How to Knit Long Fingerless Gloves – FREE Knitting Pattern

Made with large needles, these fingerless gloves are super fast to make if you know how to knit in the round. And really, knitting in the round isn’t difficult. But damn, it does look impressive when you’re knitting something using four needles. Not gonna lie. But with saying that, if you would prefer to knit this pattern flat on two needles like my Super Simple Fingerless Gloves or my Easy to Knit Owl Fingerless Gloves, please leave a comment at the end of this pattern.

But I digress. There are two styles you can make with this pattern. One has a plain cuff. The other has a double cuff. Both allow for your creativity to shine with yarn choice.

Because they are such a plain design, you can use any variety of colours to make these look awesome. Dare I say my favourite – variegated yarn – did wonders here… I really like how the splotching effect worked for the double cuff and how random the colours appeared when making the plain purl cuff with the beginning purl round.

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These also are a great stash buster. You can use up the smaller quantities of yarn from other projects to make stripes. I used the self-striping yarn available at one of the big box craft stores to make my striped version. Be warned though. Not all self-striping yarn will work for this. It needs to be smaller sections of striping than most of the self striping yarn out there. If it makes for a great ombre shall or blanket, the striping is too wide.

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If you want them longer, you can add more rows between the decrease rows. So instead of 6 rows, you could do 8 or more. If you want them to go further up the arm, cast on more when starting. Multiples of four stitches seem to work out quite nicely and let you maintain the ribbing at the fingers. I do recommend that you decrease stitches down to what’s written for the various sizes. It keeps it from getting sloppy, and dare I say annoying, when they don’t fit properly at the hand.

Knitting 2 together, or the decreases, do form a bit of a seam. To keep this out of view and make it run less noticeably down the inside of the arm, the pattern is designed so the thumb hole is on either side of this seam for the left and right hand.

What style would you like to make?

Gauge

This is important to follow for correct sizing.

2″ (5 cm) – 8 sts

2″ (5 cm) – 11 rows

in stockinette

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Things You Need

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Set of 4 size 9 US (5.5 mm) double pointed knitting needles (DPN)

Worsted weight yarn

Tapestry needle

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Left Hand (Plain Cuff)

Cast on 28 (32, 36)

Round 1 – 6: Purl around

Round 7 – 19: Knit around

Round 20: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 27 (31, 35) sts.

Round 21 – 26: Knit around

Round 27: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 26 (30, 34) sts.

Round 28 – 33: Knit around

Round 34: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 25 (29, 33) sts.

Round 35 – 40: Knit around

Round 41: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 24 (28, 32) sts.

Round 42 – 47: Knit around

Round 48: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 23 (27, 31) sts.

Round 49 – 54: Knit around

Round 55: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 22 (26, 30) sts.

Round 56 – 67: Knit around

Round 68: Knit 2 (4,6). Cast off 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round

Round 69: Knit 2 (4, 6). Cast on 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round. (Thumb hole made).

Round 70 – 74: P1 K1 around.

Cast off.

Right Hand (Plain Cuff)

Cast on 28 (32, 36)

Round 1 – 6: Purl around

Round 7 – 19: Knit around

Round 20: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 27 (31, 35) sts.

Round 21 – 26: Knit around

Round 27: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 26 (30, 34) sts.

Round 28 – 33: Knit around

Round 34: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 25 (29, 33) sts.

Round 35 – 40: Knit around

Round 41: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 24 (28, 32) sts.

Round 42 – 47: Knit around

Round 48: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 23 (27, 31) sts.

Round 49 – 54: Knit around

Round 55: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 22 (26, 30) sts.

Round 56 – 67: Knit around

Round 68: Knit 17 (19, 21). Cast off 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round

Round 69: Knit 17 (19, 21). Cast on 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round. (Thumb hole made).

Round 70 – 74: K1 P1 around.

Cast off.

Left Hand (Double Cuff)

Cast on 28 (32, 36)

Round 1 – 6: Purl around

Round 7 – 15: Knit around (If you are going to change the colour of the yarn for the purl rows, knit round 15 with the new colour).

Round 16 – 19: Purl around

Round 20: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 27 (31, 35) sts.

Round 21 – 26: Knit around

Round 27: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 26 (30, 34) sts.

Round 28 – 33: Knit around

Round 34: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 25 (29, 33) sts.

Round 35 – 40: Knit around

Round 41: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 24 (28, 32) sts.

Round 42 – 47: Knit around

Round 48: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 23 (27, 31) sts.

Round 49 – 54: Knit around

Round 55: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 22 (26, 30) sts.

Round 56 – 67: Knit around

Round 68: Knit 2 (4,6). Cast off 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round

Round 69: Knit 2 (4, 6). Cast on 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round. (Thumb hole made).

Round 70 – 74: P1 K1 around.

Cast off.

Right Hand (Double Cuff)

Cast on 28 (32, 36)

Round 1 – 6: Purl around

Round 7 – 15: Knit around (If you are going to change the colour of the yarn for the purl rows, knit round 15 with the new colour).

Round 16 – 19: Purl around

Round 20: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 27 (31, 35) sts.

Round 21 – 26: Knit around

Round 27: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 26 (30, 34) sts.

Round 28 – 33: Knit around

Round 34: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 25 (29, 33) sts.

Round 35 – 40: Knit around

Round 41: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 24 (28, 32) sts.

Round 42 – 47: Knit around

Round 48: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 23 (27, 31) sts.

Round 49 – 54: Knit around

Round 55: K2tog. Knit to the end of the round. You now have 22 (26, 30) sts.

Round 56 – 67: Knit around

Round 68: Knit 17 (19, 21). Cast off 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round

Round 69: Knit 17 (19, 21). Cast on 3 sts. Knit to the end of the round. (Thumb hole made).

Round 70 – 74: K1 P1 around.

Cast off.

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Abbreviations

K – knit

P – purl

K2tog – Knit 2 together

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