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Gloves overview
The Thicket Fingerless Gloves will keep your hands warm, and your fingers free. They are very comfortable and pretty quick to knit.
These gloves feature a simple mirrored cable pattern. They are knit in the round seamlessly and have a thumb gusset.
These make a great gift too.
Size: Adult (circumference 18cm/ 7″).
Gauge: 17 x 27 =10 x 10cm (4 x 4″ ) in stockinette stitch after blocking.
You will find the free knitting pattern below. Enjoy!
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- Thicket Headband knitting pattern
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- Cabled Cowl knitting pattern
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Supplies
To knit these gloves you will need the following supplies:
- Yarn: ~ 65 g(2.3) medium weight yarn (category #4). I used Drops Big Merino in the color olive (13). It’s 100% merino wool. If you don’t have the mentioned yarn at hand, here are other yarn options:
- Needles: 4.5 mm (US7) and 5mm (US8) circular knitting needles with a minimum 80cm/32″ long cord for the magic loop method or a set of double-pointed needles.
- Cable needle (optional, if you don’t have a cable needle, you can substitute it with a double-pointed needle or a large enough safety pin)
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry needle
- Scissors
- Scrap yarn
Abbreviations
CO – cast on
St (s) – stitch (es)
K – knit
P – purl
C4B – Slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and leave at back of work. Knit the next 2 stitches, then knit the stitches from the cable needle.
C4F – Slip 2 stitches onto cable needle and leave at front of work. Knit the next 2 stitches, then knit the stitches from the cable needle.
M1R – make one right
M1L – make one left
PM – place marker
RM – remove marker
* * – repeat from * to * until the end of the row or the stated amount of times.
GLOVES KNITTING PATTERN
Cast on
Both gloves
With smaller needles CO on 32 sts using the Long-tail cast-on method or the one you prefer.
Join in the round being careful not to twist the sts. Divide sts evenly between two needles (16 sts on each needle) or between four DPNs (8 sts on each needle).
I prefer using the invisible join method:
Step 1: CO 32 + 1 extra st (a total of 33 sts).
Step 2: Slip the first st purlwise from the left needle to the right needle.
Step 3: Bring the second st from the right needle over the top of the first st (the one, that we have passed from the left needle)
Step 4: Put that slipped st from the right needle back to the left one (32 sts left). Pull on the strands to tighten.
Ribbing
Both gloves
Round 1: *K1, P1* to end.
Repeat round 1 thirteen more times.
You can work fewer/ more rounds if you want to make the ribbing shorter/ longer.
Pattern
Switch to larger needles.
Both gloves:
Round 1 – 3: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 4: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Repeat rounds 1 -4 three more times.
Thumb gusset
Continue working in the established pattern and work thumb gusset for each glove (the position of the thumb gusset differs for the left and right glove).
Right glove:
Round 1: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K2, PM, M1R, K1, M1L, PM, K to end (34 sts).
Round 2: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 3: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (36 sts).
Round 4: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 5: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (38 sts).
Round 6: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 7: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (40 sts).
Round 8: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 9: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (42 sts).
Round 10: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 11: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (44 sts).
Round 12: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 13: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K to end (46 sts).
Round 14: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 15: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, RM, slip the next 15 thumb sts onto scrap yarn, RM, CO1, K to end (32 sts).
Round 16: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Left glove:
Round 1: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K15, PM, M1R, K1, M1L, PM, K1 (34 sts).
Round 2: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 3: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (36 sts).
Round 4: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 5: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (38 sts).
Round 6: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 7: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (40 sts).
Round 8: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 9: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (42 sts).
Round 10: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 11: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (44 sts).
Round 12: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Round 13: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, SM, M1R, K to marker, M1L, SM, K1 (46 sts).
Round 14: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 15: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to marker, RM, slip the next 15 thumb sts onto scrap yarn, RM, CO1, K1 (32 sts).
Round 16: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Hand
Continue working in the established pattern.
Both gloves:
Round 1 – 3: K1, P2, K4, P2, K4, P2, K to end.
Round 4: K1, P2, C4B, P2, C4F, P2, K to end.
Repeat rounds 1 -4 one more time.
Repeat round 1 one more time.
Ribbing
Switch to smaller needles.
Both gloves:
Round 1: *K1, P1* to end.
Repeat round 1 three more times.
You can work fewer/ more rounds if you want to make the ribbing shorter/ longer.
Bind off
Bind off sts in pattern loosely (knit over knit stitches, purl over purl stitches).
Step 1: Work 2 sts, bring the first st over the second one.
Step 2: Work the next st, bring the first st over the second one.
Repeat step 2 until you have 1 stitch left, cut the yarn leaving a 4″ – 6” tail to weave in later. Draw the yarn tail through the last stitch and pull it snug.
You will find a detailed tutorial on how to bind off knitting HERE.
Thumb
Both gloves
Place 15 thumb stitches onto needles – divide them between 2 needles (7 and 8 sts on each needle).
With a new strand of yarn pick up and knit 3 sts between the thumb stitches (18 sts).
Round 1 – 4: Knit across.
Round 5-8: *K1, P1*
Bind off sts in pattern loosely as you did with the hand stitches.
Finishing
Weave in all loose ends.
Wet block the finished item, this process transforms the stitches, makes them look smoother and neater.
Simply soak the knitted item in lukewarm water with some soak wash for 10-15 minutes. Lift it from the water and gently squeeze the excess water out. Next, lay it on a clean towel (make sure it doesn’t transfer color), and roll it up to remove moisture.
Pin the item to a blocking board or lay it on a clean and dry towel (that doesn’t transfer color) and let it dry. Your knitting will look much better after this.
I hope you enjoyed this fingerless gloves knitting pattern, be sure to check out my other knitting patterns!
Thank you for stopping by,
Mirella.
Is it possible to print your patterns? They are great but hard to keep track so a printed copy.
Hello, Craig, sorry, but currently there is only the web version available.
Is there a Round 5 for the thumb portion of the patter? I can see Rounds 1-4 & 6-10, but I can’t seem to find Round 5.
Thanks so much for clarifying the thumb portion of the pattern. This is so beautiful. Can’t wait to try this out. Thank you.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
Hi, love the look of your patterns, however, it mentions the magic loop method when using a circular needle. Can you explain what this is or where this is on your website please?
Hi, thank you, I’m glad you like my patterns! So, the Magic Loop method is used when there are not enough stitches to comfortably knit in the round. In this case you use circular needles with a long cord and pull out the excess cord forming a loop. You can see this technique used in this pattern:
https://mirellamoments.com/uplands-headband-knitting-pattern/.