Touch of Lace – Pattern for FGF July CAL

Some time ago I agreed to design a pair of gloves for a CAL. This is my offering for the July CAL for the Fingerless Gloves Fanatics group on Ravelry. It is a short fingerless glove that sports a lacy feel. Simple in their design they work up quickly and easily. I hope that you enjoy making these.  Before starting please read the entire post to familiarize yourself with the pattern.

[This pattern has not been tested by anyone other than me, please, if you find an error or are unclear about something let me know!]

Example yarn used – Spa by Naturally Caron

Hook used – G/6, 4.25mm

Stitch Notes: These gloves are made using a Chainless Single Crochet Foundation [CSCF] (tutorial found here)

Abbreviations: Single Crochet – sc, Repeat – rep, Stitche(s) – st, sts, Chain Space – ch sp, Beginning – beg

(make 2)

Base : 30 CSCF

~Foundation:  1 sc into 2nd sc from hook, *ch 1, skip 1 sc, 1 sc into next sc, rep from * to end turn.

Row  1: Ch 1 (does not count as st), 1 sc into first sc, *1 sc into next ch sp, ch 1, skip 1 sc, rep from * to last 2 sts, 1 sc into last ch sp, 1 sc into last sc, turn.

Row 2: Ch1 (does not count as st), 1 sc into first sc, *ch 1, skip 1 sc, 1 sc into next ch sp, rep from * to end, working sc at end of last rep into sc at beg of previous row, turn.

Repeat 1-2 until you have 28 rows.  Bind off.

Folding the rectangle in half (top to bottom), slip stitch across using the back loop of front row and front loop of back row only.  When placing the thumb hole the space should be 8-9 stitches. Bind off.

Edging:  Single crochet along bottom and top edge. Bind off.

Weave in Ends.

For those that work better with charts the pattern is as follows:

Basic Swatch Of Pattern

~If you simply cannot get the hang of the CSCF stitch — chain 30 then do the following for the foundation row:  1 sc into 2nd ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 sc into next ch, rep from * to end turn.

Note: By folding the piece from top to bottom the pattern stretches giving the appearance of lace (at least to me) if you find that the pattern is too tight [i.e. too small], simply add another row. If it is to big decrease rows until the pattern stretches to your liking. Also if you want the glove to cove more of your fingers increase the top edging  until you have the desired height.

One Final comment – I have not been able to take pictures of the gloves on someone (it’s kinda hard to take them when I am wearing them) but will hopefully in the next day or so be able to remedy this and provide you with actual samples.

[Please note that while this is a free pattern it is copyrighted by Pirate Hooker/Picklesnot Design and can not be duplicated without written permission. Items made from this pattern are for personal use only, do not sell them for profit. ]

Here’s a Cap’t Rant

It’s been a bit over a week.  I have spent this time puzzling over a pattern that I am designing for the Fingerless Glove Fanatic group over at Ravelry. I can not express enough how in awe this cap’t is of those crafty types that do this for a living. It is amazingly difficult and simple at the same time.

So, I decided to use fingering to dk weight yarn. Then I realized that I didn’t have dk weight yarn in my stash so I took myself off to the nearest Joann’s (The Keeper of the Coin said we had to keep an eye on the spending so I used one of those nifty little pieces of paper that said it wouldn’t cost a lot to buy a ball of yarn, aka a coupon) and picked up a ball of Spa by naturallycaron.com in a shade of purple.

After getting back to the Pearly Hook I began my search for pattern inspiriation.  And wouldn’t you know I found it. So now, inspiriation in hand I begin the tedious task of going through my stitch books for a pattern that will give me the results I am looking for.

Yes, I use stitch patterns from books as guides. It helps me understand what I am doing.

A few days ago I managed to find a stitch pattern that looked like it would suit my needs for the glove pattern. Would you believe that I actually dreamt about working decrease rows into the design for the wrist?   I did. It was really odd. So here I am working on the pattern testing it out to see if I like it and it doesn’t work…the count is off, there is something wrong.

Yesterday I figure out that I will have to deconstruct the pattern to suit the image in my head. *sigh* I put the yarn down and go to bed.

This morning when I got up and wandered into the living room to find that Henry had at some point taken the yarn and played havoc with it around the dining-room table. I couldn’t very well scold him. It was my mistake for leaving it out in the first place knowing that he is the Destoyer of Yarn and all. I searched for the end, thinking that he had unravelled all of my progress from the previous day in his playing, and was pleasantly surprised. The entire piece I worked up was still intact. While the ball of yarn itself was a mess the project was not. Truly a Protector of Projects is the Henry…

Of course  in the last hour or so I have completely ripped everything back and started over as I actually write down the pattern as I test it. It’s going to be a long weekend with the yarn and hook.