Waffle stitch gloves

It's been so cold here the past couple of weeks that, even around the house, I've been wishing for a warmer pair of gloves. That's when I found this pattern and decided to have a go at it.







As you can probably see, I fiddled with the original pattern a lot. I made mine quite a bit smaller than the pattern suggested, because I have tiny hands, I changed up the stitch in the cuff and edge, and I added a thumb gusset by increasing two stitches every three rows or so.



In progress shot. As you can see, I knitted them flat and then sewed them up the side. I made them with worsted weight merino yarn, the scraps I had left from the entrelac scarf I knitted - I literally had two inches of yarn left when I was done, I was seriously worried that there wouldn't be enough to finish the second glove.

More gloves, and headbands

It's really chilly here, so I recently made a pair of my v-stitch gloves for myself.



The cuff is knit instead of crocheted.



I also whipped up a couple of simple crocheted headbands today.





I keep making these kinds of headbands in all kinds of colors. They're so quick and easy to make, but so cute.

Ribbed Gloves

I whipped these up last weekend. They're my first ever knitted gloves, and I'm pretty pleased with them.



Just a simple pair of ribbed knitted gloves for a friend. I used this great pattern, but I modified it quite a bit. I made them larger to fit a man's hand, I did 3x2 ribbing, and I didn’t knit a thumb, just the gusset, which I made a little shorter than the pattern said.

V-Stitch Fingerless Gloves Free Pattern

My sister always complains that I never crochet anything for her. She had been asking me to make her a pair of fingerless gloves for ages, but I never got around to it because she is terribly picky :P A few months ago, however, I was sick and stuck in bed for an entire weekend, so I finally came up with a pattern that pleased her.



She wanted something not too lacy, not too plain, without too many or big holes but still with an interesting design. (Like I said, picky).





There is a handy PDF version of the pattern, if you prefer.

Yarn: Worsted weight
Hook: 4.5mm/U.S. G

Abbreviations
Ch: chain
Sc: single crochet
Dc: double crochet
Sl st: slip stitch
FPHDC: Front-post half-double crochet
BPHDC: Back-post half-double crochet

Cuff
Ch 28, join with sl st, being careful not to twist the chain,
Round 1: Ch 1, sc in every stitch around, join to ch 1 with sl st
Round 2: Ch 1, *FPHDC in next sc, BPHDC in second sc, repeat from * around, join with sl st to ch1
Round 3-4: Repeat Round 2.

Glove
Round 5: Ch 3, 2 dc in same stitch, *skip 2 stitches, 3 dc in third stitch, repeat from * around until there are only 2 stitches left, join to ch 2
Round 6: Sl st in middle dc of dc cluster, ch 4, dc in same stitch, *dc in middle stitch of next dc cluster, ch 1, dc in same stitch, repeat from * around, join to 3rd ch of ch 4
Round 7: Sl st in ch 1 space, ch 3, 2 dc in same space, *3 dc in next ch 1 space, repeat from * around, join to ch 3
Round 8: Repeat Round 6
Round 9: Repeat Round 7

Thumb space
Round 10: Repeat Round 6 until the last dc cluster, skip the last dc cluster, and join to 3rd chain of ch 4 with sl st
Round 11: Repeat Round 7
Round 12: Repeat Round 6
Round 13: Repeat Round 7
Round 14: Ch 1, sc in every stitch around, join to ch 1, fasten off.

Optional: Thumb
Join yarn at thumb opening.
Round 1: Ch 1, *sc in every stitch, 2 sc in side of dc space created by Round 10 of pattern, repeat from * around thump space, join with sl st to ch 1
Round 2-3: Repeat Round 1.

Tips for increasing/decreasing the pattern:
-You need a multiple of three plus one for the starting chain.
-For a larger hand, in Round 10 of pattern you may need to skip the last two dc clusters instead of just the last one.