Bloodlines Striped Fingerless Mitts

Indulge your sanguine desires with the dark elegance of Bloodlines. Bands of claret and crimson bring a touch of gothic drama to your autumn wardrobe. A subtle sparkle makes these striped fingerless mitts an alluring accessory for Samhain or Halloween, or a bold pop of color for every day!

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CAL Central Halloween Crochet Along

This Moon Phases Wall Hanging is my design for the 2025 Halloween Crochet Along at CAL Central. Join in the fun on the Facebook Group. See the main post for the full schedule, other patterns, and giveaway information too!

King Cole Glitz DK Yarn

I used King Glitz DK yarn for these striped, fingerless mitts. The smooth, acrylic yarn has just enough sparkle to catch the eye, without being overwhelming or making the yarn feel scratchy.

The sample shows 481 Cherry as color A, and 3389 Merlot as color B. Merlot is no longer available but 3504 Flame or 480 Jet would be excellent alternatives.

Joggless Rounds

When crocheting in continuous rounds, the stitches form a spiral rather than stacked, circular rounds. This means that simple stripes will create a distinct color shift or jog at the beginning of the round.

These striped fingerless mitts use an easy technique to minimize that jog. The first row of each stripe starts with a slip stitch worked in the back loop only. On the next row, the first stitch goes into the stitch below that slip stitch. This slight modification pulls the first and last stitch of that row together, creating much more seamless stripes.

Bloodlines Fingerless Mitts

Yarn weight and project level images source: Craft Yarn Council

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Materials

• Yarn: King Cole Glitz DK – 97% premium acrylic, 3% polyester yarn (317 yds / 3.5 oz / 100g per skein)
  • 60 [100, 120] yds 481 Cherry (A)
  • 55 [80, 90] yds 3389 Merlot (B)
• Hook: Size 7 / 4.5 mm crochet hook or size needed to match gauge
• Notions:
  • Scissors
  • Stitch marker or scrap of yarn to use as running stitch marker
  • Tapestry Needle

Project Level

Easy: Foundation half double crochet, increases and decreases, working in continuous rounds with joggless stripes

Sizes

Child, [Small, Large]

To fit hand circumference: 5-6.5 [6.5-7.5, 7.5-9] inches / 12.5-16.5 [16.5-19, 19-22.5] cm

Gauge

15 hdc = 4 inches / 10 cm; 14 rnds = 4.5 inches / 11 cm

Abbreviations used

This pattern uses US terms.

Recommended Resources

• Continuous Rounds and Running Stitch Markers
• Front Loop Only (flo) or Back Loop Only (blo) Crochet

Special Stitches

Foundation Half Double Crochet (fhdc): Yo, insert hook in ch at base of previous st, yo and pull up a lp, yo and pull through 1 lp on hook (base ch made), yo and draw through all 3 lps on hook (hdc made).

Jogless Stripe:

Use these two rounds as indicated throughout to create more seamless color changes.

Jogless Stripe Rnd 1: Sl st in blo of first st, hdc in each rem st around.

Jogless Stripe Rnd 2: Hdc in st below first sl st of rnd, working around the sl st so it is encapsulated within the spike hdc, hdc in each rem st around.

Instructions

Work in continuous rounds on RS. Do not join or turn unless indicated. Mark first st of rnd and move marker up with each rnd.

Decrease to Wrist

Color A Stripe

Rnd 1 (RS): With A, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook, work 19 [24, 28] fhdc. (20 [25, 29] sts)

Rnd 2: Hdc in each st around.

Rnd 3: Hdc2tog, hdc in each rem st around. (19 [24, 28] sts)

Rnd 4: Hdc in each st around, change to B in last st.

Carry unused color up in last st of each rnd.

Color B Stripe

Rnds 5-6: Work Jogless Join Rnds 1 & 2.

Rnd 7: Hdc2tog, hdc in each rem st around. (18 [23, 27] sts)

Rnd 8: Hdc in each st around, change to A in last st.

Color A Stripe

Rnds 9-12: Rep Rnds 5-8, changing to B (instead of A) at end of Rnd 8. (17 [22, 26] sts)

Repeats

Rnds 13-16 [20, 20]: Rep Rnds 5-8 [12, 12] once more. (16 [20, 24] sts)

Hand

Color A [B, B] Stripe – Increasing

Rnds 1-2: Work Jogless Join Rnds 1 & 2.

Rnd 3: [Hdc in next 7 (4, 5) sts, 2 hdc in next st] around. (18 [24, 28] sts)

Rnd 4: Hdc in each st around, change to B [A, A] in last st.

Color B [A, A] Stripe – Thumb Opening

Rnds 5-6: Work Jogless Join Rnds 1 & 2.

Rnd 7: Ch 2, sk first 4 [6, 6] sts, hdc in each rem st around. (14 [18, 22] sts, 1 ch-2 sp)

Rnd 8: Hdc in each st and ch around, change to A [B, B] in last st. (16 [20, 24] sts)

Sizes Small & Large Only – Color B Stripe

Rnds 9-10: Work Jogless Join Rnds 1 & 2.

Rnds 11-12: Hdc in each st and ch around, change to A in last st.

Fingers – All Sizes

Color A Stripe

Rnds 1-2: Work Jogless Join Rnds 1 & 2.

Rnd 3: Hdc in each st around.

Rnd 4: Hdc in each st around, join with sl st to first st, changing to B in joining sl st.

Shell Edging

Finger Edging Rnd: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), dc in same st, sk next st, sc in next st, sk next st, [(dc, ch 1) twice in next st, dc in same st, sk next st, sc in next st, sk next st] around, (dc, ch 1) in same st as beginning ch-4, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4, fasten off, remove all markers.

Arm Edging Rnd: With RS facing and working in bottoms of foundation sts, join B with sl st in any st around bottom edge. Rep Finger Edging Rnd.

Thumb

With RS facing, join B [A, A] with sl st in any st around thumb opening.

Rnd 1: (Sc, 9 [11, 11] hdc) evenly spaced around thumb opening. (10 [12, 12] sts)

Rnds 2-3: Hdc in each st around.

Size Child only

Rnd 4: Sc in each st around, join with sl st to first st, fasten off.

Sizes Small & Large only

Rnd 4: Hdc in each st around.

Rnd 5: Hdc in each st around, join with sl st in first st, changing to B in sl st.

Rnd 6: With B, ch 1, sc in each st around, join with sl st to first st, fasten off.

Finishing (All Sizes)

Weave in all ends. Wash and block gently to open up shell edging.

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