Saturday, November 8, 2008

Keeping Warm

This past Succos (Jewish holiday), we went to our Aunt Josey's house. And since we had to be outside in the cold fall air, my mother Connie and I made fingerless gloves! Well, my mom made them. I started mine but they came out wrong. lol! They kept us warm through the holiday and we got lots of compliments!

picture coming soon!


CROCHET CONNIE'S COZY GLOVES

You will need:
Lion Brand Suede - one skein will make two pair
small amount of Lion Brand Fun Fur
K hook

Work all stitches in BACK LOOP only

With LB Suede, ch 30
R1: hdc in 3rd ch from hook, hdc in each ch (28 sts) Ch2, turn
R2: hdc in each st across, ch2, turn
R3: hdc in 1st 11 hdc, sc in next 5 hdc, hdc in last 12 hdc, ch2, turn
R4-5: hdc in each hdc, sc in each sc across, ch2, turn
R6-8: hdc in each st across, ch2, turn
R9: rep R3
R10-11: rep R4-5
R12-13: hdc in each st across. DO NOT FASTEN OFF

Sew seam: Fold in half and sl st in 1 lp only of each st in 1st and last rows held together as follows: Sl st to last 7 sts, sl st 4 st on side facing you only ( thumb hole), sl st last 3 st, fasten off.

Trim: Turn glove inside-out. Join Fun Fur with sl st in end of row 13, sc evenly around wrist end. Fasten off.

Connie's note: I designed this pattern after an extensive search for a fingerless glove that was worked in rows, not rounds. I found one that came close in The Chicks With Sticks Guide to Crochet, but it was extremely loose around my wrist. So I altered the patten to include changes for wrist shaping.