I have been doing my annual pre-Christmas knitting. I'm making fingerless gloves. These are the same gloves I've made for several years, and are my own pattern, adapted from another girl's fancier pattern.
I've got two patterns here - Super Easy and Super-Duper Easy.
I should be embarrassed to tell you this, but I can't read knitting patterns, so I make nothing more than scarves, neck warmers and these fingerless gloves. I do know a couple of fancy stitches which I use from time to time, but in this case I find the plain old knit stitch (is it called the Garter Stitch?) is all I need. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
However plain, these gloves are worth me writing my primative instructions to share with you. Young people love wearing them, and they're wonderful for artists and other crafters who need their fingers free for doing stuff. I made one pair for each of my five girls plus one of my daughters-in-law, and they'd all be happy to have a few more. (I suspect some of my own many pairs perhaps grew legs in the middle of the night and walked home with a visiting daughter once or twice.)
Most of the time, only one skeen of yarn is necessary, but if you want to make longer gloves, you'll need 2 balls of yarn.
I wrote this down last night in my "idea sketch journal", on a page that had been accidentally skipped, right between a vacation sketch of the ocean and a wierd kid's story I wrote in the middle of the night during our special vacation hurricaine, Irene.
If you can only knit when given proper directions, then move along to the next glove instructions you googled. Otherwise, here it is:
Super Easy Knitted Fingerless Gloves:
Size 10 (6mm) knitting needles
1 skeen of Bernat brand "Alpaca Natural Blends"
Bulky 5 yarn 70% acrylic, 30% Alpaca - very soft!
Cast on 35 stitches (with bulky yarn, it will make a fairly long pair of gloves - if you want short gloves, reduce the # of stitches to 25 and adapt the pattern accordingly.)
knit 16 rows (including the cast-on row)
On row 17, cast off 10 stitches, then knit 25.
Rows 18 and 19, knit 25 stc
Row 20, knit 25 and cast on 10.
Rows 21-34, knit 35.
Cast off on row 35, and leave a long string of yarn for sewing.
These are medium sized gloves. For smaller or larger hands, delete or add 2 rows.
With a yarn needle, stitch up the two long sides. Then stitch the middle opening together, leaving about an inch open to make the hole for the thumb.
If you'd like, you may want to put three to five buttons on the seam, which should be down the back of the hand, so it shows. The wider side should be the palm side of the glove. Make sure that you do a left one and a right, (by flipping one over) although I find it usually comes out the same, either way.
Voila! Isn't that easy?
For Really Really Super-Duper Easy Fingerless Gloves,
do the following:
Cast on 25 stitches, knit three rows (counting the cast on row)
Row 4, knit 25 stitches and then cast on 10 more.
Rows 5-34 knit 35 stitches
Cast off on row 35
Stitch the two sides together, leaving the hole for the thumb where the stitches widen.
Since the Really Really Easy Fingerless Gloves are made with the seam on the side, you may want to skip the buttons, but it still might look cool to put them on the top of the hand.
There you go. Have fun! You should be able to get them done quickly - a pair for each of your best friends, and maybe one for your dear old mama.
I've got two patterns here - Super Easy and Super-Duper Easy.
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| Isn't this great? A temporary scanned image. I'm sorry, I'm all out of camera batteries. I'll get some when I'm done here, and put on better pictures. But since you need to get started right away to get a few pairs knitted in time for Christmas, I didn't think we should wait a moment longer for pics! |
I should be embarrassed to tell you this, but I can't read knitting patterns, so I make nothing more than scarves, neck warmers and these fingerless gloves. I do know a couple of fancy stitches which I use from time to time, but in this case I find the plain old knit stitch (is it called the Garter Stitch?) is all I need. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
However plain, these gloves are worth me writing my primative instructions to share with you. Young people love wearing them, and they're wonderful for artists and other crafters who need their fingers free for doing stuff. I made one pair for each of my five girls plus one of my daughters-in-law, and they'd all be happy to have a few more. (I suspect some of my own many pairs perhaps grew legs in the middle of the night and walked home with a visiting daughter once or twice.)
Most of the time, only one skeen of yarn is necessary, but if you want to make longer gloves, you'll need 2 balls of yarn.
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| This is how simple the gloves are. I usually add buttons down the seam, on the back of the hand, to jazz them up. |
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| This is my journal entry. Don't bother to analyze my handwriting. It will tell you nothing... |
Super Easy Knitted Fingerless Gloves:
Size 10 (6mm) knitting needles
1 skeen of Bernat brand "Alpaca Natural Blends"
Bulky 5 yarn 70% acrylic, 30% Alpaca - very soft!
Cast on 35 stitches (with bulky yarn, it will make a fairly long pair of gloves - if you want short gloves, reduce the # of stitches to 25 and adapt the pattern accordingly.)
knit 16 rows (including the cast-on row)
On row 17, cast off 10 stitches, then knit 25.
Rows 18 and 19, knit 25 stc
Row 20, knit 25 and cast on 10.
Rows 21-34, knit 35.
Cast off on row 35, and leave a long string of yarn for sewing.
These are medium sized gloves. For smaller or larger hands, delete or add 2 rows.
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| This is what it will look like before stitching. On me, it will be pretty long - up to my knuckles and down almost to my elbow. |
With a yarn needle, stitch up the two long sides. Then stitch the middle opening together, leaving about an inch open to make the hole for the thumb.
If you'd like, you may want to put three to five buttons on the seam, which should be down the back of the hand, so it shows. The wider side should be the palm side of the glove. Make sure that you do a left one and a right, (by flipping one over) although I find it usually comes out the same, either way.
Voila! Isn't that easy?
For Really Really Super-Duper Easy Fingerless Gloves,
do the following:
Cast on 25 stitches, knit three rows (counting the cast on row)
Row 4, knit 25 stitches and then cast on 10 more.
Rows 5-34 knit 35 stitches
Cast off on row 35
Stitch the two sides together, leaving the hole for the thumb where the stitches widen.
Since the Really Really Easy Fingerless Gloves are made with the seam on the side, you may want to skip the buttons, but it still might look cool to put them on the top of the hand.
There you go. Have fun! You should be able to get them done quickly - a pair for each of your best friends, and maybe one for your dear old mama.
