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