Difficulty: Intermediate

Design: The Turner Gloves are two-tone fingerless gloves, featuring a variety of geometric motifs. A faux seam is worked along the inner edge of the glove, to hide the jog that is created by knitting colourwork in the round. The cuffs and thumb can be knit in 2×2 rib, as in the first sample. However, if you would prefer to knit the project entirely in stockinette, there is an option to knit a rolled cuff, as in the second sample.

About the pattern: This pattern is written for intermediate knitters and some prior experience with knitting colourwork is recommended, as the gloves’ small circumference can make it difficult to maintain tension if you’re are unfamiliar with carrying floats. You do not need to have previously knit a glove, however, and there are video tutorials showing you how to work the gusset increases and how to separate the thumb. You will need to be able to read colourwork charts (an explanation for how to do so is also included in the pattern).

Construction: To knit the Turner Gloves, stitches are cast on at the cuff and joined in the round. The cuff is worked entirely in your MC (either in 2×2 rib or as a rolled hem), before the CC is joined to work the arm. After the arm’s colourwork chart has been knit, increase rounds are incorporated to build the thumb gusset. Next, the hand stitches are placed on hold, and the thumb is knit in the round (either in 2×2 rib or as a rolled hem). Finally, the hand stitches are placed back on the needles, with extra stitches picked up at the base of the thumb. The final colourwork charts for the hand are knit, and you finish by working another cuff section in either 2×2 rib or as a rolled hem.

Sizing: The Turner Gloves come in eight sizes, with finished wrist circumferences of 14 – 21.5 cm / 5 1/2” – 8 1/2”. To choose your size, measure your forearm 7.5 cm / 3” above the wrist, and choose a size based upon that measurement. If you are between sizes, go down a size for a tight-fitting glove, and up a size for a looser glove. Both samples did the former, and have around 0.5 cm / 1/4” of negative ease. Remember that your colourwork floats will make your fabric thicker and less stretchy than a typical knit fabric, so do not size down more than 1.25 cm / 1/2”.

Yarn: The Turner Gloves are knit in a light fingering-weight yarn. The recommended yarns are Wooly Knit’s British Wool 4-ply (470 m / 514 yds per 100g), Wooly Knit’s Merino Wool 4-ply (470 m / 514 yds per 100g), and Cascade Yarns’ Cascade 220 Fingering (non-superwash) (500 m / 547 yds per 100g). You can also use Jamiesons of Shetland’s Spindrift (420 m / 459 yds per 100g), but you may require a smaller needle to meet gauge.

Sample 1 (size 2) uses Wooly Knit’s Merino Wool 4-ply in the shade Purpura Purple as the MC, and Cascade Yarn’s Cascade 220 Fingering (non-superwash) in the shade 8505 White as the CC.

Sample 2 (size 6) uses Jamiesons of Shetland’s Spindrift in the shade Oxford as the MC, and in the shade Steel as the CC.

You will need approximately 121, 130, 139 (148, 157, 167) 176, 186 m / 132, 142, 152 (162, 172, 183) 193, 203 yds of your MC, and 78, 83, 87 (92, 97, 102) 106, 111 m / 85, 91, 95 (101, 106, 111) 116, 121 yds of your CC.

These recommendations may change following the test knit.

Gauge: 37 stitches x 50 rows per 10 cm / 4″.

Techniques: This pattern uses the German Twisted Cast On, Knit 2 Togethers, Make 1 Left Knitwise using the MC Float (video tutorial included), Make 1 Right Knitwise using the MC Float (video tutorial included), SSKs, and places stitches on hold.

Whilst this pattern is currently available for free, if you are able please consider donating to one of the following charities. They were selected by the friend whom I named the Turner collection after.

St Wilfrid’s Hospice Eastbourne: https://www.stwhospice.org/donate/

Ehlers-Danlos Support UK: https://donate.ehlers-danlos.org/