Super Easy Fingerless Mittens - My first writing of a pattern

Hi everyone

I had grand plans for yesterday including writing a post and then ...............

we had a black-out (not sure why) and all my grand plans that involved electricity went out the window - no ironing, no vacuuming, (that was the best excuse I have come up with yet!!!!!) and no computer

so what am I to do ........

except sit down (no cuppa!!!!!), pick up hook and yarn and ......

crochet!!!!!!!


BTW - I forgot to check when the power came back on, could have been 1 min or hours!!!! Crochet time was had instead.

So here is what amused me yesterday.

For the charities, lots of people do scarfs - some because they are beginners and others for the mindless knitting and of course there is always the just cause!!!!. Those that want a bit more of a challenge usually do beanies - and all for similiar reasons. But me, I do both, but wanted something a little different.

Started thinking then notice a request for fingerless mittens and gloves - simple enough and quick - just up my alley. So I have knitted and crocheted a few pair.

But yesterday I wanted something super quick, super easy and very warm. So I played around and came up with ideas from all those other patterns done in my style - which I will share with you.


My fingerless mittens, originally uploaded by Aussie Maria.

Super Easy Fingerless Mittens
Ch 32 (or size required to fit); htr/hdc in 2nd ch from hook, htr/hdc to end; join with slip st to beg ch
*2 ch, htr/hdc to end, join with sl st to ch* Repeat until work measures approx 10cm/4in or length required
Sl st across 6 more st's, 2 ch, htr/hdc to beg, turn, 2 ch, htr/hdc back, sl st to htr/hdc to join back up (this will create a hole for thumb)
*2 ch, htr/hdc to end, join with sl st to ch* Repeat until work measures approx 15cm/6in (in total) or length required.

My apologies if this seems like double dutch, this is my very first attempt at writing what I do. And I did use a mix of all my other patterns I use as a guide.  The only major difference that I did was the extra row gap at the thumb hole, a lot of patterns just join on the one round and I find I like a bit more moveability around my thumb area.  And I now do foundation chain rows, instead of chains then the stitch.  I learnt this way of starting here

I also made this ..........  pattern here - the Divine Hat

and I learnt fptr/fpdc and bptr/bpdc

 - just so you and I are clear this stands for "front post treble/front post double crochet and back post treble/back post double crochet".  Check out YouTube for some excellent instructions if this is new to you like it was for me ☺

And these ........ Child's Slippers

Great thing about making items for chairty -

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  it will fit someone!!!!
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  great way to try out patterns before committing your very expensive choices
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  never boring, always something new - adult, child, animals
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  use up old or gifted stash!!!!

So a productive day (in the craft department) was had!!!!!!

Oh well, back to the boring housework  :-(