I have knitted some gloves!
I used an pattern from the same knitting booklet I use for my hand-knitted socks; the Patons Knitting Book C11, a little pamphlet dating from the early 60's. The only change I made was to knit each glove entirely in the round, including the thumb and each of the fingers so there are no seams to stitch up in the end. Bonus!
For my gloves, I used a 100% Australian Merino wool, which is beautifully soft and snuggly against the skin. Australia has the finest merino wool in the world, producing nearly 80% of the world's fine apparel wool (reference) This is the Morris & Sons Empire Superwash 4ply, available here. It is the same wool I have used for most of my hand-knitted socks.
My husband took these photos, because there is an inherent difficulty with photographing your own hands, even when operating a delayed response remote control! Some posing experiments were conducted to determine how to most effectively show off the new gloves. It was kinda hilarious. I hope some of these outtakes amuse :)
Details:
Gloves; pattern from the Patons Knitting Book C11, and using Morris Empire Superwash 4ply in col Beluga (430)
I used an pattern from the same knitting booklet I use for my hand-knitted socks; the Patons Knitting Book C11, a little pamphlet dating from the early 60's. The only change I made was to knit each glove entirely in the round, including the thumb and each of the fingers so there are no seams to stitch up in the end. Bonus!
For my gloves, I used a 100% Australian Merino wool, which is beautifully soft and snuggly against the skin. Australia has the finest merino wool in the world, producing nearly 80% of the world's fine apparel wool (reference) This is the Morris & Sons Empire Superwash 4ply, available here. It is the same wool I have used for most of my hand-knitted socks.
Details:
Gloves; pattern from the Patons Knitting Book C11, and using Morris Empire Superwash 4ply in col Beluga (430)