Fingerless gloves

Posted by DearBitsy originally

I made these gloves a few weeks ago for myself and now all my friends are requesting them! I used Red Heart Eco-ways yarn in Peacock, but any worsted weight will work! I used an H hook, but gauge isn't entirely important for this pattern.

1: Ch 32 (or the amount to go semi-loosely around right above your knuckles)
2: Ch 1, hdc around, join
3: Ch 1, hdc around, decrease to join (skip the last stitch and join)
4,5,6,7: hdc around, join
8: Ch enough to go loosely around your thumb (mine is 11), join back in next avalible stitch with hdc, continue to hdc around (Note! Now you will be working in the round, or not joined, just continuing on a loop)
9: hdc around so there is now 1 hdc line on the thumb part
10: hdc around, 1 decrease at "corner" before thumb part and 1 decrease at corner after thumb part (opional decrease in between on the thumb)
11: repeat 10
12: repeat 10
13: repeat 10
14: repeat 10 (the corners will be getting harder to identify, just estimate)
15: hdc around, decrease 1 in the middle of the thumb part
16: repeat 15
17: repeat 15
18-?: continue to hdc around until you reach the length you want

http://dearbitsy.blogspot.com/2010/01/fingerless-gloves-with-bow.html