Knit Flat Fingerless Gloves – Flying Fingers

Make fingerless gloves fast, on 2 straight needles! With simple stitches and minimal shaping, your fingers will fly through these knit flat, fingerless gloves. Leave the row of eyelets open at the wrist, or add your favorite ribbon for a personal touch.

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Christmas in July Make Along

This pattern was designed for the Christmas in July Make Along hosted by Underground Crafter. Come join the fun with a month full of daily, free patterns perfect for holiday gifting. There’s something new to make every day in July!

The make along includes crochet, knitting, sewing, and other crafting projects. Each week has a theme:

• Week 1 (July 1-7): Babies, Kids, and Teens
• Week 2 (July 8-14): Women
• Week 3 (July 15-21): Gifts for Anyone
• Week 4 (July 22-28): Home
• Week 5 (July 29-31): Pets

How To Join the 2020 Christmas in July Make Along

• Make the projects – Make just a few, or make them all. By the end of the make along, you’ll have up to 31 projects ready for gifting!
• Share pictures of your progress and your finished projects. Be sure to use the hashtag #CIJMakeAlong2020 when sharing on social media.
• Join the conversation on the Underground Crafters Facebook group

Enter the Giveaway

There’s also a giveaway with some great prizes! See the full schedule, participating designers, and giveaway details on Underground Crafter. Hurry – the giveaway entry deadline is Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

Paintbox Simply Aran yarn

I made my gloves with Paintbox Simply Aran yarn in #224 Pistachio Green. This is one of my go-tos for a soft, affordable, worsted weight yarn. I love that it comes in such a wide array of colors too!

Knitting increases

The thumb shaping in this pattern uses 2 different variations of the make 1 (m1) knit increase. A make 1 is done by picking up the bar (strand of yarn) between two stitches and knitting it. Depending on which direction you place that strand on your needle, and how you knit into it, your stitch will lean either to the left or to the right.

Make 1 Right (m1r)

For a right leaning, m1r increase, pick up the bar by inserting your needle from back to front, then knit it through the front leg.

Make 1 Left (m1l)

For a left leaning, m1l increase, pick up the bar by inserting your needle from front to back. Then knit it through the back leg.

Either way, you should end up with a brand new, twisted stitch. For more information on the m1 increases, check out this tutorial from Purl Soho.

Materials

• Yarn: 100 yds worsted weight yarn
• Needles: Size 8 / 5 mm knitting needles or size needed to match gauge.
• Notions:
  • Yarn Needle
  • Optional: 48” of ribbon

Project Level

Easy: Mostly knits and purls, with a few basic increases and decreases.

Size

Adult – one size fits most.

Gauge

15 sts x 24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette.

Abbreviations used

k = knit
p = purl
m1r = make 1 right
m1l = make 1 left
k2tog = knit 2 together
yo = yarn over
co = cast on
bo = bind off
RS = right side

Recommended Resources

• Alternating Cable / Seed Stitch Cast On
• Decreases: K2tog and SSK from Jessie at Home
• Increases: M1R and M1L from Jessie at Home
• Ribbed Sewn Bind Off: 1×1 from Purl Soho
• Mattress Stitch from Purl Soho

Instructions

Cuff

Co 29 sts using an alternating cable / seed stitch cast on.

Row 1 (RS): K1, (p1, k1) across.

Row 2: P1, (k1, p1) across.

Rows 3-11: Repeat rows 1-2 4 times, then repeat row 1 once more.

Hand (below thumb)

Row 12: K1, (yo, k2tog) across.

Row 13: K across.

Row 14: P across.

Rows 15-22: Repeat rows 13-14 4 times.

Thumb

Row 23: K14, m1r, k1, m1l, k14. (31 sts)

Row 24: P across.

Row 25: K15, m1r, k1, m1l, k15. (33 sts)

Row 26: P across.

Row 27: K across.

Row 28: P14, bo5, p14. (28 sts).

Row 29: K13, m1r, k2, m1l, k13. (30 sts)

Row 30: P across.

Row 31: K14, k2tog, k14. (29 sts)

Hand (above thumb)

Row 32: P across.

Row 33: K across.

Rows 34-42: Repeat rows 32-33 4 times, then repeat row 32 once more.

Row 43: K1, (p1, k1) across.

Row 44: P1, (k1, p1) across.

Rows 45-46: Repeat rows 43-44

Cut yarn leaving a 48 inch tail for bind off and seaming.

Bind off all stitches using a sewn / tubular bind off.

Finishing

Fold glove in half and sew the sides together using a mattress stitch.

Weave in all ends.

Repeat instructions for second glove.

Optional – weave a ribbon into the eyelets at the wrist and tie in a bow.

I hope you enjoyed this knit flat fingerless gloves pattern. A downloadable pdf of this pattern is available on Ravelry for a small fee. The fee for the pdf format is to offset the advertising revenue lost when you print or download the pattern rather than viewing it online.

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