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
Pattern is written for size small with changes for medium and large in parentheses
Materials:
Hook(s) size: 7/4.5 mm
Yarn weight: Worsted
Prefered type of yarn: Merino wool
Suggested yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash Merino – 1 skein Navy
Yarn yardage: 130 yds
Tools – scissors, tapestry needle
Approx. finished dimensions: Length – 6.5”; Circumference (at palm) – 5.75 (6.75, 8)”
Gauge: 2” = 7 sts by 7 rows
Special notes:
- Ch – chain, st(s) – stitch(es), blo – back loop only, sc – single crochet, dc – double crochet
The pattern
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Cuff
Ch 1 does not count as a st
Ch 13.
Row 1: Sc into the second ch from the hook and into each st across, turn. – 12 sts
Row 2-20 (2-24, 2-28): Ch 1. Sc blo into each st across, turn.
Hand portion
Row 1: Rotate to work into row edges, sc into the end of each row across the cuff portion, turn. -20 (24, 28) sts
Rows 2-11: Ch 1. *Sc into the next st, dc into the next st; repeat from * across, turn.
Fasten off.
Fold the glove in half and whip stitch together leaving a 1.5” opening for the thumb. I left the hole for the thumb approx 3.5” from the bottom of the 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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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!
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.