Great Gifts: (Adult) Fingerless Gloves

 

 

Easy Fingerless Gloves

Design by Glenna Anderson Muse

Pattern to be used for gifts and charity only.

Materials:

Needles size #8 straight or size needed to make gauge
Needles size #6 straight

1.5 oz main color worsted weight yarn

1 oz cuff contrasting color worsted weight yarn

Optional: a few yards of white or other contrast worsted weight yarn for pattern

yarn needle

Gauge on larger needles:  18 sts x 24 rows = 4"

For 6-7” (8”) wrist

 With larger needles, loosely:

CO 30(40), leaving extra long tail to sew with.

With smaller sized needles:

K2 x P2 ribbing for 2”

Change to stockinette stitch (knit one row, followed by purl the backside row) and larger needles. Change to different color if desired.

K+1 x 2, K12 (16), K+1, K12 (16), K+1 x 2  (35, 45)

Continue in stockinette stitch until piece measures 6.5 inches

Change to smaller needles and K2 x P2 ribbing for 1”. Change back to original color if desired.

BO in pattern, leaving extra long tail to sew with.

 

To finish:  From bottom, sew up 4.5” to thumb base and tie off.  From top, sew 3” to index finger base and tie off.  Using either main color or contrasting color, make a single crochet stitch edging around thumb hole or leave as is.

 

Optional:

Beginning with first knit row following increase knit row in stockinette, follow pattern (5 stitch repeating pattern with contrasting color to background:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

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