Black Mitten in dreams
A hand covering without separate fingers — warmth chosen over dexterity.
How black changes the reading
Black colour pulls the symbol toward the not-yet-known — depth, hiddenness, the part of the situation that has not yet come into the light. The dream is rarely warning you; it is showing you that there is more to the picture than the part you have been looking at.
The base reading of Mitten
A mitten in a dream is the dream's image of warmth chosen over precise control. Mittens keep the hand warmer than gloves, but they cannot pick up small things. The dream brings the mitten when you have made, or are being asked to make, a trade in your life — comfort and safety over fine, dextrous engagement. A mitten on a cold day is the dream telling you the trade is the right one for the weather. A mitten worn in a moment that required fingers is the dream noting that the warmth was being kept at the cost of being able to do the actual work in front of you.