Mittens From a Sweater

First effort here - don't laugh TOO loud !! 

Here's that purple sweater ... I've got one mitten done so used it as a pattern for the other one. The chalk works pretty well for tracing your hand and then tracing around the first mitten ... 

1) turn the sweater inside out
2) put your hand with the wrist about an inch up from the bottom hem of the sweater
3) spread your fingers a little so you'll have 'wiggle room' inside your mitten
4) draw with chalk around your hand
5) stitch it up - for this pair I used a straight stitch AND zigzag but think I'll try it without the zigzag next time ... 
6) cut your mitten out
7) turn it right side out and see what you think!
8) turn it inside out again and use the first mitten as a pattern for the other one

I made this pair bigger because it's for my daughter and her hands are bigger than mine. If they're too big for her all she has to do is turn them inside out and stitch inside the seam. I also used a lightweight sweater because she said she wanted lightweight mittens, like the light little knit gloves that are all over the place - but she wants mittens, not gloves!

And there you go. Simple. Quick. Mittens.

And it's on to the next project!