Fingerless Gloves and Ruffle Scarf set
Finished
October 9, 2013
October 11, 2013

Fingerless Gloves and Ruffle Scarf set

Project info
Belle Ruffle Gloves by V.O. Knits
Knitting
HandsFingerless Gloves/Mitts
Janice
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
228 yards
Lion Brand Pound of Love
0.16 skeins = 163.2 yards (149.2 meters), 71 grams
41271
White
Lion Brand Vanna's Glamour
0.16 skeins = 32.3 yards (29.6 meters), 8 grams
Premier Yarns Starbella Flash
1 skein = 33.0 yards (30.2 meters), 100 grams
808
White
Notes

Gloves

The Pound of Love yarn is a lighter weight worsted that gives a more compact gauge than other worsted weight yarns I have used to make this pattern. Knitting it on a size 7 needle gave me a nice fabric, but a very small glove. Going up in needle size to compensate did not appeal to me as I felt the resulting fabric would be too loose and sloppy looking, so I adjusted the pattern instead.

I cast on an extra 24 stitches, which is enough for two extra ruffles at the cuff. Once all the decreases have been made this leaves 8 extra stitches for the remainder of the glove. I used Magic Loop, so that meant 4 extra stitches per side of my loop. I adjusted the remainder of the pattern to accommodate the additional stitches.

I did not change the number of increase rounds for the thumb gusset, but when placing the thumb stitches on waste yarn I included two extra stitches (one more at either end outside of the increase section) to ensure enough room in the thumb. I did not add any extra rows to the cuff section, but I did add one round to the thumb and two rounds to the fingers to compensate for the gauge difference.

The gold trim is Vanna’s Glamour in color Topaz, held double. The buttons are from JoAnn Fabric & Crafts.

Scarf

This scarf is the 8 stitch wide version. (The Starbella yarn is not quite as full as Red Heart Sashay, so a few more stitches in width feel necessary. You still get plenty of length with just one skein.) There is a tendency for the cast-on edge to flair out significantly more than the cast-off edge, so I compensate for that by casting on only 4 stitches to start, working those 4 stitches for 2 or 3 rows, and then increasing to 8 stitches for the remainder of the scarf.

I find the larger needle sizes easier to work with when knitting this yarn. Shorter needles are also less apt to get snagged in the yarn than longer needles, but a short (16”) bamboo circular is my preferred option. (No slipping, no snagging.) For this scarf I used a 16” US size 10.5 bamboo circular.

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October 11, 2013
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  • Project created: January 3, 2014
  • Finished: January 3, 2014
  • Updated: January 8, 2014