Fingerless Gloves

[BoldHighlander]

I spotted these on your website last night Matt & fell in love with them (though I'd want the fingers to be just a wee bit longer....next knuckle up). They are on my wish list!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Very nice indeed! And I love that your lady is on Ravelry - that's where I found out about XMTS. I was looking for a good sock pattern and found a beautiful pair of kilt hose. The pattern creator mentioned the x-kilt, and viola! Here I am! I'm also getting ready to start a new pair of fingerless mitts for my husband. I have quite the Christmas list for him - fingerless mitts, earflap hat, and an x-kilt! Would your wife mind you sharing her Ravelry user name so I can look her up?

No problem at all. :-) Her user name on Ravelry is JMN.

[norfair86]

I just got my gloves in today, and I love them! They are beautiful, comfortable and very warm- should be perfect for when I go to my parents' house on Christmas! Thanks Matthew, and please thank your wife for me too!

[Pleater]

I saw an ingenious design of a mitten with an overlapped slot across the palm so the fingers could be freed and the finger end of the mitten folded back out of the way - I think there was a loop at the end and a button at the wrist to keep it neat.

With the top folded back they covered about the same amount of the hand as the fingerless gloves.

Once the task was completed the fingers were easily covered again - even if numb with cold.

The original pattern was knitted plain, but I'm sure the concept could be adapted to patterned to good effect if required.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[piperdbh]

I saw an ingenious design of a mitten with an overlapped slot across the palm so the fingers could be freed and the finger end of the mitten folded back out of the way - I think there was a loop at the end and a button at the wrist to keep it neat.

With the top folded back they covered about the same amount of the hand as the fingerless gloves.

Once the task was completed the fingers were easily covered again - even if numb with cold.

The original pattern was knitted plain, but I'm sure the concept could be adapted to patterned to good effect if required.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

These are also available in some stores, with the mitten flap being held back with a little piece of Vel-cro.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I just got my gloves in today, and I love them! They are beautiful, comfortable and very warm- should be perfect for when I go to my parents' house on Christmas! Thanks Matthew, and please thank your wife for me too!

I'll pass the word on, thanks!
Matt

[YoungLady]

I found this site through your blog whilst I was looking for tartan patterns to knit. I am a knitter, I knit for a living and I see that your wife is an expert as well. Those are very nice gloves.

[Pyper]

Those are nice!

I've been making fingerless gloves for piping, but I just get these $1 cotton gloves and cut the fingers out. Yours look like they'd be really comfortable and warm.

[denmcdough]

Nice gloves, Matt. You're wife is very talented, just like you.

Now, I'll have to see if my wife can do this for me??? I haven't had fingerless gloves since the early 80's...use to use them on those cold days when I was rock climbing.

[dutchy kilted]

Okay, the big question - is she taking orders, and how much would she be asking? I kind of like the "no fingers" look - I think they add to the masculine feel.