Adeline Fingerless Mitts or Arm Warmers, Easy Crochet Pattern with Faux Cables ( Free Pattern)
This is a must-have fingerless gloves crochet pattern that works up lightning fast. The design features a faux cable made with chain stitches that makes it perfect for beginners.
Fingerless Mitts, a Slouchy Beanie, and a Cowl, make fashion statements like none other. They are the perfect combination of style and comfort. Now make your own pair of fashionable mitts with this fun to work crochet pattern embellished with faux cables.
I wanted to design a fingerless mitts crochet pattern with cables that are suitable for beginners as well. So I came up with this faux cable idea that anyone with basic crochet skills can easily work.
Unlike the regular cables that use front post stitches, the cables on these mittens use the basic chain stitch to evoke the same effect. A pair of these can be worked in about two hours.
Fingerless Gloves Crochet Pattern
Materials
2. Hook H (5 mm).
3. Sewing needle to weave in the tails.
Gauge
14 dc st = 3 ½ inches
4 dc rows alternating with 3 sl st rows = 3 ½ inches
Switch to a bigger or smaller hook to attain gauge.
Size
Fits an average woman’s hand. A finished glove is 8 ½ inches long and 3.5 inches wide.
Yardage
140 yards for a pair
Stitch Abbreviations
The pattern is in standard American terms.
dc- double crochet
sc- single crochet
hdc- half double crochet
tr- triple crochet
sl st- slip stitch
ch- chain
sk- skip
Stitch Explanation
Work in Back Loops only: When you are asked to work in back loops only, you work inserting your hook though only one of the loops of the stitch leaving one loop free as shown below.
Pic 1
Chain 32 + 3 for turning chain.
Row 1: 1 dc in to 4th chain from hook ( counts as 1st dc), 1 dc in each chain across———-33 dc
Row 2: Ch 1 (counts as 1st sl st), 1 sl st in back loop of next st, 1 sl st in back loop of each st till end of the row———————–33 sl st
Row 3: Ch 3( counts as 1st dc), 1 dc in the back loop of the next st, 1 dc in the back loop of each st across till the end of the row.—————33 dc
Repeat Rows 2 & 3 till you have a total of 16 rows and you end in a sl st Row ( Row 2). Now your gloves should measure 7 inches in width. Do not fasten off.
Pic 3
Fold it with the right side inside (the striped) and start to slip stitch the long sides together to make a tube as shown in pic 2 above. While making the joining sl stitches you will insert your hook through the free loop left on the foundation chain side and the back loop of the sl st on the other side as shown in pic 3 above.
Pic 4
Sl st till 2 ½ inches is left open. Now stop joining the sides together and work sl stitches up along the foundation chain side only for 1 ½ inches, this will form the hole for your thumb as shown in pic 4 above. Now sl st the rest of the 1 inch together till you reach the end. Do not fasten off.
Continue to work a round of sc around the opening of the gloves to even out the irregular edges. Work the sc stitches along the inside of the tube as that would be the right side of the glove. Try to distribute the sc as evenly as possible.
Make one more glove following the exact same pattern. The right side of your glove will look like the pic below.
Pic 5
Faux Cables
Pic 6
Try the glove on the left hand inserting your thumb through the hole and place markers to show 2 tracks running through the middle of your hand as shown in pic 6 above. Repeat with your right glove. Now you know where to work your faux cables for each side.
Pic 7
Overview: You start from the point shown by the red dot and work upwards along the red arrow to complete one side of the cable. Once you reach the top you work down the brown arrow to complete the mirror image of the first half you made.
The three orange vertical lines indicate the left, middle and right sl st ridges.
Pattern for Faux Cables
Keep the gloves down with the markers showing on top. Sl st to the base of the ridge on the right as shown by the red dot and follow the blue line as shown in pic 7 above.
Ch 3, sl st to the 5th st on the middle ridge to the left, *(ch 4, sl st to the 9th st ( counted from the previous sl st made on the same ridge) on the right ridge, Ch 4, sl sl to the 9th st on the middle ridge) Repeat from * 2 more times. Now you will have reached the top of your glove.
Pic 8
Now, you will work your way down and make the mirror image of the cable you already made following the green line in pic 7 above.
*(Ch 4, sl st to the point opposite to the one made on the right ridge, ch 4, sl st to the middle ridge at the same point as the first cable you made). Repeat from * 2 more times, ch 3 and sl st to the end of the ridge. Do not fasten off. Work a round of sc around the glove opening to even out the edges. Weave in the remaining tails.
Follow the same steps to work cables between the markers for the right glove too. Your lovely fingerless mitts with faux cables is now ready to wear!
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I love your easy to read instructions for your Adeline fingerless mitts, I already have a request for a fingerless mitt and it will be my first time croocheting one. I also like your personal touch drawings on page 2 showing percise detailed instruction for back loops. Thank you…..Please don't stop keep them coming.
Grazie!
I don't understand how you do the back loop here. It seems to me you need to crochet the slip stitch row into not the back loop but the loop at the very back of the previous stitch leaving the previous row showing both front and back loops. Am I missing something?
If you work the slip st in to the back loop and the next row of dc again in to the back loops of the slip stitches, you will get the striped look. You can mark one of your slip stitches to easily locate the back loop of it.
Thank you for the free pattern. I've been looking for a pattern like this forever and yours is the only one I really like. I'm pinning this!
Thank you so much for the darling hand warmers. I work with seniors and their hands are always cold. I will make a few pairs to give them. God bless you and keep you as you continue to create such beautiful and useful items.
Thank you for the free pattern, it was so kind and generous of you. I work with seniors and their hands are always cold. I will try this pattern and give a few away. God bless and keep you as you continue to create such beautiful and creative projects.
Thank you for this pattern. I love Dr. Who and was hoping to find hand warmers like the ones Rose wears, but all have been knit. Yours are beautiful and I can't wait to try them. Hoping to also make them for my daughters and friends. 🙂
These are just what I've been looking for. I just finished my first glove and am thrilled at how simple to make, yet so lovely. Making for my daughters first, then I get to make a pair for myself. Also, making for my husband and son, but shorter and without the cables. Very gracious of you to share this pattern, thank you so much.
They are very classy & chic. Thank you so much for sharing the pattern. (I pinned you on Pinterest)
Thank you for this lovely pattern. I live in Australia and it is very difficult to find crochet patterns here.