Blue Interference - gloves

BLUE INTERFERENCE

Graphic gloves, featuring a two-shade rhomboid motif, half broken by a horizontal blue ribbon line. 

This design was inspired by the graphic carpets I admired during my stay in Mexico in 2018. I started by designing a small pyramid shape, mirroring it with a contrasting shade. A third shade "interferes" with the pattern, breaking up the rhythm of the triangular motifs with a rectangle. It was first published in 2019 in Warm Hands collection.

Yarn

Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30%

Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball); 1 ball of each of the following shades:

A Hare

B Hirst

C Smirr

Needles and notions

Gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences

Below gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working small circumferences

Gauge-size needle(s) of your preferred type for working fingers

Long gauge-size circular needle for holding finger stitches

Waste yarn (for holding thumb stitches)

Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Gauge

34 stitches and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stranded colourwork in the round on gauge-size needle(s).

Use 3mm needle(s) as a starting point for swatching.

Size

To fit hand 18-20.5cm / 7-8in circumference

Special techniques

Long tail tubular cast on.

Pattern notes

These gloves are worked from bottom to top. After the cuff, the hand is worked in stranded colourwork integrating a gusset for the thumb. After the hand is completed, the four fingers and the thumb are worked separately.