This mitten chart generator takes any gauge, and any hand measurement to output a chart that
will be almost exactly the measurement you need. This generator creates a blank chart that you
will fill in with your own pattern.
Experience Level
This is not a pattern to be followed step by step and assumes that you know how to knit a mitten
and how to read a chart.
Yarn
Any, but anything thicker than worsted weight is not recommend.
Gauge
Any, but a gauge swatch is required
Pattern Making
The gauge on the charts comes out proportional, this means that the pattern you draw on the
chart will come out the same shape in the final mitten.
PDF Output
This generator produces a 4 page document.
Right hand chart
Left hand chart
Thumb and project notes
Combined left and right hand chart
Requirements
Windows Computer or familiarity with running python scripts
Printer
On Windows: Click the .exe file open and the program will run.
On Windows/Mac/Linux: Install Python, PySide6 and ReportLab in the terminal, then run the python file. You should always run programs in a virtual environment.
Hand width - Purple
Hand height - Turquoise
Thumb height - Yellow
Cuff height - Blue
Ease
Include any ease that you would like in these measurement. The pattern will come out almost exactly the measurements that you put in. Use a flexible measuring table to see how it will fit. Remember that colorwork is less stretchy than stockinette. Use an existing mitten that you like as a reference.
Final circumference
Depending on whether you chose a 1 or 3 stitch band, and what your gauge it, this will impact the final circumference of the mitten. The total circumference is calculated and printed on the PDF, located on the thumb page. If you are using worsted yarn a 3 stitch band will have a a big impact on the final circumference. If you are using fingering weight yarn then there will be very little impact.
Ribbing
Add ribbing as you’d like. You can make a mitten with no cuff and only ribbing but I suggest adding at least .5 cm of cuff. In the program a value of .25 cm is the lowest that you can go.
Increasing and Decreasing
Use right and left leaning increases and decrease as needed. For example, m1r, m1l, k2tog, and ssk.
Thumb
The thumb assumes that you will pick up 1 extra stitch on each side of the thumb. I like to pick up two on each side and then k2tog on the first round.
