How to Make Felted Fingerless Gloves
Fingerless wool gloves are soft and warm, yet allow you to retain the use of your fingers, unlike mittens or even traditional gloves. In addition, fingerless gloves can be trendy and fashionable even when it is not cold outside. You can make stylish fingerless gloves even if you are on a tight budget and have limited sewing skills. Just head to a thrift store for some wool sweaters in colors and patterns you like and get started.
Things You'll Need
- Wool sweaters
- Mesh laundry bags
- Paper
- Pen
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Needle
- Thread
- Optional: buttons or appliques
Instructions
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Making Felted Fingerless Gloves
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Place a sweater made of wool into a mesh laundry bag. This will protect your washing machine from bits of wool clogging and damaging it.
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Wash the sweater in hot water and then dry it on high heat. Repeat two or three times until the sweater has shrunk and you can no longer detect the original texture of the knit.
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Trace the outline of the hands and arms of the person for whom you want to make fingerless gloves. You can opt to trace the arm just to the wrist, or trace the length of the arm for longer, "arm warmer" gloves. Trace the hand with the fingers together and the thumb out at the side as though you were drawing a mitten. This will be the pattern for your gloves.
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Cut the shape out of the paper. Snip off the fingers and thumb just above their bases. Place the paper shapes on the felted sweater so the bottom of the arms of the gloves are even with the bottom of the sweater. Pin the papers to the sweater, making sure to pin through both the front and back of the sweater.
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Cut the glove shapes out of the sweater and remove the straight pins. Turn the pieces inside out and place them back together. Sew the sides of the arms together, as well as the space between the thumb and forefinger. Turn the gloves right-side out. Embellish with buttons or appliques, if desired.
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