Free Apache Tears Crochet Fingerless Mitten Pattern – Day 22 of the Advent Calendar MCAL 2024
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This crochet fingerless mitten design features a striking stitch pattern and a festive color scheme that will have you feeling holly and jolly!
It’s day 22 of the Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along, the fun holiday event where I release one stitch tutorial on all odd days and one free pattern on all even days from December 1st until Christmas Eve. Are you ready for today’s surprise?
If you were here yesterday, then you learned all about the apache tears stitch and its unique texture. Today we’re putting that stitch into action to create easy fingerless gloves that are the epitome of coziness! This stitch really stands out when made with multiple colors and it’s fabulously festive in red, green, and white.
The impressive texture of this stitch pattern might look difficult to create, but it’s actually fairly easy to do using just single and treble crochet stitches. If you know these two basic stitches and you know your front loop from your back loop, then you’re on the right track!
Crocheting fingerless mittens is one of my favorite projects, because it is so straightforward. This is a really easy crochet fingerless mitten design that has you working in basic back and forth rows to create a square. One simple seam later and you’re ready to show off your pair of fingerless gloves.
So let’s get started!
All Advent Calendar Mystery CAL Stitches + Patterns
As you may know, this collection also includes another pattern using the crochet knit stitch. It’s the Apache Tears Over the Shoulder Bag. That pattern is currently only available in the ebook “Last Minute Crochet Gifts Made Easy Vol 3”.
This Holiday Season is very special! The Advent Calendar Mystery Crochet Along includes 12 free stitch tutorials (with videos) and 12 free crochet gift patterns. But there are actually 24 patterns. But you don’t know which odd day each stitch tutorial and which 1 of 2 stitch-related patterns gets published on the following even days.
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Get the PDF of the Crochet Fingerless Mitten Pattern
This pattern is also available as an ad-free, printable pdf pattern that can be purchased at the links below on Ravelry and Etsy for only a small fee.
So, let me now give you the supplies you need in order to make the fingerless gloves crochet pattern
How To Make Crochet Fingerless Mitts
Materials you will need
- Lion Brand Wool Ease Yarn (worsted weight yarn, 100 g/197 yds)
- Forest Green Heather (green)
- Tawny Port (red)
- Neutral Heather (white)
Gauge
4 sts x 3 rows = 1 square inch
Size
3.75 x 6 inches
Stitches and abbreviations used in the pattern
Learn all the basic crochet stitches HERE (US crochet terminology)
- st/sts = stitch/stitches
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- flo = front loop only
- tr = treble crochet
- blo = back loop only
Apache Tears Video Tutorial
Before you start the Crochet Fingerless Mittens pattern, you’ll need to know how to crochet the Apache tears stitch.
Find the Video, Photo, and Written Tutorial for the Apache Tears Stitch Here
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Free Apache Tears Crochet Fingerless Mittens Pattern
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Instructions for the Crochet Fingerless Mittens
Make sure to check out the stitch tutorial linked above (important).
Color Order: green, white, red
Cut and weave in ends after every row.
Ch 21, start from 2nd ch from the hook
R1: 1 sc per st
R2-3: 1 sc in blo
Switch yarn colors
R4: *1 sc in 4 sts, 1 tr down 3 blo’s down, repeat from * until the end
R5: attach your slip knot through the first st (optionally make a chain of 1), *1 tr 3 blo’s down, 1 sc in 4 sts, repeat from * until the end
R6: *1 sc, 1 tr, 1 sc in 3 sts, repeat from * until the end
Switch colors again
R7: *1 sc in 2 sts, 1 tr, 1 sc in 2 sts, repeat from * until the end
R8: *1 sc in 3 sts, 1 tr, 1 sc in 1 sts, repeat from * until the end
Now repeat R4-R8
BUT you switch colors every 3 rows until you have 24 rows.
Make sure to crochet 2 squares.
Now fold the squares in half such that the first and last row touch. Sew those 2 rows together 1.5-2 inches on the top and about 2 inches on the bottom, leaving the middle unstitched to form the thumb hole.
Be sure to join my Crochet Facebook Group and show off your crochet creation using the hashtag #AdventMCAL2024. I would love to admire them and cheer you on as you’re working on creating it and after you finish it.
I’m also always here to support you through this and any other pattern and tutorial. Simply ask in my group and me and other amazing and kind crocheters will help you along.
If you like this Crochet Fingerless Mitten pattern, you might like these also:
- Crossed Fingerless Gloves
- Tunisian Crochet Fingerless Gloves
- Easy Lacy Fingerless Gloves
- Fingerless Gloves with Hearts
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