Saturday, December 3, 2011

Almeda Fingerless Gloves

This pattern is for a pair of reversible gloves. The pattern uses slipped stitches to produce a diamond quilted look on one side, and a waffle stitch on the other. The stitch pattern is particularly nice for variegated and handspun yarns which may have a tendency to pool.


This pink and yellow pair was made using some of my handspun yarn. The fiber was from Sweet Sheep, colorway Indian Spice, a merino/bamboo blend, spun to a 2-ply DK. The pair used 50 grams, or 122 yards.

I then tested the pattern with Mirasol Hacho, (color 314) which knitted up beautifully, using a little more than one 50 gram hank.


This pattern has not been tested by anyone but me. If there are errors, please let me know. The pattern for these cute and warm mitts is here, but you can also download now in PDF format.

Due to the nature of the stitch pattern, please note that:
1. Your beginning of round will shift before you get to the thumb gusset on each rnd 4.
2.It knits up to a much tighter gauge than one might expect from a DK. I also used Kollage square needles to knit these, so be sure to check your gauge before knitting.

Reversible Fingerless Gloves


DK weight yarn, approximately 60 grams
4mm needles

Gauge: 28 sts/ 4 inches over pattern stitch.

7 (7.5, 8) inch circumference, to fit hand 8 (8.5, 9) inches around.
cast on 48 (52, 56) sts

Rnd 1: k1,p1
Rnd 2: sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1
rnd 3: k1,p1
rnd 4: sl1 purlwise, p1. slip these sts onto last needle. *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1*

Repeat rounds 3 & 4 until you have worked 2.5 (2.75, 3) inches.
Thumb Gusset:
Rnd 1: *k1, p1* repeat until you have 2 sts left, then k1, pm, m1,k1,m1, pm
Rnd 2: k1, p1 *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1* repeat to last st before marker, k1, slip marker, k3, slip marker.
Rnd 3: k1, *p1,k1*, slip marker, k3, slip marker.
Rnd 4: *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1* repeat to last 3 sts before marker, sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, slip marker, k3, slip marker.
Rnd 5: k1, *p1,k1*, slip marker, k1,m1,k1,m1,k1, slip marker
Rnd 6: k1, p1 *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1* repeat to last st before marker, k1, slip marker, k5, slip marker.
Rnd 7: k1, *p1,k1*, slip marker, k5, slip marker.

Rnd 8: *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1* repeat to last 3 sts before marker, sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, slip marker, 5, slip marker.
Rnd 9: k1, *p1,k1*, slip marker, k2,m1,k1,m1,k2, slip marker

Continue in this manner, increasing two stitches every fourth row until you have 11, (13, 13) sts in between the markers, ending with:
*sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1* repeat to last 3 sts before marker, sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, slip marker, k11 (13,13), slip marker.

Next rnd: k1, *p1,k1* slip next 11 (13, 13) sts onto a holder. These will be thumb sts. Cast on one stitch for inner thumb.

Upper Hand:
rnd 1: sl1 purlwise, p1. slip these sts onto last needle. *sl1 knitwise, kfb, k1, psso 3 sts, p1*
rnd 2: k1,p1

Repeat these two rounds for 1.5 (1.75, 2) inches, ending with round 1.
Cast off in k1,p1.

Thumb:
Slip thumb gusset stitches onto dpn’s. Pick up two stitches from inner thumb, and work 6 rounds in garter stitch. Cast off.

Copyright 2011, Rachel Abrams. Please do not copy, publish, or distribute this pattern in any way.


9 comments:

blackberry said...

These are pretty.

SM10980 said...

Hi Rachel,

I am trying your pattern! Unfortunatley I am not sure what you mean by psso 3st. It's the 3st that confuses me. I tried googling this and only come up with psso expressions. Any help would be great. Thanks! Sarah

sarahLmaurer@yahoo.com

SM10980 said...
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Rachel said...

Hi Sarah,
It means "Pass slip stitch over three stitches" which means the kfb and k1.

SM10980 said...

Thanks for the quick response. I think I got it!

SM10980 said...

Thanks!

Kathy said...

Hi
Really like the look of these, they're the closest I've found to the old ones I bought from Tesco and need to recreate.

I've done my first few rows and am quite new to the whole concept of knitting on double ended needles so I have got puzzled.

where the pattern says
"rnd 4: sl1 purlwise, p1. slip these sts onto last needle."

does that shift everything along two stitches and I should keep starting my new row two stitches along from the preceding pattern row?

Otherwise I keep ending up with my rows not ending at the right point and I can't tell if I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks.

Rachel said...

Hi Kathy,
You are right, the beginning of rounds shifts two stitches off on those rounds. It stops happening at the thumb, and then begins again after the thumb.

Kathy said...

Wow, thanks for the rapid response Rachel, when I saw no new posts for so long I thought I might have no luck posting a question.

I shall start again now I've got the gist, I hadn't got very far and am enjoying getting my teeth into something slightly more complicated than I've tried before.

Thanks again for the pattern and for the tech support :)