Just Plain Gloves (Multi-Pattern Bundle)
A good pair of gloves is just plain essential. Pick your favourite colour and cast on these basic hand warmers. Knit them as written, or use as a blank canvas to express your own creativity with your favourite colourwork.
With sizes from Toddler up to Adult Large in three yarn weights (Bulky, Worsted, and Fingering) and instructions for a knit liner in fingering weight included, you and your loved ones will have the toastiest, classiest hands around. Worked cuff-down in the round for minimal seaming and finishing (and maximum comfort).
PROJECT LEVEL: Intermediate
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About the Collection
Fast, fun, and easy.
The Just Plain Collection is the perfect way for you to unleash your creativity. Sized to include everyone, knitting patterns in this collection are written for multiple yarn weights, with each weight written separately. As such, they are excellent starting points to create cozy garments and accessories when used as written, or as blank canvases so you can apply your own creativity. Get started on the Just Plain Collection today!
About Design
Construction
Gloves are worked from the cuff down with a thumb gusset, and the fingers are worked from the pinky finger to the index, then finished with the thumb.
Variants
- Instructions for three yarn weights: bulky, worsted, and fingering.
- Can be lined or unlined.
- Cuff can be long or short.
Sizes
Measurements given are the hand circumferences, not the garment measurements. Age ranges given are approximate.
Bulky & Worsted Weights
- Toddler & Child: 5 to 6 inches (or 12.5 to 15 cm)
- Junior & Adult Small: 6.5 to 7.5 inches (or 16.5 to 19 cm)
- Adult Medium: 8 to 9 inches (or 20.5 to 23 cm)
- Adult Large: 9.5 to 10.5 inches (or 24 to 26.5 cm)
Fingering Weight
- Infant to 18 Months: 5 inches (or 12.5 cm)
- Toddler: 5.5 to 6 inches (or 14 to 15 cm)
- Child: 6.5 to 7.0 inches (or 16.5 to 18 cm)
- Junior & Adult Small: 7.5 to 8.5 inches (or 19 to 21.5 cm)
- Adult Medium: 9 to 9.5 inches (or 23 to 24 cm)
- Adult Large: 10 to 10.5 inches (or 25.5 to 26.5 cm)
Supplies & Gauge
Note about Needle Choice: You can use double-pointed needles as called for, OR, instead, use two sets of circular needles or a single long circular needle (using the Magic Loop Method).
Bulky Weight
Yarn
1 (1, 2, 2) balls of plied bulky-weight yarn with 125 metres in 100 grams (or 137 yards in 3.53 ounces).
Approximate yardages: 83 (113, 147, 185) yards [or 75 (103, 134, 169) metres].
Needles
Set of four 5.0 mm (US 8 or UK 6) double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions
Yarn needle; scrap of yarn to hold thumb stitches; six stitch markers; two large pin-style stitch holders for finger stitches.
Gauge
20 stitches and 26 rounds = 4 inches (or 10 cm) over stockinette stitch worked in the round.
About Sample
GREEN BULKY SAMPLE
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash Bulky, a plied 100% Highland Superwash Wool that works up to 12 to 15 stitches over 4 inches (or 10 cm) on 6.5 to 9.0 mm (US 10 to 13 or UK 3 to 00) needles.
- Colourway: Bamboo Heather.
- Size: Bulky & Worsted Size 2 (Junior & Adult Small).
Worsted Weight
Yarn
1 (2, 2, 2) balls of worsted-weight yarn with 99 metres in 50 grams (or 110 yards in 1.76 ounces).
Approximate yardages: 61 (139, 181, 218) yards [or 55 (125, 163, 195) metres].
Needles
Set of four 4.0 mm (US size 6, UK size 8) double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions
Yarn needle; scrap of yarn to hold thumb stitches; six stitch markers; two large pin-style stitch holders for finger stitches.
Gauge
24 stitches and 32 rounds = 4 inches (or 10 cm) over stockinette stitch worked in the round.
About Sample
BEIGE WORSTED SAMPLE
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Superwash Worsted, a plied 100% Highland Superwash Wool with 101 metres in 50 grams (or 110 yards in 1.76 ounces) that works up to 18 to 20 stitches over 4 inches (or 10 cm) on 4.0 to 5.5 mm (US 6 to 9 or UK 8 to 5) needles.
- Colourway: Camel Heather.
- Size: Bulky & Worsted Size 3 (Adult Medium).
Fingering Weight
The fingering-weight version of this pattern can be used to create a normal glove with a longer ribbed cuff like the other two weights, which is referred to as a Shell, or a liner that can be used in any of the glove shells in any weight. The liner can be sewn in or kept separate for multi-purpose use in various types of weather.
Yarn
Fingering-weight yarn with 207.9 metres in 50 grams (or 231 yards in 1.76 ounces).
Shell (Outer Layer): 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2) balls.
Approximate yardages: 65 (110, 159, 204, 234, 260) yards [or 59 (99, 143, 183, 211, 234) metres].
Liner: 1 ball.
Approximate yardages: 47 (70, 130, 153, 174, 218) yards [or 42 (62, 117, 137, 157, 195) metres].
Needles
Set of four 3.25 mm (US 3, UK 10) double-pointed needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Notions
Yarn needle; scrap of yarn to hold thumb stitches; six stitch markers; two large pin-style stitch holders for finger stitches. If you intend to sew in your liner, you’ll also need a sewing needle and thread.
Gauge
30 stitches and 44 rounds = 4 inches (or 10 cm) over stockinette stitch worked in the round.
About Samples
PURPLE FINGERING (SHELL) SAMPLE
Knit Picks Stroll Tweed, a plied 65% Merino Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon, and 10% Acrylic nubby blend that works up to 28 to 32 stitches over 4 inches (or 10 cm) on 2.25 to 3.25 mm (US 1 to 3 or UK 13 to 10) needles.
- Colourway: Indigo Heather.
- Size: Fingering Weight Size 4 (Junior & Adult Small).
GREY FINGERING (LINER) SAMPLE
Knit Picks Stroll Tweed, a plied 65% Merino Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon, and 10% Acrylic nubby blend that works up to 28 to 32 stitches over 4 inches (or 10 cm) on 2.25 to 3.25 mm (US 1 to 3 or UK 13 to 10) needles.
- Colourway: Flagstone Heather.
- Size: Fingering Weight Size 3 (Child).
Techniques & Resources
Skills you will need
- knit
- purl
- make a gauge swatch in Stockinette Stitch
Techniques used
- make a thumb gusset
- knit in the round on double-pointed needles, one circular needle, or two circular needles
- Super-Stretchy Cast On
Included resources
- A full glossary
- A comprehensive list of links to online tutorials on my website for necessary skills. Tutorials are screen-reader accessible, with instructions relayed fully in text, and also include videos and downloadable photo tutorials.
Publishing Information
Release Date: 2018
Most recent revision: June 2023
Publisher: My Secret Wish Publishing
Knitting pattern type: Multiple Yarn Weight Options; Multi-Pattern Set
Project type: Gloves
Page Count (Bookmarked PDF): 15
Page Count (Large Print PDF): 85
ISBN (eBook): 978-1-989800-32-4
ISBN (Bookmarked PDF): 978-1-989800-33-1
ISBN (Large Print PDF): 978-1-989800-34-8
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING NOTICE: This pattern is copyright My Secret Wish by Talena. Your purchase of this pattern gives you the right to use it for personal, non-profit use only. To license the pattern to use for profit, please e-mail me for permission. You do NOT have the right to print the pattern for other people (unless they reside in your household) or to transfer the digital file to any other person. This pattern may not be sold, copied, or distributed in any way.
Update History
September 2022:
Revised formatting of PDF to align with current template style. Clarified language where necessary. Converted PDF to be screen reader accessible.
June 6, 2023:
- Updated URLs for new store and social links.
- Created an abbreviation-free EPUB version and a screen reader accessible Large Print version.
February 20, 2025:
- Reorganized sections slightly for clarity and flow.
- Changed hand-specific directional language to use handedness-ambiguous terms (dominant and non-dominant).
