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Knitting Pattern: Little Red Hen Fingerless Gloves

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Copyright Ilah Jarvis 2019. You may make copies of this pattern only for personal use.

One size fits most: Mitts are 7” long including ribbing and 8” in circumference at the wrist in stranded stockinette . 

Yarn: 25 grams of a dark brown (A) and 15 grams each of light yellow (B), medium red, (C) and dark blue (D) in sport weight yarn.

Notions

(Always choose whatever needle size you need to get the gauge)

US #3/3.25mm double pointed needles for ribbing

US #4/3.5mm double pointed needles for the body of the glove

One distinctive stitch marker for the beginning of a row

Tapestry needle to weave in ends

Gauge: 

22 sts/26 rows = 4 inches square St st after blocking 

Abbreviations: 

A (light yellow yarn)

B (dark gray yarn) 

C (medium red color yarn)

D (dark blue yarn) 

CC (contrasting color), 

CO (cast on) 

Inc (Increase) 

M1 (make 1)

Rep (repeat)

Rnd (round)

Sts (stitches)

St st (stockinette stitch)

Notes: 

  • Remember to spread out your newly knitted stitches on your right needle to ensure that the floats are long enough.
  • You can knit these gloves with a 9” cable, or a longer cable needle (32” or more) and use the magic loop method if you don’t like double pointed needles. You may, however still need double pointed needles to knit the ribbing on the thumb.
  • Place the front and back left hand motifs side by side so incs face the outside edges.

Directions for Left Hand Mitt

Ribbing

 Co 44 sts in A using long tail with the size 3 circular needles. Connect into the rnd and place a distinctive marker at the beginning of the row.

 Rnd 1: *K2, p2; rep from * to end of row. 

 Rep for 10 rows. (44)

Body

4. Switch to size 4 needles. Work the Diamond Motif with B as the background and D for the diamonds. The mitt will have 11 repeats of the motif. (44)

5. Work the Hen Motif Back Left Hand and Hen Motif Front Left Hand, with A as the background and C for the hens and CC. Place markers after the 4th and 48th Sts (the black sections) to note increases, always increasing after the first marker and before the second marker. 

Create Thumb Section

6. Separate the thumb section from the main portion of the hand. This is the first 9 stitches and the last 8 stitches of the rnd. Place the sts of the hand portion on waste yarn with a tapestry needle and the thumb sts on double pointed needles. 

7. K2, P2 until you reach the separation between the thumb and the hand. Cast on three stitches. P1 and *K2, P2; rep from * to end of row. (20). 

8. *K2, P2; rep from * to end of row. Continue for 6 rounds.

9. Bind off thumb portion,

Finish Left Hand Portion

9. Place hand portion on double pointed needles. With B as the background start the first row of the Diamond Motif, thumb casting on 1 stitch. When you reach the divided section, thus connecting the front and back of the hand. (40)

10. Work the rest of Diamond Motif with B as the Background and D for the diamonds. There will be 10 rep of the Diamond Motif. 

11. K one row in A.

Final Ribbing

12. Switch to size 3 needles and  *K2, P2; rep from * to end of rnd. Continue for 6 rounds

13. Bind off and use the ends to sew up the hole between the thumb and the hand. Weave in all remaining ends. 

Directions For Right Hand Mitt

14. Repeat instructions for the right mitt, but use the motifs for the right hand instead of the left.

Create Thumb Section

15. When separating the thumb for the second hand (step 7.) put first 8 stitches and the last 9 stitches of the rnd on double pointed needles. For the following row, K2, P2 until you reach the separation between the thumb and the hand. Cast on three stitches. *K2, P2; rep from * to end of row. (20). Bind off and weave in ends.

Finish Right Hand Portion

16. Finish remaining instructions for the Left Hand Portion. Bind off and weave in ends.

Diamond Motif
Left Hand Back
Left Hand Palm
Right Hand Back
Right Hand Palm

Fair Isle Class Pattern

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You can see more examples of the hat design on my Student Gallery Page.

This pattern is a variation of a design by Mary Jane Mucklestone

Materials for both projects:

Approximately 50 grams each of two highly contrasting colors of DK weight yarn. US Size 6 DPNs if you want to make fingerless mitts, 16” circulars & matching DPNs if you want to make a hat. You can avoid DPNs by knitting the hat or gloves using one long (32-40”) circular needle using the magic loop technique. You will also need stitch markers and a tapestry needle.

Gauge is 20 sts per 4”. If you prefer a larger or smaller sized item, or prefer to work in a different gauge, increase or decrease the number of cast on stitches by a multiple of 4.

The finished mitts will be about 8” in circumference. You may discontinue or repeat the patterns for desired length.

The finished hat will be about 20” at the widest circumference.

The motif is four stitches wide. The graph shows two repeats of the four stitch repeat.

Fingerless Mitts

  1. Cast on 40 sts with double pointed needles in MC.
  2. Connect into the round, place a stitch marker at the beginning of the round and knit 2×2 rib for 1”.
  3. Add the CC and follow the chart from the bottom row up, right to left. Keep track of where you are in the pattern high lighter tape or a post it, covering the upper rows and keeping the lower rows visible.
  4. Follow the chart until you reach the checkerboard portion.
  5. Periodically try on the glove to check the length and the fit. The cast on edge will be the bottom of the glove.
  6. On row 24, bind off 8 stitches with MC to create a hole for the thumb.
  7. Start the first row of the checkerboard pattern, casting on 8 stitches with MC where you had previously bound off 8 stitches to create the top half of the hole for your thumb.
  8. Continue with the chart. Finish the mitt by knitting 2×2 ribbing or your preferred edge pattern for 1”.
  9. Bind off and weave in ends.

Basic Hat

  1. Cast on 100 sts with circular needles with MC.
  2. Connect into the round, place a stitch marker at the beginning of the round, and knit 2×2 rib for 2”.
  3. Add the CC to follow the chart from the bottom row up, right to left. Use a post it to mark the row you are currently on.
  4. Once the hat is about 6” or your desired depth, divide the hat into 10 sections with stitch markers. Use a distinctive marker for the beginning of the round.
  5. Knitting only with MC, K2tog just before each marker for one round. Knit the next round with no decreases.
  6. Continue to alternate decrease and even rounds until the circumference is too small to knit comfortably on circular needles.
  7. Once you have only four stitches between markers, decrease every two stitches on every row until you have 10 stitches.
  8. Cut the yarn leaving an 8” tail and thread the tail thorough the loops with a tapestry needle. Pull the yarn tight and tie a knot by going under a stitch near the center of the back of the hat. Weave in the ends

 

This pattern is four stitches wide. The graphs below show the pattern repeated twice.