A few simple twists, and the classic fingerless glove is turned upside down – literally. These gloves are worked from the fingers-up, and the smocked motif on the upper-side is repeated in miniature underneath as a sweet wrist-shaping technique. The length, spacing and shaping is up to you. Customize them to your heart’s content: the pattern is fully charted.

Knit in all-natural, light-as-air alpaca from Lady Slipper Alpacas in Belwood, Ontario, these are your must-have cool weather accessory. Hide them from your non-knitting friends though, or you’ll be making them all winter…

Pattern includes both written and charted instructions; notes about customizing fit; resources section with links to tutorials and hand-measuring guidelines.

Special Techniques

• Smocking stitch: requires use of a cable needle (a spare needle to slip the stitches to be smocked out of the main body of knitting - can be an extra DPN)
• Knitting in the round
• Stretchy cast-on & bind off (notes,
  suggestions & resources included in
  pattern)

Stitches Used (beyond K & P)

• K2tog = knit 2 sts together
• P2tog = purl 2 sts together
• SSK = slip, slip, knit slipped sts together
• PFB = purl into front & back of same st
• 3SW2 = 3 sts wrapped twice (full details included in pattern)
• 4SW2 = 4 sts wrapped twice (full details included in pattern)

Full list of abbreviations in pattern.