Jeanne's Fingerless Gloves
Finished
October 20, 2018
October 24, 2018

Jeanne's Fingerless Gloves

Project info
Crofton Cuffs by Grace Verhagen
Knitting
HandsConvertible
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
20.5 stitches = 4 inches
in st st
Shibui Knits Drift
2 skeins = 220.0 yards (201.2 meters), 99 grams
206428
Blue
Notes

Notes on how I made these a tad larger and longer:

  • 4.5mm needles for a slightly larger gauge
  • CO 38, one extra for each side, front and back.
  • Placing markers: k15 & 19 btn markers. I placed markers on both sides of the sl sts to keep track of them better.
  • Upper Hand Row 36: repeated rows 28-29 4 more times (8 total extra rows).
  • Upper Hand Row 37: p1,k1 to marker (10x)
  • Upper Hand Row 38: i-cord BO til 23 live stitches remain.

Seaming

  • I sewed the cuffs down 1row:1row and came us 3 sts short of the arm cuff. The hand cuff buckled a bit and it didn’t look right (as pictured). So I redid it distributing the 3 extra rows evenly, so the hand cuff met the rib cuff.
  • I stitched the cuff all the way closed both times, doh! Don’t do that!

Yarn

  • I adjusted the color of the glove on the blue chair to best represent the true color in the daylight.
  • The way this yarn is twisted makes for high stitch definition, but it’s less fluffy knitted up, especially in the seed stitch. There are some little holes in between the stitches where a less twisted yarn would have filled them up with fluff, as when I knitted these with more of a single ply twisted roving yarn.
  • On the other hand, I think it will pill less which is good for gloves. The cashmere and super fine merino is really cozy!

Other
I made a right hand twice like a dummy, just to the top of the thumb hole. I make a lot of mistakes! But I fixed them all lol!

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October 24, 2018
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by Shibui Knits
Worsted
85% Merino, 15% Cashmere goat
110 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: October 21, 2018
  • Finished: October 24, 2018
  • Updated: October 25, 2018
  • Progress updates: 3 updates