Women’s Sweet Delight Fingerless Gloves – Free Crochet Pattern

     I was inspired by a current WIP of mine to create this pair of Sweet Delight Fingerless Gloves. I am very pleased with how they turned out, and how my other WIPs are also! I will be sharing them with you as I get them completed. Enjoy!

Materials:
     – 130 yards (ish) of Light Weight (3) yarn – I used Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight in Teal and Anne Geddes Baby in Teddy
     – I9/5.5mm Crochet Hook with Sweet Delight
     – H8/5mm Crochet Hook with Anne Geddes
     – Tapestry Needle for Weaving in Ends

Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight Yarn Review:
     My only two other experiences with the Baby Bee’s Sweet Delight Yarn weren’t very good. I loved the yarn for it’s softness and the amount of yarn per skein, but with so much extra stretch to it, I was having trouble getting my projects to turn out as they should. The two I attempted (two different types of baby rompers) actually never were completed, and mainly because I really wanted this beautiful yarn to work for them. It’s so soft, and comes in so many beautiful colors! I’ve been holding onto this color for about a year and a half now, and when I ran out of the Anne Geddes Baby yarn to finish up a pair of these fingerless gloves, I pulled out this skein of Teal to work up a pair with my fingers crossed that the sizing would be right. I was so happy when I put on the first completed glove and found out it fit perfectly!
     How does it hold up? I don’t usually wash my finished projects because I don’t wear them too often, but I wanted to get these fingerless gloves up in my EyeLoveKnots Etsy shop so I was curious to know how they would hold up with wear and wash. I am happy to say that I wore them all day – doing my hair, making coffee, driving, cooking, typing… – and I washed and dried them, and they held up just fine! I do suggest washing in cold water on the delicate cycle, and drying on low heat for about 20 minutes or so.

Time Spent:
     I was able to work up a pair of these in about an hour and a half.

Measurements:
     Finished glove measures about 6″ around (3″ across) and 7.25″ in length.

Gauge:
With Sweet Delight and an I9/5.5mm Hook = 4″ x 4″
     Chain 18, HDC in the 4th stitch, and in each stitch across. (16 HDC)
     R2 – R12: Chain 1, turn. HDC in the 2nd stitch, and each stitch across.
     Fasten Off.

With Anne Geddes Baby and an H8/5mm Hook = 4″ x 4″
     Chain 18, HDC in the 4th stitch, and in each stitch across. (16 HDC)
     R2 – R12: Chain 1, turn. HDC in the 2nd stitch, and each stitch across.
     Fasten Off.

Abbreviations:
     SC – Single Crochet
     HDC – Half Double Crochet
     DC – Double Crochet
     FDC – Foundation Double Crochet – Moogly Blog has a great video tutorial!
     BPDC – Back Post Double Crochet
     FPDC – Front Post Double Crochet

Pattern Notes:
     Joining will be done to the beginning stitch, not beginning chain, unless otherwise noted.

     I made these gloves to custom fit my hands. First off, I measured my knuckles around and found they measured about 7.5″ around. I worked my beginning chain as a foundation double crochet up to 5.5″ (figuring in stretch) because I really wasn’t too sure how many chains to do, but the foundation double crochet is also a good beginning technique for fingerless gloves worked in the round because it gives flexibility.

     Watch for joining and turning directions – joining and turning is not throughout.

     Normally I would add a round of slip stitches to the end of my finished piece, but I didn’t want the final opening to be too tight since slip stitching helps eliminate stretching. If yours is too loose, feel free to add a round of single crochet or slip stitches.

Pattern:
     Chain 3, work a FDC 23. Join to the 3rd chain of the beginning chain 3. (24 DC)

R2 – 3: Chain 2 (will become a BPDC). FPDC around the next post, (BPDC around the next post, FPDC around the next post) around. Join. 

R4: Chain 1. (SC, DC) in 1st stitch, [skip next stitch, (SC, DC) in the next stitch] around. Join. (12 clusters)

R5 – 6: Chain 1, turn. (SC, DC) in 1st stitch, [skip next stitch, (SC, DC) in the next stitch] around. Join. 

R7 – 10 (Thumb Hole): Chain 1, turn. (SC, DC) in 1st stitch, [skip next stitch, (SC, DC) in the next stitch] around.

R11: Chain 1, turn. (SC, DC) in 1st stitch, [skip next stitch, (SC, DC) in the next stitch] around. Join.

R12 – 21: Chain 1, turn. (SC, DC) in 1st stitch (same as slip stitch join), [skip next stitch, (SC, DC) in the next stitch] around. Join.

R22: Chain 2 (counts as 1st DC), turn. DC in the 2nd stitch, and in each stitch around. Join. (24 DC)

R22 – 23: Chain 2 (will become a BPDC). FPDC around the next post, (BPDC around the next post, FPDC around the next post) around. Join.

Please feel free to make and sell your own Sweet Delight Fingerless Gloves using this pattern, but please DO NOT claim this pattern as your own nor should you sell my pattern, and DO NOT re-publish my photos as your own. DO NOT copy and paste my pattern anywhere, link to it instead.

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