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”Kiddie Wristers” Fingerless Gloves – Free Crochet Pattern

It’s Dr. Seuss’s birthday today (March 2nd)! Pretty much everyone has heard of “Green Eggs and Ham” and “Cat in the Hat”, but Ted Geisel created much more than just rhyming moral stories for children. He started doing cartoons for newspapers, and was not shy about getting political. His messages on equality and acceptance took root in this form and eventually spilled out into stories like “The Sneetches.” Even some of his children’s stories were disguised political messages. “The Zax”. If those non-budging north-going zax and south-going zax don’t represent the two American political parties, I don’t know what does.

As a child (before I needed not worry about anything political, Dr. Seuss was just a favorite author. And the cartoons! I know I’m “dating” myself here, but I my parents made me a mixed VHS tape, with the classic “Sneetches”, “Zax”, “Green Eggs and Ham” trifecta, along with the Lorax and perhaps the lesser well know “Pontifal Pock and his Magic Piano”. Gosh, I wore that tape out watching it so much. For the youn-ins who are asking “What’s a VHS”?, google it. Or ask Siri. Or Alexa. Or Cortana…

My daughter’s school has been doing Seuss-stuff all week (fun!), and tomorrow is wear black, white, and red to have all “Cat in the Hat” colors. SO, obviously I had to make her something, a little “accessory” to wear. At first I was knitting leg warmers but when she got home from school she was like “nope”, not wearing leg warmers. *sigh* How can I disappoint that sweet face. SO, I made these fingerless gloves for her. Which I guess she actually wants to wear. And they took way less time to make than however long those knitted leg warmers were going to.

Obviously you do not have to do the Cat in the Hat colors, this pattern will work great as a base for your own customizing. It fits great (with a bit of slouch), on my 6 yr old, so the pattern as written should fit a 4-7 year old, easy. If you want to go a size up or down with hooks to make it larger or smaller you could get a bit more range out of the pattern. I may work up the adult version sometime, I just wanted to get this pattern out on the big man’s birthday.

Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss!

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Kiddie Wristers Fingerless Gloves – Free Crochet Pattern

Supplies:

Worsted Weight Yarn – Approximately 30 yards each color
Size H (5mm) Crochet Hook

Gauge:

8 st and 6 rows = 2” in hdc

Measurements and sizing info:

Ages 4-7
Approx. 6-1/2” circumference, 4-1/2” tall

Notes:

Change colors by introducing new color as last YO/pull through of round before the slip stitch to join.

To avoid having to cut and weave in a lot of tails, carry the two unused colors up at the join. To do this, slip stitch around the unused colors at every join, then drop them to the back. Take time every so often to untangle your colors.

Abbreviations:

BL – Back Loop
BPdc – Back Post Double Crochet
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
FPdc – Front Post Double Crochet
Hdc – Half Double Crochet
Hdc2tog – Half Double Crochet Two Together (decrease)
Rep – Repeat
Sc – Single Crochet
Sl – Slip
St(s) – Stitch(es)
W/ – With
YO – Yarn Over

Color A: Teal
Color B: Red
Color C: White

Let’s Begin!

1. With color A
Ch 22
Join to first ch w/ sl st (careful not to twist)
Ch 2 (does not count as st, here or throughout)
Dc in same ch and each ch around
Join to first dc w/ sl st

2. Ch 2
FPdc around dc just below
BPdc around next dc
* FPdc around next dc, BPdc around next dc *
Rep from * to * around
Join to first dc w/ sl st
Fasten off color A

3. W/ color B
Join to BL only of any st w/ sl st
Ch 1
Hdc in BL only of same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

4. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Change to color C and join to first hdc w/ sl st

5. W/ Color C
Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

6. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Change to color B and join to first hdc w/ sl st

7. W/ Color B
Ch 1
2 Hdc in same st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in last st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

8. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Change to color C and join to first hdc s/ sl st

9. Ch 1
2 Hdc in same st
Hdc in next st and each st around until 1 st remains
2 Hdc in last st
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

10. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
Join to first hdc w/ sl st
Cut color C and fasten off.

11. Join color B to 4th st in round w/ sl st
Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around until 4 sts remain
Ch 4
Join to first hdc w/ sl st

12. Ch 1
Hdc in same st and each st around
2 Hdc in ch-4 sp
Join to first hdc w/ sl st
Fasten off

13. W/ color A
Join to BL only of first st w/ sl st
Ch 1
Hdc in BL only of same st and each st around until 2 sts remain
Hdc2tog

14. Ch 1
Sc in same st and each st around
Join to first sc w/ sl st
Fasten off
Weave in ends

Enjoy the cuteness!