Fingerless gloves :) (easy crochet)

[bookaholic]

I'll try to get pictures up.

The instructions for this will vary, depending on A) Your hand size, B) The yarn and hook
I used a size G hook and medium-thickness yarn (it shouldn't be thin yarn, but don't use yarn that's too woolly either)

Sorry I can't be more specific size-wise in terms of yarn, but I really just do it by feel and then adjust from there sweatdrop

Abbreviations:
ch: chain
dc: double crochet
sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
st: stitch

1) Ch about 28. Wrap the chain around your palm (not including the thumb) to check to make sure that it's long enough, but in this case, it's better to be a little bit short than too long because remember, these gloves will stretch.

Round 1: dc in 3rd ch from hook. dc in each ch, then sl st to beginning to form a ring. ch 5 and turn.

Round 2: skip one st and dc in next st, ch 1, skip one st and dc in next one, repeat all the way around and join to end with sl st. ch 5 and turn.

Round 3-6: Repeat R2

Round 7: Begin same as previous R, but do not do the last dc. ch 5 and turn.

Round 8: repeat R7.

Round 9: Repeat 7 and 8, but when you get to the final dc, ch 3 and sl st to the beginning of the round. This forms a hole for your thumb.

Round 10: repeat R2

Round 11-12: dc in each st, same as R1.

Round 13 (optional; if you do this you might want to use thinner yarn): 1 sc, ch 3, skip 1 st, 1 sc, etc. til end. Finish off. (Note!!! Make sure your work all of the ends in VERY securely, as these gloves are under a lot of stress from being pulled on and off constantly. If the ends come loose, it will show.)

Thumb:
R1: Repeat R2 of the glove all the way around the hole.
R2: sc in each st. Finish off.

FINISHING UP:
sc around the bottom, adjusting the wrist size to fit your own (but don't make it too tight, otherwise you won't be able to pull it over your hand.

Tis all!  

[Jka]

Thank you!
I'm going to do this as soon as I have a chance, I hope it comes out okay.

:3

 

[selenitrope]

Ooh, I must try sometime soon.  

[bookaholic]

Pictures!!!

Why did I do them in red? Because of Harry Potter 3nodding

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/monochan/photos/?action=view¤t=glove1.jpg

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/monochan/photos/?action=view¤t=glove2.jpg  

[ElizabethRose311]

my only cause for alarm- i cannot yet corchet this well!!! *cries*  

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ElizabethRose311

my only cause for alarm- i cannot yet corchet this well!!! *cries*

*pats head* It's okay. Get somebody who knows how to help you.  

[Sayuri Sawatari]

Sweet!!!! nice pattern!! heart

it seems to be nice and easy too!!

so anyway is it ur own pattern?? confused  

[bookaholic]

*sigh* I wish I could fully claim it as my own, but the original idea came from a design that I saw at a craft fair. Obviously, I had to make it up based on what I remembered from the design, so this version is mine, but the idea is somebody else's.  

[taligator]

Nice!

I made a simple pair in which I crocheted a simple rectangle and then stitched up the side (skipping stitches where the thumb is).

A half-double stitch works up beautifully and is quick. smile  

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taligator

Nice!

I made a simple pair in which I crocheted a simple rectangle and then stitched up the side (skipping stitches where the thumb is).

A half-double stitch works up beautifully and is quick. smile

Hmm... I should try that.  

[Bunnybam]

those gloves are soooo cute crying crying now I really wish I knew how to crochet lol  

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Bunnybam

those gloves are soooo cute crying crying now I really wish I knew how to crochet lol

Find someone to do these for you. smile  

[MicroMiniMuffins]

ACK! THANK YOU. I have been trying to find a nice, pretty pair of fingerless gloves to make, but every pattern I've found either calls for thin yarn and small hooks or makes no sense.
*scurries off to try and make these before school tomorrow*  

[MicroMiniMuffins]

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Bunnybam

those gloves are soooo cute crying crying now I really wish I knew how to crochet lol

Find someone to do these for you. smile

Or, better yet, go get a book if you can. Stitch 'n' b***h: The Happy Hooker is excellent. It's where I learned to crochet from, and then I just basically winged it from there.
It's a great resource but a little on the pricy side, but it has a bunch of really sweeeeeeeeeeet patterns. 3nodding  

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Bunnybam

those gloves are soooo cute crying crying now I really wish I knew how to crochet lol

Find someone to do these for you. smile

Or, better yet, go get a book if you can. Stitch 'n' b***h: The Happy Hooker is excellent. It's where I learned to crochet from, and then I just basically winged it from there.
It's a great resource but a little on the pricy side, but it has a bunch of really sweeeeeeeeeeet patterns. 3nodding

That's the third time now somebody's mentioned that book. It must be good...