Colors of the Rainbow Arm Warmers

By: Janaya Chouinard for allfreecrochet.com

By: Janaya Chouinard for allfreecrochet.com

Fingerless gloves are great to keep around, but sometimes you just need something a little longer and warmer, and that's where these Colors of the Rainbow Arm Warmers come in! This easy crochet pattern is worked the same as the fingerless gloves of the same name, except that the pattern is extended to reach the elbow. Use two or more colors for a bold, striped look and use simple crochet stitches to work these crochet arm warmers up in no time.

NotesNOTES
•Gloves are worked from the cuff up; make the foundation chain loosely to allow for stretching
•Change color on every BACK POST round; carry the yarn inside the glove or fasten off, whichever you prefer
•Starting chain does NOT count as a stitch
•Each round is started in the same stitch as your starting chain, unless directed otherwise
•The end of each round is joined by slip stitching in the first hdc of the round, not the starting chain

Easy

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge14 stitches and 11 rows = 4” (10 cm)

Finished SizeSmall Child, Large Child, Teen/Adult, Large Adult

Materials List

Worsted weight yarn such as Red Heart Super Saver in 2 or more colors
5.0 mm (H-8) crochet hook or size needed to obtain the gauge
yarn needle for weaving in ends

Pattern

Small Child (3 - 5 Years) • Palm circumference = 5.5" - 6.25" • Finished size = 5.5" around palm, 7.75" in length

Round 1: Ch 24, hdc in 2nd chain from hook and each chain across, bring ends together and join in first hdc (23)
Round 2: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in each stitch around, join (22)
Round 3: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (22)
Round 4: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (21)
Round 5: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (21)
Round 6: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (20)
Round 7: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (20)
Round 8: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (19)
Round 9: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (19)
Round 10: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in each stitch around, join (18)
Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (18)
Round 12: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (17)
Round 13: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (17)
Round 14: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (18)
Round 15: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (19)
Round 16: Change Color - Ch 1, *BPhdc 8, make 2 BPhdc in next stitch* repeat between * once, BPhdc in last stitch, join (21)
Round 17: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (21)
Round 18: LEFT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 3, chain 3, skip 5 stitches, hdc in next 13 stitches, join (16 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 18: RIGHT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 13, chain 3, skip 5 stitches, hdc in next 3 stitches, join (16 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 19: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, including the 3 chain stitches, join (19)
Round 20: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (18)
Round 21: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join and fasten off (18)
Large Child (5 - 10 Years) • Palm circumference = 6.25" - 7" • Finished size = 6.25" around palm, 9.5" in length

Round 1: Ch 28, hdc in 2nd chain from hook and each chain across, bring ends together and join in first hdc (27)
Round 2: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (27)
Round 3: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (26)
Round 4: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (26)
Round 5: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (25)
Round 6: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (25)
Round 7: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (24)
Round 8: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (24)
Round 9: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (23)
Round 10: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (23)
Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (23)
Round 12: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join in first hdc in first hdc (22)
Round 13: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (22)
Round 14: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in each stitch around, join in first hdc in first hdc (21)
Round 15: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (21)
Round 16: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (20)
Round 17: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (20)
Round 18: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (21)
Round 19: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (22)
Round 20: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (23)
Round 21: Change Color - Ch 1, *BPhdc 10, make 2 BPhdc in next stitch* repeat between * once, BPhdc in last stitch, join (25)
Round 22: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (25)
Round 23: LEFT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 3, chain 3, skip 6 stitches, hdc in next 16 stitches, join (19 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 23: RIGHT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 16, chain 3, skip 6 stitches, hdc in next 3 stitches, join (19 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 24: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, including the 3 chain stitches, join (22)
Round 25: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (21)
Round 26: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join and fasten off (21)
Teen / Adult • Palm circumference = 7" - 7.75" • Finished size = 7" around palm, 12.5" in length

Round 1: Ch 34, hdc in 2nd chain from hook and each chain across, bring ends together and join in first hdc (33)
Round 2: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (33)
Round 3: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (32)
Round 4: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (32)
Round 5: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (31)
Round 6: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (31)
Round 7: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (30)
Round 8: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (30)
Round 9: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (29)
Round 10: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (29)
Round 11: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (28)
Round 12: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (28)
Round 13: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (27)
Round 14: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (27)
Round 15: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (26)
Round 16: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (26)
Round 17: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (26)
Round 18: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (25)
Round 19: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (25)
Round 20: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (24)
Round 21: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (24)
Round 22: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (23)
Round 23: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (23)
Round 24: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 BPhdc in last stitch, join (24)
Round 25: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (25)
Round 26: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (26)
Round 27: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (27)
Round 28: Change Color - Ch 1, *BPhdc 12, make 2 BPhdc in next stitch*repeat between * once, BPhdc in last stitch, join (29)
Round 29: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (29)
Round 30: LEFT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 4, chain 3, skip 7 stitches, hdc in next 18 stitches, join (22 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 30: RIGHT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 18, chain 3, skip 7 stitches, hdc in next 4 stitches, join (22 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 31: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, including the 3 chain stitches, join (25)
Round 32: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (25)
Round 33: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (24)
Round 34: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join and fasten off (24)
Large Adult • Palm circumference = 8" - 8.75" • Finished size = 8" around palm, 13" in length

Round 1: Ch 37, hdc in 2nd chain from hook and each chain across, bring ends together and join in first hdc (36)
Round 2 -3: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (36)
Round 4: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (35)
Round 5: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (35)
Round 6: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (34)
Round 7: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (34)
Round 8: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (33)
Round 9: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (33)
Round 10: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (32)
Round 11: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (32)
Round 12: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (31)
Round 13: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (31)
Round 14: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (30)
Round 15: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (30)
Round 16: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (29)
Round 17: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (29)
Round 18: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (29)
Round 19: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (28)
Round 20: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (28)
Round 21: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc2tog, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (27)
Round 22: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (27)
Round 23: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (26)
Round 24: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (26)
Round 25: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 BPhdc in last stitch, join (27)
Round 26: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (28)
Round 27: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (29)
Round 28: Ch 1, hdc around until 1 stitch remains, make 2 hdc in last stitch, join (30)
Round 29: Change Color - Ch 1, *BPhdc 14, make 2 BPhdc in next stitch*repeat between * once, join (32)
Round 30: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (32)
Round 31: LEFT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 4, chain 3, skip 8 stitches, hdc in next 21 stitches, join (25 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 31: RIGHT HAND - Ch 1, hdc 21, chain 3, skip 8 stitches, hdc in next 4 stitches, join (25 hdc, 3 chains)
Round 32: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, including the 3 chain stitches, join (28)
Round 33: Change Color - Ch 1, BPhdc in each stitch around, join (28)
Round 34: Ch 1, hdc2tog, hdc in next stitch and each stitch around, join (27)
Round 35: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join (27)
Round 36: Ch 1, hdc in each stitch around, join and fasten off (27)

Abbreviations

Half Double Crochet (hdc): Yarn over, insert hook into the stitch being worked, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on the hook.

HDC Decrease (hdc2tog): Yarn over, insert hook into the first stitch being worked, yarn over and pull up a loop, insert hook in the next stitch and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 4 loops on the hook. (If you are familiar with invisible decreases, I recommend using that technique instead.

HDC Invisible Increase: Make 1 hdc in the next stitch being worked (first stitch made), working in the back loop only of the same stitch, make another hdc (invisible increase made).

Back Post Half Double Crochet (BPhdc): Yarn over, working from back to front, insert hook around the post of the corresponding stitch below, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on the hook.

Back Post HDC Decrease (BPhdc2tog): Yarn over, working from back to front, insert hook around the post of the corresponding stitch below, yarn over and pull through the stitch and the first loop on the hook, insert hook around the post of the next stitch and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on the hook.

Back Post HDC Increase (2 BPhdc next stitch): Yarn over, working from back to front, insert hook around the post of the corresponding stitch below, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on the hook (first stitch made). The easiest way to make the increase stitch is to work a regular HDC into the base of the BPhdc just made (or into the strand that goes around the post of the stitch below). It’s less bulky than trying to do a second post stitch in the same space.

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Crafty Suz

Aug 30, 2018

I really like these. It would be a lot of fun to have a set for my granddaughter and I. This is a great way to keep our arms warm while working outside in the fall. Sometimes sitting in the living room during the winter it is chilly and these would be great.

JaneEK

Mar 29, 2018

Another Ultimate Scrap Buster project for the collection! Thank you for breaking down the sizes into separate patterns. I can follow instructions that contain multiple sizes, but most of my crochet students find them confusing. I usually wind up separating them myself if I want to print off the pattern to hand out at class. That little glossary at the end is helpful, but it would be even better if links or photos were included.

Zeemer

Jan 17, 2018

These arm warmers are erroneously named. They are definitely not the colors of the rainbow because there is neither gray nor white color in the rainbow. Nevertheless these arm warmers are so beautiful with the colors used here.