Chain Mesh Glove Pattern #78
Chain-mesh crochet gloves worked in spiral with separate fingers and thumb, finished with a colored shell cuff. Originally published in Spool Cotton #35, Handmade Sports Wear.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 4 or 5
Pattern instructions
Fingers
Forefinger, Middle Finger, Ring Finger, and Little Finger.
7 sc in ring (do not join but continue as spiral), sc in ch-1.
Sc in each sc.
* Ch 3, sk 1 sc, sc in next. Repeat from * 3 more times (4 ch-3 loops).
* Ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop. Repeat from * until finger is desired length. It is advisable to make fingers a little shorter than actual finger length, as they will fit better.
Thumb
Thumb. Ch 4, join to form ring, ch 1.
9 sc in ring (do not join but continue as spiral), sc in ch-1.
Sc in each sc.
* Ch 3, skip sc, sc in next. Repeat from * 4 more times (5 ch-3 loops).
* Ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop. Repeat from * until thumb is desired length.
Palm
Lay fingers in order, and join one mesh of one finger to one mesh of other with over and over stitches. Fasten thread to outside of little finger.
* Ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop. Repeat from * across palm, and continue across back of hand. Do not join, but continue as a spiral.
* Ch 3, sc in next ch-3 loop. Repeat from * around and around up to the thumb. Now try glove on and mark place for thumb. Sew 2 meshes of thumb to 2 meshes of glove. Continue with pattern, working over the glove and the thumb for 6 rnds. For the next rnd, decrease 1 mesh at beginning of thumb and 1 mesh after working over 3 meshes of thumb (to decrease a mesh, after ch-3 is made, sc in next loop and then sc in next loop). Continue in spiral as far as wrist, ending at little finger side of wrist.
Cuff
CUFF. 1st row: Attach colored thread to finishing st of glove. Ch 2, 3 dc in same ch-3 loop, * sc in next ch-3 loop, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch-3 loop. Repeat from * to end of row. Do not join. Ch 2, turn.
Sl st in ch-2 loop of last shell made, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch loop as sl st was made, * sl st in ch-2 loop of next shell, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch loop as sl st was made. Repeat from * to end of row. Ch 2, turn.
Same as 2nd row. After completing 8th row, break off. Turn.
Attach White in last dc made. In ch-2 loop made at beginning of last shell, make 1 sc, 2 dc, 1 sc. * In ch-2 loop of next shell, make 1 sc, 2 dc, 1 sc. Repeat from * to end of row. Fasten off.