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Fingerless gloves featuring candy canes and gingerbread men will get you in the mood for Christmas! Written for a range of sizes, you can knit a pair for the whole family (fingerless gloves are a lot quicker to make than matching Christmas jumpers!). Whether you give them as a gift or keep them for yourself these fun-to-knit gloves will put a smile on everyone’s face whilst keeping hands warm and cosy.

Method: These stranded colorwork fingerless gloves are knit in the round from the cuff down. They have a thumb gusset and can be worked in three or more contrasting colors (pair shown uses four colors).

These fingerless gloves can be knitted on dpns, by magic loop, or on a short circular (in which case you will still need dpns for the fingers and thumbs).

Please note the colorwork design in this pattern is charted not written out. You need to be prepared to read and work from charts in order to enjoy knitting this design.

Size: This pattern is written in 4 sizes referred to throughout the pattern as XS, S, M, and L. All instructions that differ depending on the size you are knitting are color coded.

Yarn: You can use any 4 ply yarn that you like and with which you can get gauge to knit these gloves. Please note I do not recommend using yarns with a high cotton content as cotton doesn’t stretch as much as other fibers and this will affect the fit of your gloves.**

This is a great pattern to experiment with color and use mini skeins or any leftovers lurking in your stash. Be creative, have fun, but keep in mind changes will affect yardage and number of ends to weave in. The amounts of each color required will depend on how many colors you pick, where you choose to use them in the glove, and which size and option you are knitting. As a guide for the pair pictured (size S in four colors) I used the following quantities of Drops Nord:

MC – 19 Forest Green approx. 90 metres (99 yards)
CC1 – 1 Off White approx. 30 metres (33 yards)
CC2 – 14 Red approx. 5 metres (5.5 yards)
CC3 – 22 Chestnut approx. 20 metres (22 yards)