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A practical guides to knitting basic and cuffed fingerless gloves
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Fingerless gloves keep your hands warm and fingers free. They are also very stylish. Instead of running out to the store to buy some, why not make your own? They are quick and easy to make, and oh so cozy and comfy to wear! This wikiHow will show you two different ways of making fingerless gloves.

Method 1
Method 1 of 2:

Making Simple Gloves

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  1. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    This will be the length of your glove. The finished glove will extend from the top of your palm/knuckles, down past your wrist, and onto your forearm. If you want a shorter glove, cast on fewer stitches. If you want a longer glove, cast on more stitches. [1]
    • Leave a long tail on your yarn. You'll be using it to stitch the glove together in the end.
    • Use medium worsted weight yarn (size 4) and size 8 knitting needles. [2]
  2. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    This will create a bumpy, purl pattern on both sides of you work. How many rows you knit depends on how wide your palm/forearm is. For most people, however, this will be about 48 rows. [3]
    • Do not alternate between knitting and purling. You want to knit on every row. This will allow the glove to stretch both ways
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  3. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Cast off your work first. Cut the yarn, and pull the tail end through the last loop. Gently tug on the tail end to tighten the loop. Do not cut the tail end off.
  4. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    The cast on and cast off stitches should run up the side of your arm and palm. The side edges of the piece are now the top and bottom of your glove. Place your hand over the folded piece, with the top of your palm against the top edge. Take note where you thumb starts.
  5. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Thread the tail end onto a yarn needle. Keeping your work folded in half, whipstitch down the long, side edge until you reach your thumb. [4]
    • Pass the needle through both of the edges of the piece.
  6. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Once the top part of your glove is long enough to reach your thumb, tie the yarn to itself. Weave the tail end back up the seam, then trim the excess off.
  7. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Place your hand against the glove, and note where your wrist is/the base of your thumb is. This will be about 5 inches (12 centimeters). Thread the bottom tail end of your work, and sew up the side of your glove using a whipstitch. Stop when you reach the wrist area/base of your thumb. [5]
  8. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    When the glove is sewn together, you'll have a hole in the side seam for your thumb. If you are happy with the size of the hole, tie the yarn to itself. Weave the tail end back down a few inches/centimeters, then cut the excess off.
  9. These gloves are reversible. There is no left or right glove, so you can measure the second glove against the same hand.
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Method 2
Method 2 of 2:

Making Cuffed Gloves

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  1. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Cast on 24 stitches. This will be the bottom of your glove, so it needs to be wide enough to wrap around your palm or forearm. Make sure that you leave a tail at the start of your work.
  2. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    You want to make this rib stitch a little wider than usual, so alternate between doing 2 knits and 2 purls for the entire row. This will make the bottom, wider cuff of your glove.
  3. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Remember to alternate the stitches on each row. If you started with 2 knits on one row, then you should start with 2 purls on the next row. Keep doing this until you have 15 rows total of rib stitching.
  4. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    The stockinette stitch is where you alternate knit and purl rows. Knit one row, then purl the next one. This will make the body of your glove.
  5. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    You will still have four more rows to knit, so keep this in mind. You want to end on a purl row, regardless.
  6. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    As before, alternate between 2 knits and 2 purls. This will make the narrower, top cuff of your glove.
  7. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Cast off . Cut the yarn, and pull the tail through the loop. Gently tug on the tail to tighten the loop. Do not trim the tail.
  8. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Place your arm down on the piece, so that the top of your palm/knuckles are aligned with the top edge of your work. Note where your thumb is on the side edge.
    • Make sure that the knit stitch is on the outside.
  9. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Thread a yarn needle, then, keeping the piece folded, sew down the top side edge using a whipstitch . Keep doing until you reach the base of you thumb area—about 2 inches (5 centimeters).
    • Remember to start sewing from the narrower rib stitch.
  10. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Tie the yarn to itself, then weave it back up the side seam all the way to the top. Snip off any excess yarn.
  11. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Thread your yarn needle with the other tail end of your work. Use a whipstitch to sew up the bottom side edge. Stop when you reach the base of your thumb/wrist. You will be left with a gap in your glove. This is the thumb hole.
  12. Watermark wikiHow to Knit Fingerless Gloves
    Once you are happy with the size of the thumb hole, tie the yarn to itself. Weave it back down the side seam a few inches/centimeters, then snip off any excess.
  13. Both gloves are identical, so you do not need to flip or reverse the pattern.
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    How do you make the thumb holes?
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    Try binding off the appropriate amount of stitches for the project, then use the cable cast-on to bring the stitch number back to where it should be. Join the last stitch to the first (in-the-round) to create a circle, then continue knitting the round until the desired length. Bind off stitches at the top, then use the kitchner's stitch bind off. Grafting may also be used to bind off.
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    If I don't know how to sew, can I knit with practice?
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    Yes! Have someone at a yarn shop show you. (It's free, usually.) And don't bother trying to "fix" mistakes -- just keep going and learn from them later on.
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      Things You'll Need

      • Size 8 knitting needles
      • Medium worsted weight yarn (size 4)
      • Yarn needle
      • Scissors



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