Keep the cold out and the warmth in with a pair of knit fingerless gloves. When you want toasty hands but still need plenty of dexterity, fingerless gloves are just perfect.
Whether you call them fingerless gloves, mitts, or wristwarmers, you’re sure to find your new favorite pattern on our list of 27 fingerless gloves knitting patterns. With so many different styles, there’s a pair of fingerless gloves out there for everyone.
Free Fingerless Gloves Knitting Patterns
It seems like nearly everyone struggles with cold hands at some point during the fall and winter months. Fingerless gloves offer the perfect solution for helping your hands stay warm while allowing you to still go about your daily tasks.
Whether working at the office, going for an autumn bike ride, knitting away, or enjoying a cup of tea, fingerless gloves are ideal for keeping your hands toasty yet usable.
Already have a pair? Knitted fingerless gloves also make excellent gifts! They’re a perfect small project that you can knit up quickly. If you love making fingerless gloves, you could also whip up a few more sets to sell.
Fingerless Gloves Knitting Patterns
Whether you call them fingerless gloves, mitts, or wristwarmers, you're sure to find your next knitting pattern in this list.
Simple Textured Mitts
This simple mitten pattern comes with instructions for both regular and fingerless mitts. It’s also offered in sizes toddler to adult large, so you can keep the whole family warm with this cozy pattern!
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Cascade 220
Point Edwards Mitts
These cuffed mitts are perfect for keeping fingers warm on frosty days. When it’s extra chilly, roll the cuffs up to provide extra cover for your fingers and thumb.
Yarn weight: DK
Suggested yarn: Capra DK
Ruista Ranteeseen
These knitted fingerless gloves will keep not only your fingers warm, but your forearms, too! They feature plenty of fabric to provide lots of warmth for your arms and wrists. They also feature a drawstring with a button to collect the fabric.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Araucania Botany Lace
Fallberry Mitts, Hat, and Scarf
Create a complete winter set with these matching mitts, hat, and scarf. These patterns feature plenty of texture, which is inspired by the beauty of winter berries.
Yarn weight: Sport
Suggested yarn: Modern Deco Sport
Ginnel
Here’s a pair of knitted fingerless gloves with a thumb that is easy and knit up in no time. The author dip-dyed these gloves after knitting them - look at that gorgeous hombre!
Yarn weight: Bulky
Suggested yarn: Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool
Simple Fingerless Mitts with Arch Gusset
These knit fingerless gloves are made with circular needles, but you can easily exchange them with double-pointed needles if you prefer. This project features simple colorwork, which is perfect for those who are just learning colorwork techniques.
Yarn weight: Aran
Suggested yarn: Noro Silk Garden
Masonry Mitts
These fingerless mitts feature two different textures that are created using the garter stitch and the stockinette stitch. These are designed in women’s medium, but could be adjusted to fit a different size.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Cascade 220
Colorblock Hand Warmers
This pattern offers multiple color palette suggestions so that you can easily choose the color combination that represents you the best. These gloves feature a simple thumbhole for maximum finger dexterity.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Tosh Merino Light
Diamond Textured Mitts
The beautiful texture on these mitts is created with purl bumps in the midst of a stockinette fabric pattern. The ribbed cuffs keep them securely on your wrists.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Swish Worsted
Warm Hearts Fingerless Mitts
These mitts are knit in the round from cuffs to fingers. The backs and wrists feature the eyelet rib - such a lovely design!
Yarn weight: DK
Suggested yarn: Capra DK
Ribbed Hand Warmers
The full ribbing on these hand warmers offers plenty of stretch! Stay cozy with this versatile pattern that’s perfect for anyone.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Anzula Squishy
Waum Mitts
These mitts feature a roomy gusset for comfort and to prevent holes and tears. This pattern is perfect for the advanced beginner.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Patons North America Classic Wool Worsted
Straightforward Mitts
Create plenty of interest with the angled ribbed stitch that’s featured in these gloves. These stretchy gloves are ideal for women’s small or medium. Check the pattern notes for instructions for adjusting the size.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock
Log Cabin Mitts
Get cozy with these log cabin mitts! These fingerless gloves are created in separate, small blocks of color, which makes them excellent for using up scrap yarn. Since they’re knitted with a simple garter stitch, they’re also great for mindless knitting and adding a few rows whenever you find yourself with a free moment.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Brooklyn Tweed Shelter
Cozy Thermal Mitts
Keep your hands warm in the coldest of temperatures with these cozy thermal mitts. These gloves allow for warm hands and thumbs while giving your fingers plenty of dexterity.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Sunshine Yarns Merino Worsted
Camp Out Fingerless Mitts
These fashionable mitts are worked in the round for the thumb and the wrist, while the hand portion is worked flat. They’re fairly simple to make and look great in any color!
Yarn weight: Aran
Suggested yarn: Noro Silk Garden
Fetching
Here’s a simple cable pattern that’s great even for beginners. The cabled wrists not only look lovely, but also help the gloves to stay securely on your wrists. These mitts are easy and quick to make and don’t require a lot of yarn.
Yarn weight: Aran
Suggested yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
Mitt Envy
These stylish mitts are great for keeping your hands warm while typing, knitting, drawing, or driving. They’re just right for anyone who tends to get cold hands and needs that extra touch of warmth without being too hot.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino
Friends
These mitts got their name based on the artist’s conclusion that they’re meant to be given away. This beautiful pair of fingerless gloves is simple to knit and makes the perfect gift.
Yarn weight: DK
Suggested yarn: The Uncommon Thread BFL Light DK
Cloudburst
These delicate mitts offer a gorgeous eyelet design sported on the backs of the hands. The top and bottom are ribbed, keeping them snugly in place on the fingers and wrists.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Rauma Finull PT2
Pioneer Gloves
These gloves are knit from bottom to top and are made up of ribbing all the way around to offer plenty of stretch. This pattern is offered in three sizes (adult small, adult medium, and adult large) and two lengths (short and long).
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock
Nalu Mitts
Check out the twisted-stitch wave featured on the backs of these mitts! Whether you see a bubbling brook or a winding road in this pattern, you’ll love wearing these mitts on your next adventure.
Yarn weight: Sport
Suggested yarn: Quince & Co. Chickadee Organic Heathers
Align Mitts
If you can increase and work in the round, you can make these gloves. Their simple beauty is perfect for any knitter to enjoy. They’re made with a comfy ribbing that offers plenty of stretch for all your outdoor (or indoor!) activities.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Sock
Piitu Mitts
These lacy mitts are perfect for exploring. They’re knitted seamlessly in the round.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Handmaiden Fine Yarn Casbah
Lambing Mitts
Inspired by the often-cold temperatures of lambing season, these mitts will keep you warm whenever duty calls. The top portion of the fingers can be rolled up or down depending on whether you need extra warmth or extra dexterity.
Yarn weight: Worsted
Suggested yarn: Peace Fleece Worsted
Spots & Stripes Fingerless Gloves
Just like their name implies, these gloves feature the fun of both spots and stripes all in one pair of cozy mitts! The textured, “spotted” cuffs are created by using a clever slip stitch pattern.
Yarn weight: Fingering
Suggested yarn: Shibui Knits Staccato
Traveling Cable Hand Warmers
This traveling cable stitch is fun to knit as you watch it work its way up the backs of your gloves. The cuff and palm is made first, with the thumb being added at the end.
Yarn weight: Sport
Suggested yarn: Modern Deco Sport
How to Knit Fingerless Gloves
There are a few different methods that work well when it comes to knitting fingerless gloves: some are knit in the round from wrist to fingers, and others are knit flat and seamed at the end.
Here are the basic steps for knitting fingerless gloves in the round:
- Cast on a number of stitches, and join to work in the round. Then, knit the cuff section. Most cuffs are made in a ribbing stitch.
- Continue knitting, before dividing the stitches to create the thumb gusset (or thumb hole).
- Continue working in the round, and finish the hand section with another section of ribbing.
- Go back and work the thumb. (Some patterns include a knit thumb, while others feature a simple thumb hole).
- Last but not least, repeat these steps to make your second glove.
Knitting Techniques You Might Need
Here are some techniques that are common when knitting fingerless gloves. If you’re unfamiliar with these techniques, take some time to familiarize yourself with them before getting started.
- Knitting in the round with circular needles or a magic loop
- Knitting with DPNs
- Knitting with straight needles and seaming
In addition, be sure to read through your pattern thoroughly before you start to ensure that you know the required techniques for your specific glove pattern.
Tips
Read these tips before starting your first pair of fingerless gloves.
Choose the right yarn.
You’ll want to select a yarn that is the correct yarn weight and fiber content. It’s essential to check your pattern details to see what yarn weight is recommended. This will ensure that you get the best fit for your gloves.
And, since fingerless mitts can get dirty, you’ll want to choose a durable yarn that you can easily wash. Look for superwash or acrylic yarn if you’re going to machine wash your gloves.
Make a gauge swatch.
Knitting a gauge swatch is especially important for clothing items or anything that will be worn, such as gloves. If you get the correct gauge, you can be confident that your finished gloves will fit.
Try on as you go to check the fit.
Usually, fingerless mitts will look small during the knitting process. Don’t worry too much – they will stretch when you put them on! If you’re nervous, you can try on your gloves a few times throughout the knitting process to check the fit.
FAQs
Here are some commonly asked questions about knitting fingerless gloves.
How much yarn do I need for a pair of fingerless gloves?
Many knitted fingerless gloves only require one skein of yarn. However, you’ll want to check the specific pattern to see how much yarn you need. Larger or longer pairs of gloves may require more than one skein.
What’s the best yarn for knitted fingerless gloves?
When choosing yarn for your fingerless gloves, you’ll probably want to look for something durable and easily washable. Look for superwash wool or acrylic yarn if you’re going to wash your fingerless gloves in the washing machine.
And as far as yarn weight goes, you’ll want to check your specific pattern for that information.
More Knitting Patterns
After you finish up that pair of fingerless gloves, check out some of these other free knitting patterns.
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