Pop Fingerless Gloves - Knit Version - Free Pattern

Reminiscent of pop art, these fingerless gloves feature a pop of color of your choice along with black and white stripes. The top portion of the glove is also made extra long to keep your fingers cozy; it's finished off with a stretchy bind off to fold over this portion when more mobility is needed. Enjoy!

Materials

Worsted weight  yarn in white, black and a color of your choice (color 'A')

3.5mm needles (or needles needed to get gauge)

2 stitch markers

Stitch holder or waste yarn

Ruler/ Measuring tape

Tapestry needle to weave in ends

Stitches Used

This project is made in the round

Cast on

Knit

Purl

Rib 2x2 and 3x2

Cast on stitches mid-row

Stretchy Bind-off 

Gauge

1" = 4 stitches in stockinette stitch

Pattern

Notes:
This pattern is made from the bottom up(wrist to fingertips)
'Jog' refers to the beginning/end of each row where you change colors
Each black and what stripe is made of 2 rows in 2x3 rib

-With your chosen color of yarn(A), cast on 24 and work 2x2 rib for 1.5"
-Change to black yarn and work 3x2 ribbing for 2 rows (black stripe); carry yarn along jog
-Change to white yarn and work 3x2 ribbing for 2 rows (white stripe); carry yarn along jog
-Knit alternating black and white stripes in 3x2 ribbing for 11 stripes, about 4" (5.5" from cast on)
-Change color. Knit 11 stitches, place marker, INC the next two stitches(total of 4), place marker, knit to end of row. Stitches inside markers is the thumb gusset 
-Knit row
[[-Change color. Knit to marker, INC next stitch, knit until 1 stitch before marker, INC, knit to end of row
-Knit row]] Repeat these two rows while alternating stripes until there is a total of 14 stitches in the thumb gusset(end with a knit row)
-Change color. Knit to thumb gusset. Slide thumb gusset stitches into a stitch holder or waste yarn with tapestry needle. Cast on 2 stitches. Knit to end of row
-Knit row
-Continue to knit alternating stripes in 3x2 for an additional 5 stripes, to a total of about 2" from top of thumb gusset
-Change to color A. Knit in 2x2 ribbing for approximately 2.5-3"
-Cast off with via your chosen stretchy bind-off (facilitates folding down this portion for more mobility). My preferred stretchy bind of can be found here(youtube).
-Weave in ends

Thumb

-Attach color A to thumb gusset stitches and work in 2x2 rib for approximately 2".
-Cast off loosely.
-Weave in ends

Pop Fingerless Gloves - Crochet Version - Free Pattern

I liked the knit version of this pattern so much i had to make a crochet version. This pattern features the pop of color along with the black and white stripes that remind me of pop art so much. A very quick and easy project. Enjoy!

Materials

Worsted weight  yarn in white, black and a color of your choice (color 'A')

J (6mm) crochet hook (or hook needed to get gauge)

2 stitch markers or waste yarn

Tapestry needle to weave in ends

Stitches Used

Chain
Single crochet (sc)
Half Double Crochet (hdc)
Slip Stitch (ss)
Increase (inc)
Decrease (dec)
Bind Off

Gauge

1" = 3 stitches in single crochet

Pattern

Notes: Please note key steps in the pattern(highlighted yellow)

This pattern is made from the bottom up(wrist to fingertips)

'Jog' refers to the beginning/end of each row where you change colors

Each black and what stripe is made of 2 single crochet rows

-With your chosen color of yarn(A), chain 19 very loosely

-Slip stitch to the beginning chain without twisting(the first and last chain become one, making a total of 18)

-Chain 2(this will always count as your first stitch), hdc in the next and rest of the stitches = 18

- SS into the 1st stitch; chain 2 (this will be how you end and start a new row throughout the pattern). hdc for the rest of the row =18

-hdc for an additional 2 rows for a total of 4 rows from foundation chain =18

-Change to black yarn. Sc all for 2 rows (black stripe); carry yarn along jog =18

(You can cut yarn A leaving a tail to sew in, we will not be using this color again until the top of the glove)

-Change to white yarn. Sc all for 2 rows (white stripe); carry yarn along jog =18

-Crochet alternating black and white stripes in single crochet for a total of 5 stripes (10 rows)

Thumb Gusset

-Change color. 8 sc,  place scrap yarn or stitch marker (between the 8th and 9th stitch). INC the next 2 stitches, place scrap yarn or stitch marker (between the last INC stitch and the next stitch), sc to end of row. Stitches inside markers make the thumb gusset. Move scrap yarn/stitch markers up with each row

-SC row

-[[-Change color. sc to marker, INC next stitch, sc until 1 stitch before marker, INC, slide marker, sc to end of row

-SC row]] Repeat these two rows while alternating stripes until there is a total of 10 stitches in the thumb gusset(end with a sc row) =26

-Change color. Sc until 1 before the stitch marker, INC. Skip over thumb gusset stitches. INC next stitch. Sc to end of row =18

-Sc row

-Change color. Sc 2 rows =18

-Change to color A. Hdc for a total of 5 rows = 18

-Finish off

Thumb

-Attach color A to the 5th stitch in the thumb gusset.  Chain 2 (will count as the first stitch). Hdc until one stitch before the white row increases(there are 2 increases in the white row). Dec stitch (1 black stitch and 1 white stitch). Dec next stitch (1 white stitch and 1 black stitch. This will close the gap). hdc for the rest of the row.

-Hdc 3 additional rows for a total of 4 in color A.

-Finish off