Victoriana
Posted by limedragon | Filed under accessories, knitting
On Ravelry, I volunteered to test-knit a fingerless glove pattern for Hattie at Stitch Therapy. She was updating and converting the pattern from a blog post to PDF format and wanted new samples knit with currently/commonly available yarns and new photos.
I knit the smallest size, even though I wasn’t sure they would fit my hands. They do fit, I was surprised! They are snuggest around the base of the thumb gussets; you can see how stretched the stitches are on the right-hand glove in the picture below.
The lace pattern is fun and easy to remember. With Hattie’s permission, I mirrored the slanted double decrease on each glove. (The pattern is written to use only the left-slanting double decrease.) Otherwise, I knit these exactly as specified.
The top section of these gloves are just a bit too long for my preference. I didn’t want to stop in the middle of a lace repeat—if I had stopped with five repeats, they would have been too short (barely covering my knuckles). I now know to knit a half pattern repeat before starting the thumb gussets next time. That should give me the top length I want.
I also would have knit the wrists a bit longer if I had plenty of yarn on hand. I had just one 50 g skein of Louet Gems, and I didn’t know if that would be enough (two strands are held together). It worked out in the end, and these gloves used about 47 grams. I love how smooshy the doubled Louet Gems feels, very comfortable!
Pattern: “Victoriana Gloves” by Hattie Adkins, Stitch Therapy Size: Small Yarn: Louet Gems Fingering, Lilac, just under 1 skein Needles: Takumi Clover US 3 (3.25 mm) and Bryson Rosewood US 4 (3.5 mm) DPNS Started: October 26, 2007 Completed: October 28, 2007
Tags: fingerless, gloves, lace, louet, purple, stitch therapy, test-knit, victoriana
November 15th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Oh, pretty!
November 15th, 2007 at 8:17 am
They are lovely! And I bet very cozy.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:46 am
They look wonderful. Great design.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Doubled sock yarn? Brilliant! Lovely.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Very pretty – great color. They look quite elegant.
November 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Very nice! And the gems is one of my favorite yarns, too. Pity my hands are so large. 8-)
November 15th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Very very pretty – I love the colour, too!
November 15th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
That Louet Gems is nice stuff, eh? Yummy gloves.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Lovely gloves! I bet the Gems feels wonderful.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:54 am
I didn’t know Hattie designed a pair of gloves and I read her blog religiously! Am I always the last to know? :)
They came out lovely. I really like that particular shade of purple and they look so cozy.
November 16th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Those turned out great. I personally like a little more coverage on my fingers as my hands always get cold.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:30 am
They came up so pretty. Double Louet Gems? Ooo it must feels nice to your skin.
November 17th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I like how long they are on your fingers. But, like you, I’d like them a tad longer on the wrist. They are very pretty!
November 19th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Oh, those are very cute! I’m so into fingerless gloves/mitts right now. Not that I’ve finished knitting any. So many choices. Such a bad attention span.
November 20th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Ooo, very lovely!