It will help to understand how to crochet in the round and how to keep a piece of crocheted fabric square when crocheting back and forth in rows.

You can make these hand warmers entirely by feel, trying them on and increasing as necessary, or you can measure, whichever you prefer.

Crochet into only the back loop. This, when combined when reversing at the end of each row, will give the rows a ribbed appearance. Chain one as a turning chain at the end of each row. Crochet the same number of stitches in each row. If you started with a chain of eight (plus three to lead into the first single crochet), make sure you put eight single crochet in each subsequent row. If your piece is not rectangular, count the stitches in each row and make sure you chain one to turn.

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Crocheting hand warmers, by Dvortygirl, March 2009. \n</p>

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\nLicense: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/3. 0/">Creative Commons</a>\n</p></div>"}Try to use the short tail as the “bottom”. Slip stitch from the bottom to the top. You may need to add or remove one row of single crochet to orient the strip this way. Measure or try on the piece once more at this stage. Remember that while the diameter must fit the wrist or arm of the person who will wear the hand warmer, the cuff must also fit over the broad part of the hand, so don’t make it too tight. Try it on, if possible.

stitches = stitches per inch or cm x wrist measurement in inches or cm You can also increase or decrease a little in subsequent rows if the first row is not too tight to slip the cuff on. Generally, if you have the same number of rows in the cuff as stitches in the first round, the fit will be about right.

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Crocheting hand warmers, by Dvortygirl, March 2009. \n</p>

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\nLicense: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/3. 0/">Creative Commons</a>\n</p></div>"}When increasing for the thumb, make all the increases on the side of the glove near where the thumb will be. Add one to four stitches per row, as needed. It will help to use the tail as the base of the thumb, or to insert stitch markers. If you want to make the hand warmers specific to the right or left hand, create increases before the thumb line or area for one hand and after the thumb line or area for the other hand. This puts the additional stitches (and thereby additional space) at the base of the thumb, right where it is needed and gives the back of the glove a clean appearance, free of the unevenness of the rows that the increases will produce.

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Crocheting hand warmers, by Dvortygirl, March 2009. \n</p>

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\nLicense: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/3. 0/">Creative Commons</a>\n</p></div>"}You can add a tube for the thumb separately later, if you want to. Bring in a new piece of yarn and crochet around the opening.

Try on the glove to make a pinkie opening. The thumb is not in the same plane as the fingers, so it helps to have the thumb in the thumb opening to get the pinkie opening in the right place. Don’t bother with this step if these will be closed mittens.