Capturing the mystery and magic of the Big Top at night, Night Circus Gauntlets are a fun and interesting knit. They are easy to work and delightful to wear.

The gauntlets are easily resized by working more or fewer wedges for the cuff. As written, Night Circus will fit hands from 7 to 8-1/2 inches (17.75 – 21.6 cm) in circumference.

The design can support playful, wildly contrasting colors, to make a bold statement; but more muted tones look lovely and sophisticated, too. I do think it works best when the Main Color is a solid or semisolid, while the Contrast Color is more flamboyant, either in a strongly contrasting solid, or a highly variegated yarn—a great way to use up the “clown barf” in your stash!

Sample uses STR in Korppi and Electric Kool Aid Acid Test

Partial skeins of each color are sufficient to make the gauntlets. Allow about 200 yards of the main color and 100 yards of the contrasting color.

Because my samples were made in STR, a heavy fingering weight, I had my testers work the design in lighter fingering weights, like Stroll and Cascade Heritage, to see how that worked. The results were beautiful. The mitts were smaller, but still fit a woman’s size medium hand. Yarns similar in weight to STR are Colinette Jitterbug and Hazel Knits Artisan Sock.

Pattern difficulty: Intermediate. Links to YouTube videos are provided, as back up to my written instructions. I believe an experienced beginner could successfully make these gauntlets.

Techniques: Long Tail Cast On, German Short Rows, 3-Needle Bind-Off, Eyelets, picking up stitches, slipped stitches, M1L, M1R, P2TOG, K2TOG, SSK

The gauntlets are worked in two sections: the cuff and the hand. The cuff is worked flat, using short row shaping. The hand is then picked up along the cuff edge and worked in the round.

Pattern is written for Magic Loop, when knitting in the round. Feel free to use whatever kind of circular knitting style you prefer.

I give big thanks and much appreciation to my intrepid team of test knitters. Thank you so much for availing me of your skills and talent, GirlyWithATwist, VerucasaLt10, Euchronia and tigerbeat. Also big thanks to PlainSimpleGarak for her insightful copy editing.

Every effort has been made to provide an error-free pattern, but we’re still human, so if you see anything off, do let me know!

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