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Cable Knit Fingerless Gloves Pattern

blue cable knit fingerless gloves

This gorgeous fingerless cable gloves knitting pattern is a perfect accessory for people with cold hands. Whether you are at home reading a book or getting a fresh air in the park these fingerless gloves will protect your hands from getting cold and, at the same time, will keep your fingers free for typing, texting, reading or knitting. I have used the same type of cables as in my winter cable knit hat for women so by finishing this project you will get an elegant set of knit hat and knit fingerless gloves. It’s a fairly easy project that can be accomplished by beginner-level knitters and require only one skein of yarn. Get started today and have a fun time knitting fingerless gloves with cables.

Knitting materials and knitting tools:

<> 5 Double Pointed Knitting Needles number 3.5;

<> 1 skein of Alize Lana Gold Classic 50% wool, 50% acrylic. This color is something between blue and green

Knit fingerless gloves size:

Wrist size 16-17 сm

a pair of cable knit fingerless gloves next to a knit winter hat with fur pom pom

Common abbreviations of knitting stitches:

k – knit

p – purl

k2tog – knit two together

Cable 4 Back (C4B): Slip 4 knit stitches to the extra needle and hold in back of work, 4k from the left hand needle, 4k from the extra needle.

Cable 4 Front (C4F): Slip 4 knit stitches to the extra needle and hold in front of work, 4k from the left hand needle, 4k from the extra needle.

Note for knitters:

The left mitten is identical to the right one until you reach thumb gusset.

Ribbing of the cable knit fingerless gloves:

So let’s start. Cast on 40 stitches for the warmers. (I have used long tail cast on)

Round 1: Begin with rib 2 by 2 *knit 2, purl 2* keep repeating 20-25 rounds until the ribbing measures 7,5-8 cm from the edge.

cast on fingerless cable knit gloves
knitting the ribbing of the cable fingerless gloves

Body of the cable knit fingerless gloves:

Round 1: 2p, 16k, 22p.

Round 2-7: repeat Round 1.

Round 8: 2p, C4B, C4F, 22p.

Keep repeating Rounds 1-8 – 3 more times until you reach gusset section.

knitting the body of fingerless gloves - look at the cables from the top
knitting the body of fingerless gloves - look at the bottom side

Gusset section of the knit cable fingerless gloves:

Round 1: 2p, 16k, 3p, take another color thread and continue 6p, slip 6 purl stitches back to the left needle, take the main color thread and continue 19p.

knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step one

knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step three
knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step two

(Gusset section for the right mitten, where you worked with another color thread on the 3rd needle. For the left mitten work with another color thread on the 4th needle).

Round 2: 2p, 16k, 22p.

Round 3-7: repeat Round 2.

Round 8: 2p, C4B, C4F, 22p.

Round 9: Begin again with rib 2 by 2 * 2k, 2p* keep repeating 10-15 rounds until ribbing measures 4-5 cm from the row 8th.

Last Round: Finish off mitt – *k2tog, back stitch from the right needle to the left – repeat from * till the end of the round.

knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step four
knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step five
knitting gusset section of fingerless gloves - step six
finished look of the gusset section of cable knit fingerless gloves

Thumb of the cable knit fingerless gloves:

Draw out another color thread and pick up 6 stitches up and 6 stitches down.

knitting the thumb of fingerless cable gloves - step one
knitting the thumb of fingerless cable gloves - step two
knitting the thumb of fingerless cable gloves - step three

Pick up 2 stitches from the both sides.

In order to avoid holes while picking (2 stitches from the right and 2 stitches from the left) try to twist them.

Redistribute stiches to make 4 on each needle, attach yarn at inside and purl until your finger measures 3-4cm. Finish off finger. Weave in ends.

Repeat knitting pattern for the left mitten.

Now we have a real set hat and warmers. I am so excited and ready for winter.

PS: for those who prefer wearing knitted mittens I’d recommend checking my Swedish style knit mittens pattern or wicker-style knitted mitten pattern.

close up shot of the cable top of fingerless gloves

model wears knit fingerless gloves paired with winter jacket
model wears cable knit fingerless gloves paired with winter jacket
woman wears fingerless gloves - bottom side
woman wears fingerless gloves - cables side

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16 comments

Cindy 26th April 2018 at 20:08

Yuk, It’s a double pointed needle pattern! I HATE double pointed needles, like many other people! Double pointed needles take all the fun out of knitting. I would rather use just 2 needles and seam up the sides.

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Crazy Hands Knitting Editor 27th April 2018 at 13:27

well, try 2 needles and seam up the sides as you said, I just have shown my idea

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Jennifer 10th August 2018 at 01:28

These look lovely. Thanks for the pattern!

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Ani 7th October 2018 at 08:56

These look lovely, thank you. about to knit up in dark brown bamboo yarn for a friend 🙂

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Ruthann Jarvis 30th October 2018 at 13:58

Can you use circular needles instead of the double pointed ones?

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Knitting Guru 1st November 2018 at 03:16

Hi. Yes, you can use Circular needles instead of DPN

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Hania Benzine 27th January 2019 at 08:49

Hi
Thank you so much for all your time to do these lovely kniting and to share them, i love kniting, at this time i knited a lot of hat, sacrves ans i love to begin kniti mitten, and i want to know if you can do a video of these mitten, ithank you so much

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Knitting Guru 27th January 2019 at 14:20

Hi thank you for your feedback. Maybe in the future, but currently I spend almost all my time with my baby and don’t have even minute to knit. Let me know if you have questions regarding the knit mittens pattern, i will be more than happy to help.

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Malini 4th January 2021 at 07:26

I like this pattern. I want to knit it If I have a problem I hope you will help me. thanks so much for this beautiful pattern.

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Knitting Guru 4th January 2021 at 12:26

YEs, will help. Good luck

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Kathy de Witt 23rd November 2021 at 07:10

Hi:
Can I knit this pattern with 4 ply wool please? How many stitches per row/inch or cm?

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Knitting Guru 1st December 2021 at 08:20

Hi you can, But i can not calculate number of stitches without your gauge

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Valerie Mrozowski 19th January 2024 at 10:48

Can you explain in a different way or point me to a video that explains the last round bind off

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Ann 22nd January 2024 at 09:22

Hi, search in youtube classic bind off. Unfortunately I did not make video for this mittens

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Jen 8th February 2024 at 10:10

Hi. Just trying this pattern. Seems like the C4F and C4B are really C8F and C8B?

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Ann 8th February 2024 at 15:05

You can say so. In section abbreviations of common stitches I have written an explanation of how to knit it.

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