The concept of fingerless gloves of any type has always baffled me. I've never really understood the point of them ..... until now. They're not just warm - they allow you to use a touch screen mobile, operate the click wheel on an iPod, apply lip balm and eat crisps without the hindrance of woolly fingers. Ingenious!I made myself these because I lent my other gloves to Emily and in true younger sister fashion I've not seen them again. These fingerless mitts are knitted in a beautiful shade of pinky-purple yarn and for a bit of je-ne-sais-quoi I added some buttons. They serve no purpose whatsoever but they look nice. They're from my Mum's button jar. Vintage! The other week Lori Anderson posted a photo on Flickr of her son having fun with buttons and it reminded me of the hours I spent as a child sorting through my Mum's button collection. So I fished out said button jar and spent far too long deciding which pretties should grace my gloves. I finally went for these little flower-shaped ones.
They are super cute!!
ReplyDeletenice one! i am right into my fingerless gloves too. my mum makes me mine as i am in no way a knitter! yours are fab :) will you be making a pair to go with every outfit?! ;)
ReplyDeleteThose are wonderful - don't get me started knitting gloves as well as socks! I've just finished one half of a pair and have begun the other one - I love the fact that there's no sewing to do, just weave in the tails and you're done! I'm really looking forward to finishing the other one so I can wear them!
ReplyDeleteI dislike sewing, Geoff says it's quicker to get his legs lengthened than to get me to take up a pair of jeans!
I can't quite see from your glove picture, can you tell me please if there are there dividers for the fingers or is the opening just straight across?
I don't think so, Steph! Mind you, my outfits consist of black tops and blue jeans so it wouldn't be that hard!
ReplyDeleteSue - glad to hear that the sock knitting's going well. Yep - the no sewing thing is a bonus!
No these are fingerless mitts so no finger holes. They just go straight across. I'm working on a pair of actual fingerless gloves with individual finger bits now though. Will post a pic when they're done.
These are lovely! The buttons are so cute too!
ReplyDeleteJ xx
That's a cute little pattern, well done. I love fingerless mitts - lived in them this winter. Next you have to explore yarns such as Noro Kureyon......
ReplyDeleteI could've done with those fingerless mitts when I was selling in the freezing cold in December - think you ought to start selling them - and the socks, Laura!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop buying Fat Face's microfibre socks - they double up as dusters for the wood floor as I walk about the house too!!.
Have you seen those mitts that have a top bit that you can pull on or off the fingers? They're really good too. I had some bought for me but they were really itchy wool so they ended up in the charity bag - shame.
Kay x
Buttons really rock -- I have tins and tins of them. Literally pounds of them and they're all vintage.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention!!! And I love the gloves -- will need some when I start torching in my un-weather-treated shed!