I usually purchase yarn, and perhaps some roving or other ingredients that may catch my fancy, but this year I also purchased a knitted item. I fell in love with a pair of fingerless gloves which are just what I've been wanting to make, but hadn't found a pattern yet.
Photo Link The very talented lady who made these had come up with her own pattern, and while I could mainly figure it out by counting rows, etc., there was one spot where I wasn't sure what she'd done. She gladly told me, and I have now made about 3/4 of a pair of my own from the brown alpaca yarn I also purchased. Fun knitting, and a very fast project. Here's my progress so far.
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These were so popular on the runway at the Fall shows, and were mainly shown being worn over gloves, so that no matter what the glove shaft length, they worked under the shorter-sleeved jackets and coats that have been all over this year.
Here's my entire haul from the show. Coral llama yarn, with a green bonus Cria pin, the brown alpaca yarn, and the fingerless gloves. I also bought a single hand needle-felting needle to use for "basting" when working with my Embellisher.
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2 comments:
Beautiful gloves, Liana. And it was so gracious for the seller to give you the info you needed to make them yourself. Fingerless gloves are on my shopping list for this season as well.
Wow, Liana, those gloves are wonderful. So great that you can make more for yourself! I love alpaca fabric - but have never seen one 'on the hoof'. Our little petting zoo has goats, but no llamas or alpacas. Maybe I will have to come to NE next year for the show!
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