The world of fingerless gloves contains multitudes, from simple rectangles knit flat with a hole left in the seaming for your thumb to designs with elaborate patterns, thumb gussets, little individual fingers, or all of the above.
The Patons Fingerless Knit Gloves pattern tends a little toward the more detailed of fingerless glove knitting patterns. It’s still worked in a solid color (though of course you don’t have to do that if you don’t want to) but the thumb is almost covered by the knit bit made for it, and there are individual holes for each of the other fingers.
It’s a full education in knitting gloves other than shaping the fingertips. (And if you’re ready to graduate to gloves, check out my collection of sock yarn glove knitting patterns.)
The pattern page says it uses worsted weight wool, but the pattern itself calls for sock yarn, which makes a lot more sense. You could choose a self-patterning or self-striping yarn if you like to make these a little jazzier, or go stash diving to make your own stripes or color blocking as you fancy.
Now would be the perfect time for me to point out that you could easily make each little finger hole a different color. There are no rules here.
The pattern has two sizes for adults large and small, and you could also make them longer if you want to warm your whole upper arm while you keep your hands and fingers snug (though you might need another ball of yarn for that). Talk about cozy.
You can grab the free pattern from the Yarnspirations website.
Need more easy fingerless glove knitting patterns to make for yourself or any holiday that might be coming up? Check out this collection of quick fingerless glove knitting patterns.
[Photo: Yarnspirations]
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