Materials:
Basket-weave Fingerless Mitts
50g DK yarn. Size 4mm crochet hook (G/6)
Gauge:
4 stitches and 4 rows = 2.5cm sq (1 inch)
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet (single crochet = sc in US)
htr = half treble (half double crochet = half dc in US) sl st = slip stitch
bop = back post only
foo = front post only
blo = back loop only
flo = front loop only
FPhtr = Front Post half treble (FPhdc = Front Post half double crochet in US)
BPhtr = Back Post half treble (BPhdc = Back Post half double crochet in US)
sk = skip
st = stitch/stitches
Special Stitch Instructions:
Rib - Work one row of htr in back loop only or front loop only, in alternating rows
Crocheting in the back loop only gives a ridge on the front of the stitch. Similarly crocheting in the front loop only gives a ridge on the front of the stitch.
Basket-weave stitch - work 4 stitches in back post only then 4 stitches in front post only, alternating each row to give a basket weave effect
Crocheting Front/Back Post half treble means doing a half treble stitch around the half treble from the previous row, either from the front or the back, rather than in the top of the stitch. It makes a ridge in much the same way as blo and flo do.