Two little bunnies

Two Little Bunnies Fingerless Gloves by Rutahandmade

Project Overview

Two Little Bunnies is an advanced-level knitted fingerless gloves pattern designed by Rutahandmade. These charming gloves feature decorative bunny motifs created using intarsia colorwork techniques. The finished gloves are sized for adult S/M hands and are worked primarily in stockinette stitch with ribbed cuffs, combining both flat knitting and seaming construction methods.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a pair of fingerless gloves—also known as fingerless mittens or mitts—that leave the fingers exposed while providing warmth and coverage for the hands and wrists. The gloves showcase two bunny designs worked into the fabric using intarsia, a colorwork technique that involves knitting with multiple yarn colors to create pictorial designs. The open-finger design makes these gloves practical for activities requiring dexterity while maintaining hand warmth.

Knitting Techniques Used

• Stockinette Stitch: The primary stitch pattern used for the main body of the gloves, creating a smooth, flat fabric with a distinctive V-pattern appearance on the right side
• Intarsia Colorwork: A technique for incorporating the bunny motifs using separate yarn colors, allowing for detailed pictorial designs without carrying yarn across the back of the work
• Ribbing: A 2x2 ribbed cuff (knit 2, purl 2) that provides elasticity and a finished edge at the wrist opening
• Flat Knitting with Seaming: The gloves are knitted flat on circular needles rather than in the round, then seamed together to create the finished structure
• Make 1 Increase (M1): Used for shaping increases worked knitwise on the right side to adjust fit and create the glove structure

Stitches and Abbreviations

• K - Knit stitch
• P - Purl stitch
• Sts - Stitches
• RS - Right side of the fabric
• WS - Wrong side of the fabric
• MC - Main color
• CC - Contrast color
• M1 - Make 1 increase worked knitwise on the right side

Materials and Yarn Requirements

Two Little Bunnies uses DK weight yarn, a lightweight yarn that creates a delicate, refined fabric suitable for fingerless gloves. The pattern requires approximately 100 grams of yarn total, distributed as follows:

• Oil green yarn: 1 skein (approximately 50 grams) for the main color base
• Butter white yarn: 1 skein (approximately 50 grams) for the bunny motifs
• Accent colors: Approximately 20 grams combined of white, red, and pink yarns for bunny details and embellishments

Suggested yarn brands include Drops Design Lima, Paintbox Yarns Simply DK, and Stylecraft Special DK, all of which are readily available DK weight options suitable for this project.

Needles and Tools

• Circular needles: 4.00mm (US size 6) in 60-80 cm length for working the flat knitting sections
• Double-pointed needles (DPNs): Three 4.00mm (US size 6) needles for any required in-the-round sections or finishing
• Sewing needle: Required for seaming the flat-knitted pieces together and securing yarn ends

Gauge and Finished Size

The pattern is worked at a gauge of 21 stitches by 28 rows per 10x10 centimeters (4x4 inches) in stockinette stitch using 4.00mm needles. Achieving the correct gauge is essential for obtaining the intended adult S/M finished size. The pattern begins with a cast-on