**** Lynn's 
Gloves****** Link to Lynns Page~Hayes Family School
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Lynn writes:
This pattern is a direct spin off of Catherine's mitten pattern (mittenpage) I give her all the credit for the idea and inspiration. I simply expanded on her wonderful work and design. (editors note: aw shucks!)
Gauge:
A: ________ = stitches/inch B: ________ = rows/inch
Sizing: C: ________ wrist diameter D: ________ knuckle diameter: without making a fist
E: ________ thumb length F: ________ length from thumb crotch to where fingers begin
M: ________ length of longest finger from finger crotch to tip. You can measure individual fingers and make your pieces the exact length each one should be put I prefer to just unravel down to the correct length
N: ________ width of fingers at thickest point: you may want to do this individually and if there is a large difference then you will need to make each finger a different size. In my gloves the fingers were so close in width that I only made the fingers one size for all of them.
Calculations for stitches and row counts:
G: ________ cast on : G = C x A
H: ________ cuff: H=2 x B...for a 2 inch cuff, can be adjusted to suit
length you want
I: ________ I= (D-C) x B this is the distance from the wrist to where the
thumb gusset begins
J: ________ J= E x B : this is going to be the distance from the
beginning of the thumb gusset to the thumb crotch...I found I needed to
adjust just a bit because of the size of my hubby's hands. This probably
would not need any adjustment unless the person you are making this for has
thick hands as my hubby does. I simply measured the distance from where the
thumb gusset started to the thumb crotch and multiplied that number x's B to
get the correct fitting.
K: ________ K = (E x B) - 4: this I fiddled with a little because I
wanted a closer fit and more form fitting thumb with less bulk when I close up the end. I'm sure that Catherine's formula of K= J-2 would work well on normal sized hands but I was dealing with thick fingers.
L: ________ L= F x B : this is the distance from the thumb crotch to where you will be putting the fingers in the glove
O: ________ N x A: this will be the number of stitches you cast on for the finger width
P: ________ M x B: this will be the number of rows you will knit for the finger length
Now with that all said here are the directions I used. They are identical to Catherine's pattern until you get to the making of the thumb where I decreased a little more because I wanted a better fit. Then you are working the same until you get to where the fingers join the hand of the glove.
**With waste yarn, cast on G ________ . Knit 5 rows of waste yarn and one row of ravel cord
**With main yarn loose e-wrap cast on. Set row counter to 0
**Knit H ________ rows and reform for ribbing
**reset row counter to 0. Knit I ________ rows increasing one stitch at the
beginning of each row.
**put 1/2 of all the needles opposite the carriage into holding position.
Set row counter to 0
**on working needles knit J ________ rows.....here's where Catherine suggests you can start doing your pattern if you want
**knit 5 rows of wast yarn and remove from bed. reset row counter to 0
**put the needles that are in holding postition back into forward working postition and knit J ________ rows.
**knit 5 rows of waste yarn and remove from bed
** hang the two stitches that are on either side of the bottom of the slit onto the two center needles making sure that the purl side is facing you.( I found that a small claw weight hung at the bottom of the gusset was all the weight I needed for this part)
**knit 2 rows
**hang the next two stitches on either side of the slit onto the bed ....now
you have 4 stitches hanging
**knit 2 rows
**continue this way until you finish knitting the thumb gusset and reach the
top of the rectangle
**knit the thumb by knitting K rows
**knit 4 more rows and decrease at the beginning and end of each row one
stitch each side. Leave a long enough tail to seam up the thumb.
**using needle draw yarn through the stitches and remove it from the bed
**tighten up the top of the thumb until the hole closes then seam up the
side of the thumb
**rehang both sides of the glove back onto the machine with the purl side
facing you and tucking the thumb out of the way back behind the knitting.
( I found that hanging 2 stitches on the center needle closed the thumb up
nicely...for example if you had 77total live stitches you would be hanging
those back on 76 needles with 2 stitches on the center needle)
**knit L ________ rows
**knit 5 rows waste yarn and remove from machine
**seam up the sides of your glove
Now you will be making the fingers. You can either do as I did and knit 4 fingers all the same size then unravel so the length is correct or you can knit each finger to the exact length. I liked the advantage of being sure the length was right by unraveling to the measurement I needed. If you do decide to knit each the exact length then M is the length of each finger from crotch to tip.
**cast on O ________ stitches and knit 5 rows waste yarn
**reset row counter to 0 and change to main yarn
**knit P ________ rows and then knit 5 rows waste yarn
At this point you can either leave the fingers in a rectangle then attach them to the glove and finally sew the sides of the fingers together. You can make the fingers into tubes at this point and close the tips. I like seaming them first and making the tips the same way as the thumb was closed up. If you do that make sure to leave your live stitches at the base of the fingers.
Make a total of 4 fingers. After you have the fingers complete you will have to figure how many stitches in each finger base is going to be crotch stitches. Think of it like this. I will use my figures so you can see what I'm talking about.
You have your glove piece and you have 4 rectangles which will be your fingers. You are going to join stitches from each side of the rectangles to the front and back of the glove but you will have a total of more stitches in the fingers than you have live stitches at the top edge of the glove.Therefore some of those finger stitches must attach to the finger stitches
of the the adjacent finger forming the crotch between the fingers....clear as mud isn't it.(editors note, why yes!)
*****Sewing on the fingers****
You will kitchener stitch the fingers onto the top of the glove and you will also be kitchener stitching the crotch stitches of your fingers together as well. You will need to figure out how many stitches will be needed in
between the fingers to form the finger crotches.
I had 74 stitches left on my gloves at the top. I had 26 stitches in each finger which meant that I had 104 ( 26 x 4 fingers) live stitches in the fingers but only 74 lives stitches around the top of the glove to sew them to. So what I did was divide the difference by 3 then divided that number by 2. I had 30 extra live stitches when I divided that by 3 I would have a total of 10 stitches in the crotch of the fingers with 5 of those stitches coming from the side of one finger and 5 coming from the side of the other finger.
I laid it out like in the diagram
I put up with the glove picture. The big O is the finger and the numbers are the stitches. The black numbers are the crotch stitches and the red numbers are the stitches from the fingers that were joined to the live stitches at the top of the glove.
If you add up starting from left to right 5, 8,8,8,8,5,8,8,8,8 you will get 74 which is the number of live stitches I had around the top of the glove so I know I'm evenly spaced on my fingers with the pinky and index finger having the most stitches joined to the body of the glove.
Lynn H
hayesfamilyschool@smyth.net
