Let There Be Glove

My “Damson Gloves” [Ravlink] are my current main knitting work in progress.  I have no gloves, you see!  I lost mine a couple of years ago, and it seemed silly to buy new ones when I could make some, so I started on these.  And, um… I finished one plus just past the cuff of the second!  It wasn’t even like knitting the fingers were as fiddly as I’d been afraid they might be.  I think I got distracted with gift knitting and things with deadlines, and just lost the momentum on them.  And of course, every time I remembered them again since, it was already cold weather.  I do have nice warm fingerless gloves, although that’s not quite the same.

This year, however, I’ve picked them up again.  Or picked up glove no.2, to be more accurate.  I’d actually knitted up to part of the thumb gusset, but I didn’t actually know exactly how far up.  So I ripped it out (it was only a few inches, after all) and started again.  Honestly, I don’t know why I didn’t do so sooner.  Well, I do – I had lots of other knitting that I was concentrating on, and these didn’t have a deadline.  But now I want gloves, and the weather is getting colder!  So this is how I’m doing:

Actually, I’ve now got a little further than that – those photos are from a couple of days ago, and I’ve now knit the little finger and started on the ring finger.  If I concentrate on them for another couple of days, I should be finished.  Hoorah!

I don’t think I ever did a project info post for these gloves, so here it is now:

Pattern: Basic Glove Pattern (from The Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns) by Ann Budd [Ravlink] using a 1×1 rib cuff,  Wavy Rib up the thumb and Claw Pattern Cable with Bobbles on the back of the hand (both from The Harmony Guides Vol.2, pp.70 & 76).
Yarn: Yarn Yard Hug in ‘Damson’.
Needles: 3.25mm Addi Turbo bamboo circular (80cm)
Ravelry Project Page: Damson Gloves

With a bit of luck, my next post about these will be to show off the finished versions!

Author: Lou

Geeky fangirl and knitter, owned by large black mog. Sometime web designer. Lapsed musician. View all posts by Lou