Diamonds and Dashes Fingerless Gloves

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With the cold air, returns my creativity. Ok, really it never left but my whole love of life seems to get renewed in the Fall. So here’s something along that cool weather theme. I loved these gloves so much that I never gave them as the gift I intended them to be. And, it’s true, this yarn is AMAZING! The lighting in the pictures doesn’t quite do it justice but the colors are rich and vibrant and I love the unique look and color asymmetry of the end product.

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Diamonds and Dashes Fingerless Gloves

Pattern

Lion Brand Amazing, Arcadia, 4 ply Medium weight Wool Acrylic blend yarn
H and I crochet hooks
It takes a bit less than a skein if you make them as long as I did.

blo= back loop only
dc3tog= yarn over, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops (repeat in next 2 stitches), then yarn over, pull through all loops on hook.
beginning dc3tog= ch 2, yarn over, insert hook into next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, insert hook into next st, yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook.

Row 1: With I hook: Foundationless sc a multiple of 6 (Mine was 24.) join with sl st to first sc, making sure not to get it twisted up. You will want this to stretch lightly around the top part of your hand and your forearm but not be too loose on your wrist…
If you don’t know how to do a foundationless sc, you can find an instructional video on youtube. It makes a nice stretchy foundation row unlike chaining.
But you can just chain instead, in that case, join your loop with a sl st to the first ch, ch 1, then sc blo around, join with sl st to first sc of the row, then go on to row 2.

Row 2: ch 3, 2dc in same st as join, ch 1, sk 1, dc3tog, ch 1, sk 1, *shell (3 dc), ch 1, sk 1, dc3tog, ch 1, sk 1* repeat around, join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 3 at the beginning of this row

Row 3: Work a beginning dc3tog as described above, ch 1, sk1, shell in next. ch 1, sk 1, *dc3tog, ch 1, sk 1, shell in next, ch 1, sk 1* repeat around, join with sl st to blo of the beginning dc3tog

Row 4: Switch to H hook: ch 1, sc blo around, sl st to beggining st

Row 5: Repeat Row 2 (with H hook)

Row 6: Repeat Row 3 (with H hook)Row 7: Repeat Row 4

Repeat rows 5-7 as many times as desired (to make the gloves as long as you want.) Switch back to I hook for the 2-3 rows before the thumb hole row (row 17 for me) and continue to use the I hook for the rest of the glove.

Thumb hole row (row 20 for me): ch 3, 2dc in same st, ch 1, sk 1, dc2tog, ch 5, sk 5, dc2tog, ch 1, sk 1, *shell, ch1 sk 1, dc3tog, ch1, sk 1* repeat around, join with sl st

After thumb hole row (row 21 for me): Repeat row 3 with I crochet hookNext row (row 22 for me) Repeat row 4 with I hook

Repeat rows 2-4 with I hook until you’ve reached the length you want. My glove had 24 rows total. I ended with repeating row 2 then repeating row 4)

Embelish with a little flower if desired.

5 Petal Fun Flower

Pattern

With H hook, in a loop ch 1, 5sc, join with sl st to blo of first sc, ch 1
In same as join, hdc blo, hdc blo ch 1, sl st blo.
*In next, sl st blo, ch 1, hdc blo, hdc blo, ch 1, sl st blo* Repeat between *s around. Finish off.

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29 responses to “Diamonds and Dashes Fingerless Gloves”

  2. thanks for this pattern!! I just made mine yesterday but I made mine a little shorter (I’m impatient!!) But ~ IDK about yours but, my gloves kept getting tighter as I went up =( I had to take out one or 2 of the 3tog’s. But I love them!!

  3. I am making these, in a slightly shorter version, for my grandmother who has arthritis to keep her hands warm. Thanks for sharing the pattern. I learned something new in making these. I had never done the foundation sc before.

  6. Because of the last comment I have figured out exactly where I went wrong. I would like to suggest that you include instructions for the dc3tog stitch for your pattern because when I googled this particular stitch, the instructions said to stay in the same chain not to work in 3 different chains. I love this pattern and I will be able to finish now! What a relief!

  7. I do have a question about row 3 though. When you say “work a beginning dc3tog” do you mean to do the whole stitch as usual? And when I skip the next stitch after the first dc3tog am I to work in the chain one “space” or the chain itself? Thanks!

  8. Thanks for your comment. I tried to change my explanation of dc3tog to make it more clear. I did write before the pattern what a “beginning dc3tog” is. I kind of invented it for the sake of this pattern.

    In this pattern you only work in the stitches… not in the spaces. Hope that was what you were asking and it helps. Please ask away if you have any more questions. 🙂

  9. Hi! I fell in love with these gloves and I’m determined to make a pair for myself. Unfortunately (for me) I could only find the yarn in the US stores (I live in Poland) and so I hope I will be able to buy all I need in one order. Could you tell me how much yarn you used to crochet the pair of gloves? I’d be really grateful!!!

    1. Hi, Martyna! Glad you like them. The yarn is very awesome. You will need less than a skien as long as you don’t make them a lot longer than mine. Hope you have fun with it. I love Poland by the way. Visited when I was a teenager and it was beautiful and I liked the people and culture very much.

  10. Thank you Bethany! I found a similar yarn in Poland but it’s a lot thinner. I’ll buy the Amazing yarn from the States and in the meantime I’ll try the pattern with the thin Polish one :). I’m happy you liked Poland when you visited! It really is a beautiful country, I love the nature here :D.

  11. I love these! I was wondering if it was ok to copy them to a Word document just so I don’t have to sit in front of my computer looking at the instructions? I won’t copy them to share, I want to be respectful of what you do. Is this a goofy question? Thanks for sharing this!

  12. Just stumbled across this on Pinterest while I was looking for a pattern to work something up for a benefit auction – these are beautiful – might have to make two sets, one for the auction and one for me! Thanks so much for posting this!

    1. Thanks. Good question. While I may give permission to sell the finished products some day, for now I sell them myself at bethsco.com and accept custom orders. I don’t need any healthy competition yet and you may notice I don’t have any annoying ads. 🙂 So if you do know of someone that would like to purchase a pair I’d appreciate if you sent them my way. I do give permission to give them as gifts or charity. And I will keep giving all my patterns away for free.

    3. No, I don’t mind if you are making them for charity… to give or sell and give the money to charity. As for percentages, I don’t think I’ll get that detailed in my policy. So no for profit, yes for charity. Thanks. 🙂

  15. I made these for an organist friend, she loves them for chilly morning services as they leave her fingers free but keep her hands warm. I am now making myself some and hope th make a neck warmer in the same stitch. Many thanks

  16. Hi bethsco, I’m making these to fundraise for our fertility treatments and referencing your blog as the pattern. Will this be okay with you? I haven’t sold any yet, since I wanted to ask for permission first. 🙂

    1. Hi, Emily. My policy is that if it is for charity or gifts it is fine to use my pattern. Please don’t use them for personal profit though. Thank you.

    1. Thanks. You must be skipping stitches somewhere. Try keeping count. Each row should have the same number. Let me know if that doesn’t work.

  20. Is it allowed to sell the finished product? I really want to sell them on my Etsy, but if it isn’t allowed, I will respect your wishes.

    1. Hi, Elisabeth. Glad you like the pattern. There is a link to my copyright page with permissions info on the bottom of my website. Thank you!

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