Always More Fingerless Glove Patterns

April 25, 2013 by Sarah White 4 Comments

Yesterday 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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kat says
April 25, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Ah, thanks Sarah. I am interested to see yours when they are done. I love doing fingerless mitts too.
Knitting Log says
May 14, 2013 at 10:40 am
The fingerless glove effect can be moderated with a little due dilegence. This is a keeper! Good info! Thank you for the info Sarah.

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Use Your Sock Yarn Scraps to Knit a Colorful Scarf

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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