How to Make Fingerless Mittens
This tutorial will show you how to make fingerless mittens. They can also be used as wrist warmers. This is a quick, fun project and a great gift idea. They are so warm and cozy!
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- Anti-pil Fleece Fabric
- Thread
- Regular Sewing Machine
How to Make Fingerless Mittens
This is a quick project, you can make a set of fingerless mittens in less than 15 minutes!
Step 1: Cut your Fleece Fabric
Cut one piece of fleece for each hand, so for a complete set of fleece mittens you will need two pieces of fleece.
For a large lady’s hand cut each piece 14 inches x10 inches.
You can adjust these measurements as needed to make them the right size for your hand.
Fold each of the fabric pieces right sides together so the short ends meet.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the right side of fleece, but if you can tell fold it right sides together.
Step 2: Sew your Fingerless Mittens
Sew the short ends together using a straight stitch, with a generous 1/4 inch seam allowance.
See the video tutorial below if this isn’t making sense!
Turn the mittens right side out.
Fold each piece in half so the raw edges meet then take it to the sewing machine.
In order to make the hole for the thumb, start sewing at the top but stop around the 2-inch mark.
Alternatively, you can hold your hand on the fabric and see where you want your thumb to stick out.
Basically, you want to sew the top 2 inches, leave a hole for the thumb, then continue to sew to the bottom edge.
Make sure you backstitch 2-3 times at both the top and bottom of the thumb hole so it is well reinforced since you will be sticking your thumb in and out loads.
In most cases, a 2-inch gap is sufficient for the thumb hole, but you can make the thumb gap as small or large as you like.
You will have a raw edge along the opening for the thumb, but fleece doesn’t fray so it shouldn’t be a problem.
Repeat this same process for the second glove.
Turn your fingerless mittens inside out, stick your hand and your thumb through and you are done!
Finished Project
Printable Cheat Sheet
Fingerless Mittens
How to Make Fleece Fingerless Miittens
Materials
- Fleece Fabric
Tools
- Scissors
- Thread
- Sewing Machine
Instructions
- Cut 2 pieces of fleece fabric, one for each hand, roughly 14"x10".
- Fold each piece right sides together so the short ends meet.
- Sew the short ends together with a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
- Turn right sides out.
- Fold each piece in half with raw edges meeting.
- Make the thumb opening.
- Sew down from the top for 2 inches and backstitch
- Leave a 2-inch gap
- Sew from the bottom of the gap, beginning with a backstitch, to the bottom of the fabric.
Video Tutorial
Go to timestamp 16:05 for the fingerless mittens tutorial (there are 3 other projects and a fleece unboxing in this video!).
Top Tips
- If you don’t have fleece there are several alternative materials you can use. Try old socks, old sweaters, or old sweatshirts
- Using old socks is an easy way to make your own fingerless gloves. Just cut off the toes of the sock and make thumb slots.
- You can use a sweater sleeve to make fingerless gloves by just adding an opening for your thumbs.
Frequently Asked Questions
With standard fleece, the right side is the nubby side and the wrong side is the smooth side.
Fingerless mittens can keep your palm and wrists warm while leaving your fingertips exposed allowing you to have better dexterity.
Yes, there is a right and wrong side to polar fleece. When the fleece is cut the cut edge will curl to the wrong side.
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