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Always More Fingerless Glove Patterns

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mitt knitting patternsYesterday my Internet was out, and it’s spotty today, but some Wednesday I want to start doing “what I’m working on Wednesdays,” where I’ll show you what I’m working on and you can tell me what you’re knitting, too.

What I am knitting, incidentally, is yet another pair of fingerless gloves. The Fiber Factor’s first challenge is to “knit your life,” which is pretty darn open to interpretation, an though I’m not really participating in the competition I thought it would be fun to think about what I might knit if someone asked me to make something representing my life. Ann from Mason Dixon Knitting got me thinking of actually trying to knit something in the time the contestants have, which meant I needed something small because my injury put me behind before I began.

So it would be fingerless gloves. Mine are mostly in linen stitch, because I love it and it’s dramatic but easy (which is pretty much my whole knitting style). I’m using some yarn left over from my book that’s coming out in August, which is also my style. I’ll show them off next week.

In the meantime, if you’re mad for fingerless gloves like I am, I’ve been piling up quite a collection of patterns to show you.

The Dottie Mitts from Sneezerville are nice chunky mitts worked mostly in garter stitch with a cable running down the front and a bit of lace edging.

And there are two from Just Crafty Enough: Susi’s Cartridge Rib Fingerless Gloves, which use a ribbing with slip stitches and reverse stockinette for lots of texture; and Kat’s Cat Handwarmers, which have a kitty and a paw on them for extra cute.

 

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Knit a Sweet Hood Covered with Flowers

I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to  stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: saskie&co]