These gloves are knitted using Renaissance Dyeing’s Troubadour 4-ply Organic Poll Dorset Yarn, and feature corrugated ribbing on the cuffs, and traditional Fair Isle patterns on the back of the hand, palm and fingers. The little finger is offset for a better fit.

SIZE
Woman’s L/Man’s S (8” hand circumference). These gloves are quite generously sized: to make a smaller glove, try using smaller needles.
YARN
Renaissance Dyeing Troubadour Organic Poll Dorset Yarn, 100g in Ecru and Midi; oddment of Narbonne for contrast if desired.
It is possible to substitute another yarn (eg Shetland) that knits to the same tension.
NEEDLES
Set of four or five 2.75mm double-pointed sock needles (or longer circular needle for magic loop) over the main motif (Chart A), or size to get gauge; Set of four or five 3mm double-pointed sock needles for the fingers and thumb if you find that your tension is tighter on the digits. It is possible to add an extra couple of sts to each finger if necessary, though I have been quite generous.
The cuff in the gloves pictured is knitted in the same size needle as the main glove. For a tighter cuff, use a smaller needle.
TENSION/GAUGUE
32 sts and 33 rows per 4” (8 sts per ”). You may find that your tension is tighter over the palm (9 sts per “): this is fine, unless you are already expecting a very close-fitting glove!
GENERAL NOTES AND TECHNIQUES
The main motif is taken from Sheila McGregor (1981) Traditional Fair Isle Knitting (Mineola, New York: Dover Publications Inc).
The pattern uses traditional Fair Isle motifs and techniques – stranded colourwork; two colours per row, with the exception of the contrast row on the back of the hand. For this row, I have carried Ecru while using Narbonne as the pattern yarn (3 colours for this part of the row), and continued in Ecru and Midi only on the palm. If you wish to use only two colours per row all the way through, either continue in Narbonne for the palm as well as the back of the hand on the contrast row, or use Ecru and Midi throughout.
You will need to use the backward loop method to cast on in several places.
When knitting in the round on dpns, shuffle 2-4 sts each needle per row to avoid a line of uneven tension. Take particular care not to over-tighten the yarn not in use when you change needles.
You will need to know how to weave the dominant (pattern) and background colours. Although there are few long stretches in one colour, I have tended to weave the floats every five sts on the body of the glove, to avoid floats that could snag on fingernails. It is particularly important to weave frequently when knitting the fingers, as unwoven floats can constrict the internal size of each finger.
I have deliberately not shuffled sts on the fingers in order to create definite shaping (as if the fourchettes of each finger had been knitted separately and sewn to the front and back of the gloves). You may prefer to shuffle for the fingers also (particularly if you want to maximise internal space for the digits).