as i was flipping thru alterknits by leigh radford and john rizzo the other night, the lace-up fingerless gloves on page 37 caught my eye. my hands are always cold and i have a terrible time with chapping in the winter. i have seen a ton of these fingerless glove/armwarmer patterns online and at my local knitting shop but i was really pretty scared of them. all those m1-R and m1-L, the knitting in the round... they seemed a formidable foe.
this pattern was different though: it presented a beautiful challenge. i. wanted. those. mitts. the first eighteen or so rows were a breeze. they are knit in a simple eyelet pattern in order to make the holes for the ribbons. i soared until time came to transfer stitches to the dpn's. that's where i froze.
i put the stitches on the needles one way... it looked wrong. i put the stitches on the needles the opposite way... it looked even more wrong! then i asked my mom for help. turns out i had it right the first time, and three hours later, i had a fingerless glove! the second mitt took far less time. i even had a great time knitting the eyelets during the sunday church service. i think they turned out great, and when i showed my mom the finished product, a woman from church noticed them and asked what they were. after a brief explanation, i offered to make her a pair with the cut off fingers! she is a little woman, always cold (so much so that she wears a coat and full fingered gloves during the entire church service most weeks of the winter!)... she doesn't like wool, so i have to find a pattern that works with my size 8 needles and a soft cotton or acrylic. the challenge is welcome! it will be such fun to knit a similar pattern for a friend and know that i am blessing her!
aren't these beautiful??
the finished gloves
bella modeling the mitts
1 comment:
Bella is georgeous!
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