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Easy Fingerless Gloves Knitting Pattern For A Quick Handmade Gift

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I love to wear fingerless gloves because my hands are always cold, but they make it possible for me to type or knit or just about anything else I need to do while staying a little bit warmer.

Looking for more knitting patterns for Mittens? Check these out on Etsy. 

I also love to knit fingerless gloves, because most people appreciate them, and they can be really fast and easy projects. I like them so much, in fact that I’ve done not one but two roundups of such patterns in the past: one for fingerless gloves for a Mother’s Day gift, and the other suggesting them as a quick knit gift last December (a year ago yesterday, in fact!)

Neither of these mentions the pattern that I spent a whole December knitting a couple of years ago. The Cornucopia Wristers by Tanis Gray are pretty, dead simple to knit and really fast, too. I think I knit five pairs of those gloves that year to give to the women in my life, the girl’s teachers, and a pair for myself of course (which I’m wearing as I type this, mine are in Malabrigo). By the end I think I could knit a mitt in about an hour and had the pattern memorized.

Some more great glove or mitten patterns that aren’t already on my lists include the Amity Wristwarmers from Tahki Stacy Charles, which use a fun slip stitch pattern and cables for lots of texture and warmth; and the single-color cable knit handwarmers from The Things We Do. These would be a great project for a guy, too.

Do you have a go-to fingerless glove knitting pattern? I’d love to hear about it!

Whether you call them fingerless gloves, fingerless mitts, wrist warmers, or hand warmers, this is the kind of quick knitting pattern that earns its place in your favourites folder. It is practical, cozy, giftable, and a lovely way to use up yarn from your stash. Make one pair for yourself first, then start planning a few extras for easy handmade gifts.

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  1. I made a pair a few years ago for me cameraman Hubby. He loves em. Then I promptly “lost” the pattern! Thanks for the round-up!

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Beyond Basic Pumpkin Knitting Patterns

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork. 

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn. 

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look. 

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me. 

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. 

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.