fingerless gloves with pattern

[makimaki-iti]

I knitted these 2 pairs of gloves with silver metallic thread through them. The stripped blue and grey pair are the large size. They are also my first ever completed knitting project. The smaller purple gloves are a birthday present for my friend, even though its totally the wrong time of year (its summer over here).

The silver thread was just knitted in with the wool. It needs to be pulled tight every now and then. I found joining the yarn back up abit confusing at first, but it gets easier to figure out. Heres the pattern. Enjoy!










Needles etc
1 pair 2.25mm (No 13) and 3.00mm(No 11) needles
A wool needle
4 ply wool - 1 50g ball for small size, 2 for large
Large size in brackets

Right Glove
Using 2.25mm needles, cast on 58 (66) sts.
1st row - K2, *P1, K1, rep from * to end
Rep 1st row 25 (29) times
Change to 3.00mm needles **.

1st row - K30 (34), M1, K2, M1, K26 (30)
2nd and following alt rows - K1, purl to last st, K1
3rd row - Knit
5th row - K30 (34), M1, K4, M1, K 26 (30)
7th row - Knit
9th row - K30 (34), M1, K6, M1, K 26 (30)
11th row - knit
13th row - K30 (34), M1, K8, M1, K26 (30)
Continue this pattern until there are 72 ( 82) sts. Work 3 more rows.

Thumb
Next row - K47 (53), TURN
Next row - K1, P16 (18 ), TURN, cast on 3 sts.
Work 6 (8 ) rows on these 20 (22) sts.
Cast off knitways.
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 3 sts from cast on sts at base of thumb. Knit to end.
With the remaining 58 (66) sts, work 15 (17) rows.

First Finger
Next row - K37 (42), TURN.
Next row - K1, P15, (17), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Work 10(12) rows on these 18 (20) sts.
Cast off knitways

Second Finger
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 2 sts from cast on sts at base of first finger.
K7 (8 ), TURN.
Next row - K1, P15 (17), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Work 12 (14) rows on 18 (20) sts.
Cast off sts knitways.

Third finger
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 2 sts from cast on sts at base of second finger.
K7 (8 ), TURN.
Next row - K1, P15 (17), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Work 10 (12) rows on 18 (20) sts.
Cast off sts knitways.

Fourth Finger
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 2 sts from cast on sts at base of third finger.
K7 (8 ).
Next row - K1, P14 (16), K1
Work 6 (8 ) rows on 16 (18) sts.
Cast off these sts knitways.


Left Glove
Work as for right glove to **.

1st row - K26 (30), M1, K2, M1, K30 (34)
2nd and following alt rows - K1, purl to last st, K1
3rd row - Knit
5th row - K26 (30), M1, K4, M1, K30 (34)
7th row - Knit
9th row - K26 (30), M1, K6, M1, K30 (34)
11th row - knit
13th row - K26 (30), M1, K8, M1, K30 (34)
Continue this pattern until there are 72 (82) sts. Work 3 more rows.

Thumb
Next row - K42 (48  ), TURN, cast on 3 sts.
Next row - K1, P18 (20), K1, TURN.
Complete as for right glove.
Work 6 (8 ) rows on these 20 (22) sts.
Cast off knitways.
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 3 sts from cast on sts at base of thumb. Knit to end.
With the remaining 58 (66) sts, work 15 (17) rows.

First Finger
Next row - K37 (42), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Next row - K1, P16 (18 ), K1, TURN.
Complete as for right glove.

Second Finger
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 3 sts from cast on sts at base of first finger.
K7 (8 ), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Next row - K1, P16,(18 ) K1, TURN.
Complete as for right glove.

Third Finger
With right side facing, join yarn and knit up 2 sts from cast on sts at base of second finger.
K7 (8 ), TURN, cast on 2 sts.
Next row - K1, P16 (18 ), K1, TURN.
Complete as for right glove.

Fourth Finger
Work as for right glove.

Make up
With a slightly damp cloth and warm iron press lightly on wrong side. Sew in wool ends with wool needle. Stitch up side seams, thumb and finger so that the seams lie flat. Press seams.

[Jodi1978]

Love them. Thanks for the pattern.

[redfuzzy]

Oh these are wonderful! I love the idea of using the metallic thread.

I have wanted to try making something like this. Thank you for sharing the pattern. I think this may be something I can do! YAY!

[crocodisle]

Rad! I love the purple ones, thanks so much for the pattern!!

[genreroo]

fingerless gloves AND striping. wow that takes a lot of patience. looks great! the purple is nice too!

-genreroo

[mondenkind]

nice work! did you use sock yarn or similar?

i haven't tried gloves yet - only mittens with a thumb. so no experience with the other fingers so far but i think i'll give it a try soon!

[littlebluegirl]

NICE!! Thanks for the pattern.  Sometimes I love knitting on teeeny needles.

[new2knitting2]

Thanks for the pattern. I really love your gloves. Your pattern is much easier to understand than knucks which I had a hard time following and ended up frogging my work. So it's knitted flat and then all the fingers are seamed. Correct?

[tajhia]

oo  they are nice!

I could see myself making a pair of those!

[makimaki-iti]

I knitted them using 4 ply merino baby wool. I'm not sure what the label is, but its unlikely that the wool is avaliable anywhere other than NZ or Australia anyway.
The baby wool is softer than normal wool, which is great if your skin is sensitive to yarns.

the gloves are knitted kinda flat. They start to fold together with the first finger. When all the knitting is done you only need to stitch up the side seams and the fingers are already attached. I was going to knit the Knucks pattern too, but found this one instead, and it works well.

The stripes were knitted in rows of 4, which works well with the increasing of the thumb.

I have big hands and made myself the larger pattern. Next time I might try the smaller size and just using a larger needle size for more fitting gloves.

Thanks heaps for the great comments  : )