It was after a recent visit to the local wool shop that my youngest pointed out that my entire palette was reminiscent of Harry Potter, hence the Slytherin gloves.
How the gloves came about was an entirely different conversation that happened at the zoo a couple of weeks back. My youngest loves to take photographs but with the colder weather fast approaching, he was disappointed about the prospect of not being able to take so many as it’s not so practical with conventional gloves.
Anyway, I suggested that fingerless gloves might work, and he was totally sold on that idea. So, eager to ensure that he wouldn’t miss out on any photo opportunities, I grabbed my crochet hook and his favourite shade of green…Slytherin green, of course.
But how to make a warm pair of gloves from double knit? Well, I’d been making the cushiony arm covers for our IKEA chairs, and they’d come up nice and chunky. So I slipped one of those onto my youngest’s arm to check for fit, and it was spot on!
With the smallest modification for a thumb hole built into the pattern, I rustled up a pair of fingerless gloves in a few hours:
With a 2.75 hook, chain 28 and form a ring with a slip stitch.
Round 1: Chain 4, treble in next stitch to end of round. Slip stitch into chain 4 to complete.
Round 2: Chain 4, front post in next stitch, back post in following stitch. Continue to alternate to end of round. Slip stitch into chain 4 to complete.
Rounds 3 to 8: Repeat pattern.
Round 9: Repeat round 1.
Round 10: Repeat round 2 but at some point in the round skip 3 trebles and chain 3 instead.
Round 11: Repeat round 1, placing a treble in each of the 3 chains made in round 10.
Round 12: Repeat round 2.