Knitters & Crochters: Fingerless Gloves/Mitts

I’ve been wearing fingerless gloves/mitts for several years now, as I like the way they keep my knuckles warm/protected while allowing full fingertip sensation and manipulation.

The downside? I wear 'em out, Especially my knitted cold-weather ones, which are also hard to find.

Since I’ve recently started knitting socks I figure I should be able to knit these, but all the patterns I find on-line seem to be for the sort that cover the hand but leave the fingers entirely bare. This is not what I want.

Does anyone have a line on where to get a pattern for the ones I want? Knit or crochet, I don’t really care.

Here’s a driving glove crochet pattern that might work

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80047AD.html

You could just crochet solid instead of leaving the back open, if you prefer that.

IANAC/K, but couldn’t you just knit some gloves and stop before you get to the end of the fingers? Or do you make them from the fingertips back?

Pick a glove pattern you like, but stop knitting each finger when you get far enough down the finger. Bind off - or stop knitting a few rows earlier and do a quick 1x1 rib for a few rows, then bind off.

/shakes handknit-gloved fist at Ethilrist

Well, yes, I suppose that does have a logic that, inexplicably, escaped my attention for some reason…

Well, OK, anyone have any good/easy/simple glove patterns for either knit or crochet?

And Southpaw, I appreciate the suggestion but I have to join yet another forum to see it and I am currently enjoying a moratorium on joining more such things because there is too much advertising spam in my e-mail box already.

Are you a Ravelry member? If not you should join; they do not NOT send anything to your e-mail box (you can set up to be notified if someone sends a PM but don’t have to) and there are MILLIONS of FREE patterns for everything under the sun. www.Ravelry.com. There are patterns for knit and crochet, mitts with short fingers, no fingers, gloves, mittens with fold-down flaps to free your fingers, gloves with no index finger so you can text; you get the idea. Join!

Well, can can i just quickly recommend Ravelry? It’s like facebook for crafters, and they don’t spam that I know of. The pattern database is MASSIVE, and worth it for that alone, but they do all sorts of nifty stuff for you. Honestly, I have no idea what I did before Ravelry. These were my first gloves, if you do decide to join the…sillier side? yarnier?

That said, these look ideal for you. Just make all the fingers like the first two, and no joining of any forums needed. Knitty is all kinds of awesome.

I don’t have a glove pattern, but I do have a glove hint for knitting the fingers. Do you know how to knit i-cord? If not, look it up. There, that’s the trick. Knit each finger as a piece of i-cord, then use a crochet hook to “knit” up the loose ladder–just like picking up a dropped stitch.

PS: knit your gloves with the kind of sock yarn that has some nylon content. They’ll last ten times longer.

This page of free patterns has a crochet half-finger glove I’m working on myself. It’s coming out well. (on my screen its in the second row - “Arched cuff mitts”)
http://cascadeyarn.com/patterns_Heritage150.asp

However, you really should join Ravelry; the database of patterns is unparalleled.

Thanks for the suggestions, all. I particularly like the “cigar gloves” that have full fingers for the ring and pinkie finger, they make so much sense.

Hmm… wonder if I can find some lightweight acrylic yarn then sew leather onto the palms for some rugged outdoor gloves?

The other cool thing is that if I did knit my own gloves I should be able to get a really good fit in the fingers. The pinkie finger on gloves always seems a bit too long for my hand. Everyone has slightly different finger proportions, I wonder if in the old days when homemade stuff like this was the norm if people actually had better fitting gear than they do now in the days of mass production?

I’m sure people had better fitting gear when homemade was the norm! I was in college when I learned how hard it is to find jackets and coats to fit me properly as I have longish arms and narrow shoulders. And had worn jackets and coats made by my mother all my life.

I knitted gloves for a friend with scleroderma which gives her cold hands, and she made a drawing of her hands for me (we were doing this long distance) so everything could fit perfectly. She says she can now type with gloves on since they fit so well.