Here's your newest go-to winter accessory! With the fingerless gloves, you can go on about your day without worrying about freezing your fingers off. Try it for yourself with the free pattern below or get the ad-free printable PDF pattern here!
Lemon Peel Fingerless Gloves Crochet Pattern
It can be a challenge to stay warm in the winter, especially when gloves make it hard to use our phones and function. That’s why I love crochet fingerless gloves. They’re what people used before texting gloves, and they’re just as good. This particular pair uses the lemon peel stitch.
They have a little hole for your thumbs and a ribbed cuff around the bottom. Made as a rectangle and folded and seamed together, these gloves are incredibly easy to crochet. If you enjoy crocheting simple shapes like rectangles, you may want to check out our Crochet Anything with Rectangles class where you'll take the basic shape you already have down pat and turn it into useful, practical, and beautifully professional projects.
These crochet gloves are super convenient and comfy for driving or running errands. And you can text while wearing these unlike with a pair of mittens.
This pair is made out of cascade 220 superwash merino. It’s a100% washable wool for easy care and warmth this winter.
Everyone can always use some warm winter gloves and these are a stitch to make.
Skill Level: Easy
Materials:
Yarn: 100 [115, 130] yds worsted weight yarn
Hook: Size 7/4.5 mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions:
Scissors
Tapestry Needle
Pattern uses US crochet terms
ABBREVIATIONS DESCRIPTION blo Back loop only ch Chain dc Double crochet sc Single crochet st(s) Stitch(es)
Size: [S, M, L]
Length: 6.5”; Circumference at palm: 5.75 [6.75, 8]”
Gauge:
4” = 14 sc x 14 rows
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The pattern
Cuff
Ch 13.
Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, turn. (12 sts)
Rows 2-20 [2-24, 2-28]: Ch 1, sc in blo of each st across, turn.
Hand
Row 1: Rotate to work into sides of rows, sc in side of each row across cuff portion, turn. (20 [24, 28] sts)
Rows 2-11: Ch 1, [sc in next st, dc in next st] across, turn.
Fasten off.
Fold glove in half widthwise. Starting from bottom of cuff, whipstitch sides together for about 3.5”. Leave a 1.5” opening for thumb, then continue whipstitching sides together to the top. This is now the wrong side of the glove. Turn glove right side out.
Repeat instructions for second glove.
These lemon peel stitch fingerless gloves are warm and convenient. You won’t have to struggle to stay warm and use your phone at the same time. Plus they’re super easy to make. Gloves are a simple holiday gift everyone can use.
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If you'd like some more inspiration for crochet fingerless gloves patterns, take a peek at some of my other blog pages here: 45 Crochet Fingerless Gloves Patterns for Beginners
Could these be done in the round versus rows? Thank you in advance!
Yes, just tinker with it as needed for what works best for you and where you would have your opening for the thumb, work back and forth however many rows you want your opening to be, and then continue back in the round again until finished.
Well, I’m guessing you’ve already fixed this but for anyone else stumbling upon this pattern like me: you can totally work it in the round. I did it by slip-stitching the cuff together before rotating, and then joining each row with a slip stitch before chaining 1. For the thumb hole I stopped slip stitching when my glove reached the correct height, and then when the hole was big enough I started slip stitching again. I’m very happy with my result!
I have a question about your technique because I wanted to do it the same way, it seems easier to me. When you were joining your round with a slip stitch and then chaining one, did you go around and then work your final stitch in the chain or in the “first stitch” because when you join your round, it takes away the first stitch. Hope I get your answer because I’m a bit confused :/
Can I make a YouTube tutorial if I give full credit to your page & pattern? You can publish it here if you want.
I made a pair of these for my husband last week. I wanted something different to work on while my hands rested from a 9mm metal hook working on bulky yarns. This pattern was very easy and I was finished so quickly! I loved working this stitch so much that I found the perfect color in a velvety yarn for a scarf and hat for my Grandson’s girlfriend for Christmas. Thank you for sharing this quick and satisfying pattern.
This pattern was the topic for an email I received last week. I read it through a couple of times and was confused by the instructions beginning with the Cuff up to Row 1. It seems to me that some of the details are out of order, and I’m hoping that they’ll be corrected soon. I have a charity project in mind and think this pattern will work nicely. Thanks for your help.
Hi Cathy! Thanks for pointing that out — we’ve now updated the pattern and removed the extra lines that somehow got in there.