Karen Lynn's White Caps Fingerless Gloves in black (again)
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Karen Lynn's White Caps Fingerless Gloves in black (again)

Project info
White Caps Fingerless Gloves by Simone Van Iderstine
Knitting
HandsFingerless Gloves/Mitts
me
NA
Needles & yarn
US 0 - 2.0 mm
Crystal Palace Yarns Panda Silk Solid
1 skein = 204.0 yards (186.5 meters), 50 grams
220
Black
Notes

7-10-13
Started this project, oh, last fall. Put it down many times as new projects grabbed my attention. This is the third time I am making these gloves, so the newness of the pattern has worn off.
I am almost done with the second glove!

Here are the modifications I have made to make these the perfect gloves for me:

  1. decreased to a size 0 needle (I am a loose knitter)
  2. Increased ribbing to ~1.75 inches
  3. Repeated 1-8 a total of 4 times (total of 32 rows)
  4. Moved thumb gusset over by 5 stitches. As written the gusset is only 2 stitches off the lace panel. The motif is then pulled toward the thumb when it is worn and looks goofy. Use a life line the row before the gusset starts. That way if you don’t like where you placed your gusset you can move it more easily.
  5. added an additional 8 rows to the thumb gusset, otherwise the thumb hole would have been too small. This equates to 4 increase rows (8 stitch increase).
  6. Transfered 24 stitches on to waste yarn for the thumb and picked up 4 for a total of 28 thumb stitches.
  7. added 20 rows to the knuckles section

So my gloves are longer, wider and lace panel stays center of the back of the hand.

Photos coming soon!

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Fingering
52% Rayon from Bamboo, 43% Merino, 5% Silk
204 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: July 10, 2013
  • Updated: August 30, 2013