I don't think
Wonderful!, thank you for your comments. We have made them in the past for those in need, a llot for children, they are so simple.. Our fleece was 300 weight so it was good in single layer. They are amazingly warm really. Another nice thing is they are warm when pretty damp or wet too. If they get soaked, take them off and wring them out, put them back on and warm in no time. Good luck. If you need we can send you some fleece scraps.
Thank you, simple and easy 👍
just found your channel you rock thank you for all your informational videos
Glad you found us, enjoy !!
Loved this thank you🎉
this is a great video ! thanks so much.
Impressive... thanks...!
These are very warm. he would love them! Thanks for commenting and thanks for watching!
Great Job buddy I love them....Making my self some mittens LOL
Quick and easy, pretty warm too, thanks for watching
This was most helpful!
Thank you, glad you found it useful
Thank you sharing with my friends. In Gratitude, in Peace with Love and Compassion~
most excellent!
Thanks sir, quite helpful!
I loved how easy he did it. no flair or fancy but durable
We've made lots of these. Last year we made them for all the kids in the daycare near our shop, easy and quick, and pretty warm too. They cost almost nothing to make. Thanks for your comment
I have just come across your video, I have a old sheepskin coat that I am hoping to make into mittens, after watching this video I have more confidence in making them
You can surely make your own. The method I show here works really well for stretchy fabric like fleece. For leather and sheepskin which are more rigid you need to use a three piece pattern where the thumb takes about 1/3rd of the palm piece, this places the thumb on the underside allowing a good grip. You can easily get a pattern by taking apart an old pair of gloves or buy a cheap pair that fits well. It's pretty easy you just need to get the thumb part and you can then fit that to the other two pieces like I show in the video...Hope this helps. You may want to make a couple pair of mittens from fleece for practice before doing the sheepskin.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Love it man, thanks for sharing.....!
You are welcome, thanks for watching
Hi here's a tip for using scirrors if you're a lefty.. use them upside down with your thumb in the big hole if they are right handed and they will cut for you. Another option is left handed scissors.. thanks for the video
I need to get one of the razor rollers. wow
Good for you!!
Thanks dude!
Great video ^^
Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you. :)
Thank you. We walk our dog out day and night in the winter so ai am making us some just for Sparky walking. I may even make her some poochie mittons lol. Blessings
Good luck, thanks !!
thank you for the great info
You are welcome, glad this was helpful.
@thenrylee OK I will make a video showing you exactly how to do that, thanks for your comment!!
@TheSingingDemon We make those bracelets and will be making a video on how to make them yourself. Thanks!
very easy. thank you.
You are welcome, it's a quick easy way to do them.
wow thx. how can i sew waterproof leather ski mitten ?? teach us ☺️
Personally I would not make waterproof mittens, my preference would be to make the palm waterproof and the back breathable
So cool!
Thank you.
thanks ☺️
You're welcome!
Great ive never seen fleece whith wool on on side
Bernie would enjoy these
haha,,,,
I can't find the video you're talking about in your playlist. Is it there or maybe you didn't find the time? Thanks for the videos, and rock 'n roll babe :D
Peace out from Morocco
Cool that a man makes mittens!
Do you make fur and leather mitts ? Would be cool to see.
I didn't catch the type of fleece you are using. Where is a good source for the fleece. Thanks!
Very nice ! :-)
What would really be cool is if you could show me how to make some mittens with a slit between the palm and the fingers that would open and close with velcro. That way you could get your fingers out such as pulling a trigger. I had a pair of mitten like that for duck hunting, but I can't find them anymore. They also had a wide elastic band on the wrist to keep the cold out.
So what kind of fleece? BE SPECIFIC. Where is it purchased?
So ITS NOT the fleece from Joanne's that's used to make tie blankets, right ?
Nice
Where do you purchase your fabric roll?
Yes! Guess who's family's gonna have mittens for christmas muahahahahah
Thanks!
if you use nylon you can make it a bit bigger and have a nice mitten cover so the liner's won't get wet.
I wish he had shown me how he had actually made his pattern. I wanted to know once he laid his hand on the paper how much did he leave between the side of his hand and marking the pattern. Great idea.
Great video! Im definitely going to try this with the blaze orange fleece that's been in my attic. Any ideas on how to add elastic to the bottom?
This comment is only 8 years late! If you were to hem the end of the mitten, you would then have a loop to run elastic through. So right before you turn them right side out hem the edge by folding it (outside material should be flipped on the inside) and then run the elastic between where you sewed the hem and the fold of the hem
@@jessiemcclure2456 yeah I don’t have that fleece anymore. Or that attic lol
Nicole Eparvier lol, I figured, but worth a shot! lol
❄️❄️❄️Gracias
Have some fun with these....
Nice and easy, but I would have made a tad larger seam allowence in the thumb area. I always feel colder in my thumbs if the mittens thumb is kind of skin tight. But I also got an idea of how to use my scraps of all the fleeces I've got lyng in my sewing room......Perhaps use it for a lining inside oil skin cloth.......
That is the nice thing about making your own, you can fit them just how you like. Some I've made looser fitting and some tighter, I've made the wrist a little tighter on some, or longer. Thanks for the comments..
Yeah, what's that cutting tool you used?
JL F it is a rotary cutting knife, it uses a sharp round blade to cut as it rolls along the fabric. You can get them anywhere fabric is sold.
Very very nice
Thanks a lot, give it a try...
much easier than the 3 pieces someone else was using. Whew!
Yes, if you are using fleece or other stretchy material two piece works great and you can whip up a dozen pair in a hour.
Wow This is an old video, anyways winter is here and it’s FREEZING so I don’t wanna spend my moms money on stuff when I can make it at home! Thanks!
Good luck!! Try it out...
@MrNOOBISHNOOB Sure you can make the mittens with just a needle and thread. I've made lots of things that way when I'm sitting around doing nothing else. I would do a locking spiral stitch, where you are stitching in spiral along the edge, but as you do each stitch before you pull it tight, stick the needle through the loop, this will be a little sturdier..thanks for watching
Did you use a straight stitch or zigzag? Does it matter on gloves?
all our commercial machines are straight stitch only. Most fleece will not unravel so a zig zag is not needed.
Thank you,this is a good way to make rabbit fur gloves...I eat rabbits and the fur isnt worth any money so why not make gloves and hats...maybe some shoes
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Simple but effective. You can also do a three part mitten, in this way the thumb is more under the index finger, but with soft stretchy fabric like fleece, it works with this two piece design.
There are scissors for left handed people. I am left handed also and have both types. I learned to be ambidextrous so I can use both but if you are only left-handed buy yourself a pair of petty scissors.
You weild that rotary cutter like it's an extension of yourself!!! The only time i can use it is on a straight edge.
Haha, well I use one all the time. And now I have eight more years experience, I can really fly with it. LOL
I might make my grandfather a pair:
Is all your channel krafty like this love a man knows how to do crafts looks like you made bracelet did you ?
Toasty warm when you are inside But polyester fleece is not warm at all in cold weather. I don't understand why they keep using this crap to make winter clothing. Acrylic Fleece is very warm.
This video will creep up on you and teach you somethings
Sorry but this easy way fix the tumb off set of the hand. It will be unconfortable.
yes this is a very simplified way of making a mitten and the thumb really needs to be rotated towards the palm, which is done in a three piece pattern. The intention here is to show a way to make mittens that anyone can do. When using material like fleece which has lots of stretch, this method works perfectly well, however if using leather or something similar that does not have lots of stretch to it, this will be very unsatisfactory. I've made fleece mittens that I used for a whole winter as my primary gear and found them able to perform whatever I needed to have done. Thanks for the comment. Perhaps I should do a video with a three piece pattern to show that...
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