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Neo-Victorian inspired ruffled fingerless gloves. Each glove features three buttons and a delicate bell ruffle. FREE Download PDF View Pattern Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3
French Translation by Minainverse is here. YARN GAUGE NEEDLES SIZE FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Tips for this project: • For best results, work a basic knit bind off with size 11 needle. |
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These are stunning!
WOW these are amazing! keep up the amazing work!
OMG I love these! In fact, I’m going to queue them next (after I finish the Doctor Who scarf).
Thank you!
Ooh! I can’t wait to make the Doctor Who scarf!!! I was hoping to make one by the end of the year… I’d better get started soon!
hm, whats the dr who scarf? i don’t even watch that show but I queue even more than I stash.
Here is the Dr. Who Scarf website: http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/
There are many versions on Ravelry, you just have to pick which season you like! They are all awesome!
These are amazing! I’m making them as a christmas gift for my sister. She’ll love it! I think i’m going to pair it with the frilly scarf in the same gray and black. Beautiful!
This pattern was selected as today’s Free Knitting Pattern of the Day on Oct 31st over at The Daily Knitter. It’s also posted in our Free Knitting Patterns listings under Mittens and Gloves. A great pattern – absolutely love the detailing including the buttons and black trim. Happy Knitting!
How wonderful! Thank you!
These are soooo Beautiful! I am going to have to make these!
Thank you! Love your site, by the way. Makes me wish my little one was little again!
Hi there, I am wanting to knit these awesome gloves but I don’t know what CC and MC are. Could someone please tell me?
MC: Main Color (yarn)
CC: Contrasting Color (yarn)
In the photos, MC is Gray and CC is Black. Hope that helps!
Ok thanks
Also, do you have to do long-tail cats on because I can’t do it. Can I just do the finger cast-on instead?
I recommend the long-tail because of the extra yarn in each stitch. Some methods will cause the edge to roll, so you may want to knit an extra row before working the ruffle if using a different method. Whatever gives you a desirable edge will work fine!
I absolutely love these gloves…..but could you please tell me what a long-tail cast on is? How is it done? Thanks.
Ok, thanks for the help
Veronica,
These gloves are beautiful, I am making them but I am a little confuse :{ I am working the increase for the thumb now when you saw repeat these last 4 rnds 3 more times.44sts do you mean the increase row then knit the 3 even rnds followed by the increase row then knit the 3 vens etc? please help???
Yes, you’ve got it!
Increase rnd, knit 3 rnds even; increase rnd, knit 3 rnds even; etc. You will have 44sts on your needles when you have worked those 4 rnds the correct number of times.
Thanks!!!! I am knitting my in MC purple and CC black they look good!!! Thanks again I love your work.
A friend of mine made these for me in red with black trim and black buttons to match a pair of red and black spats I have. I absolutely love them! (And I hear you asked her for a pic of them!)
I love them so much!!
Hi there, I am making these right now and I noticed that since my wrists are fairly small, the gloves will be too loose. I am a novice knitter so I don’t really know how to make them smaller besides maybe using a smaller needle size? Do you have any recommedations? An alternate pattern for smaller hands maybe? Thanks!
Emma
Try using smaller needles, that is method I recommend! Perhaps size 5 US? Some knitters on Ravelry have tried this and they turned out great!
Thanks I’ll give it a go!
Emma
Thank you so much for posting this pattern! My mum made a pair for myself (in forest green with cream edging) and for my sister (in baby pink with cream edging). They look stunning and she can’t wait to have a go on some of your other patterns!
Thank you again!
I’m speechless!!! Thank you so very much. I hope I can do this. I am so excited! Sally
These are gorgeous. I look forward to giving this pattern a try. Thank you for sharing!
Hello these are the most beautiful gloves I have ever seen and as I am classed as a ‘goth’ they go perfectly with every thing! Thank you so much!
Quick question: after ROW9 and purl two rows in CC, I begin MC the decrease of one stich = 42sts.
ROW 3
My main problem is with the next part, I keep on ending up with 39sts insead of 40sts. It is all fine with the k2,yo,k2tog,kto4b4mkr,ssk-i ( this may be the problem it is a decrease stich right?) k2,slipmkr,k2,k2tog,ktoend. Sorry but would that make it decrease by 3sts?
Any help on this would be great I am sick of unraveling and picking up again and again.
Thank you thank you thank you
-Laurie
Laurie, thanks for the comment!
There are only two decreases along Row 3:
K2, yo, k2tog, k to 4 sts before marker, ssk-I (first decrease), k2, slip marker, k2, k2tog (second decrease), k to end. 40 sts.
Are you remembering to yarn-over for the button hole? The button hole is worked with a yo, k2tog at the beginning of the row. If you forget to yarn-over you will create another decrease.
Sorry feeling quite stupid such a small thing to miss YO grrr feeling quite silly really. Thank you so much for your help and patience with this, it means alot, and now I will have them done intime for the fast enchroaching winter.
Thank you again!
- Laurie
Don’t feel silly. I do it all the time, that’s how I knew! Happy Knitting!
These look fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing.
These are so pretty I’m really enjoying knitting them. I have a silly question I just can’t see it and need some help. I have come to row 25 where I join the work in the round. Your directions are so clear but I seem to end up with a twisted lump! Thanks any help to straighten me out would be great!
Ah ha! Don’t ask me what I was doing, but I have figured it out! I was having trouble with the join on row 25 but I have it sorted now. Thank you again for such a lovely pattern. I am making them in royal blue and black.
Absolutey GORRRR GEOUS (wish this was vocal so you could hear me sing these praises) LOl
I can, I can hear it! Thank you, Debra!
I LOVE this pattern – I really like lacey things – can this pattern by chance be done using a loom/????? I sure hope soooooo
thank you
Oh, gosh. I’m afraid I don’t have any experience with a loom so I really can’t say. Sorry I can’t be more helpful!
I love these. I have a niece who is very goth, several friends who are into Steampunk and done in other colors these would be a lovely addition to any special evening.
I love these gloves but I don’t think that I’m capable of knitting them.
These are beautiful gloves! And wouldn’t that ruffle look lovely on a skirt.
Yes, I will definitely make these – too bad they are fingerless since they would be perfect with fingers! I think I will choose another color that is a little more spiffy than grey, but they are absolutely the best fingerless gloves I have seen to date.
love the look of ruffle mittens,but somehow can’t get pattern to come up if I can get it,it is my next project
Sorry you are having trouble with the pattern. Try these links instead:
View Pattern Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3
I can’t wait to make these gloves! I hope I have the skills to do them.
Gorgeous! Matching leg warmers would be nice too.
Absolutely beautiful. Think I’ll make a pair for my sister whose dressing style will be enhanced
be these classy gloves.
Beautiful fingerless gloves! Thanks for sharing!
Im in love with these gloves! Breath-taking really!! Just sad that I am a begining knitting and don’t understand most of the instrutions, like P3??? Im not very familiar with most of the knitting lingo but I really am person eager to learn just so I can make these gloves. Please help?! If you can let me know what it means to P3, K3, ssk-I, and the others mean, I would really appriciate it.
P means purl, K means knit. P3 mean purl 3 stitches, k3 means knit 3 stitches, ssk-I is explained on page 3 of the pattern, and the rest of my abbreviations and stitch definitions can be found here: http://voknits.com/stitch-key/
Thanks for the comment, I hope this helps!
Love the gloves but I don’t have experience with knitting in the round.
I have just joined the round and knitted that first round (at Hand). It then reads “Knit 3 rounds even.” Does that mean I knit only and don’t pearl? Will that still continue the stockinette stitch? Or, do I Pearl, Knit, Pearl? Thanks so much!
Hi, Jennifer!
When you knit in the round, knitting every round creates a stockinette effect. You are only working the right side when you knit in the round, so you don’t need to purl on the wrong side like you do when you knit back and forth. So yes, knit every round even (“even” means no increases) – no purling.
Hope that helps!
Veronica
I am attempting these gloves, for a friend’s teen daughter. I’m so excited about them, but I cannot find the yarn. I really don’t want to order it, I want it NOW! So, would sock yarn do as well? If I cannot find the yarn listed in the instructions, how can I best substitute? Thnx, and btw, I’m not an experienced knitter. I’ve been knitting about a year, I’ve made socks, scarves, a baby blanket, but I’m still such a novice. It’s amazing how little I actually KNOW. Thnx again.
Sock yarn alone would be too thin. You might be able to double the strands of your sock yarn to get the gauge, but you will need a fairly sturdy fabric to hold up the ruffle. The yarn called for is a light worsted weight, if you have anything similar to that you can probably substitute it. I hope that helps!
Yeah, thnx! I finally found the Cascade yarn, I got it today! I can’t wait to get started on them! Thnx for the quick reply. I’m doing these in black for the MC and royal blue for the CC. I usually make a mess, so I’m hoping these turn out perfect! Thnx for such a grand pattern/design.
Hi there Veronica,
I made these gloves for my teen daughter last year and she loves them. My oldest daughter wants a pair, and i don’t know why, but this time I am having a difficult time joining in row 25…your instructions state to knit the first stitch on needle 1 & 4 together using the 5th dp needle (4 times). Do I knit these stitches off onto the 5th needle? In other words, am I “losing” a needle when I knit these 4 stitches together? Don’t know why it’s just not making sense this time.
Thanks for your help. Like another poster above, I have a lump where the join is… Thank you!
Hello, Ann!
Yes, you will lose that needle and you will have four less stitches on the round after you complete the join. Let me know if that helps!
Veronica
Thank you! I”l try again…go figure why I was able to knit them last year with no problem and this year I stumbled! I really appreciate your help!
Love the fingerless gloves!! Started project last night.
Question: In the material section you did not specify what length circular needles to use.
I purchases US size 7,( 4.5 mm) 16”, (40.5 cm). Please let me know if this will work for the project.
Although I am a seasoned knitter, it has been awhile since I’ve used circulars. I cast on with straight needle sand then knit row 1 onto the circulars.
Any information or helpful hints would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Eleanor Marino
Hello, Eleanor!
For this pattern, you would use the circulars to knit back and forth like you would on straight needles. Any length will work. I listed circular needles in the materials list in case there are knitters out who do not have straight needles in size 7. Whether you use straight or circular for the cuff, you will still need double-point needles to work the hand.
Hope that helps!
Veronica
Thank you so much!! I finally figured this out yesterday after reading through the pattern many times. (I am a little rusty!! Picking up my needles after several years !! )
Your patterns have inspired me to get going once again!!
Will let you know the final result. Can’t wait!!
Eleanor Marino
These gloves are really lovely. I am making them with a twist for evening using a Blue Heron Yarn – Rayon Metallic (550Y) {www.blueheronyarns.com} and what a stunning pair of gloves they make. Thank you so much for sharing this pattern.
My pleasure, great yarn choice!
Hi
I am having difficulty at the beginning to have this sharp contrast. It seems that when it is the wrong side of the st stitch (where it look like knit) I can see my MC and CC intertwining. I hope I am explaining myself clearly. And also what means Break CC
Thanks
Hi Isabelle!
You will see the MC and CC intertwining on the wrong side whenever you change colors, that is normal, but you won’t see it on the outside so it don’t worry – you are doing it right!
Break CC means cut the yarn.
I hope that helps! Thank you for the comment!
thanks!!!
I also wanted to tell you that I really like your pattern!
And also thanks for this super speedy reply
Isabelle
I love these and absolutely cannot wait to try them out!!!
Hi Veronica! I knitted your Belle Ruffle Gloves and just loved them! I used royal blue for the contrasting color and black for the main, and they look so Victorian, and elegant! I did them for a girlfriend’s little 14 year old daughter. She plays guitar, and I thought she might enjoy them during the cold months. I am not a very experienced knitter, I’m in a knitting group at my church. We began knitting a year and a half ago, we’re all new knitters, and we have a teacher who is wonderful! I know that all the other ladies in my class are better knitters than I am, but I truly enjoyed knitting these gloves! Your instructions were perfect, right on target. I’ve seen other knitters on the knit paradise website, really struggling with the “thumb” on other fingerless gloves and I just think how easy your instructions were on these! I had never put stitches onto a thread, to use later, so I learned that, and I’d never done a ruffle. I’d also never done button holes, so I enjoyed learning small, new tasks that turned out so well! I DID post a picture of them on the knit paradise forum, and readers asked for the pattern. I did not share the pattern, but I shared your website. If that ok? If not, please let me know and I will delete it.
Thank you so much for the pattern!
I downloaded your pattern for these today. I have to tell you, this may be the single easiest pattern to read…. Great job. With the few different stitches and joining it in the round, your attention to laying it out was so perfectly clear! THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much for the comment! I’m glad you are enjoying the pattern!
Made these last fall and I wear them every chance I get. I love them! Thanks for the awesome pattern.
Hi There!
This is the perfect pair of gloves! I love the look of them. I am a new knitter, and I have been watching on u-tube on how to use DPN’s — the question I have is for the first part of the pattern that is to be joined in the round on DPN’s — (right hand) — basically, is what order do the needles go — does #1 go on the right #2 on top, #3 on the left and then #4 on the bottom? I am sure this is a silly question, but in case this isn’t right, I would probably mess the whole thing up!! And then, when it says to knit into 1st st on n#1 and then into 1st st in n#4, knit these two st’s together, 4 times — does that mean to follow those exact instruc. 4 times — so that would take care of needle #1 and #4 because there were only 4 stitches distributed on each of them — ) I tried asking this at my local knit store, but it may be so basic and simple, that they didn’t understand —
I think I get that last part I asked you, I just want to make sure!
I think it is really nice of you to put this up as a free pattern, because of the hundreds of fingerless glove patterns I’ve looked at, this is by far the nicest!
Thank you so much,
Caroline
Hi, Caroline! I think I understand your question – if you have transferred your stitches to the four double-point needles, #1 is on your right-hand side when looking at them flat before joining. Needle #1 should be the side with the buttonholes for the right glove, this needle goes on top (on the outside) of #4. Then you are right: you follow the joining instruction four times exactly – you lose four stitches and the gloves are now attached in a round. The same goes for the left glove, only #4 has the buttonholes, that needle goes on top of needle #1. Does that help? Let me know!
I made a pair of these and they came out perfect.I am soooooo happy. Thanks for a well written pattern,easy to understand. I love my Belle ruffle gloves and so does everyone around me. Thanks for sharing.
It’s my pleasure, thank you for the lovely comment!
HI again!
Thank you so much for responding so quickly — what you wrote totally helped! I’d like to send you a picture when I’m done with the left hand glove — I have some bamboo yarn from Berocco (Bonsai, I think it is called!!) one is kind of pearl colored and the other is a nice pink color — with your lovely pattern for the gloves, it looks quite nice.
Thanks again Veronica,
So, I knit a pair of these gloves for my sister and am up to the point of the dreaded (for me, at least) finishing work. Where I did my binding off left kind of an ugly gap that I am attempting to fix with the end-weaving… Any advice? It’s just in such a noticeable place. And so obvious in comparison to the perfect little loops going all the way around the hand. But everyone else’s pics look all neat and tidy! Is there some sort of trick I am not aware of?
Hi, Hilary!
My suggestion is to use the ends of the yarn to sew the gap closed – it sounds like you were already thinking the same thing!
-Veronica
Thanks! I think it’s working out okay so far. Also, do you recommend blocking them? If so, would you do it before or after sewing on the buttons?
Great! As far as blocking goes, I recommend that you lightly press the hand with a warm iron over a wet cloth if needed. You can do this after you sew on the buttons. Don’t soak the gloves in water or steam the ruffle as this could cause the ruffle to get soft and floppy and it will fall over toward the outside of the gloves – not good!
love these gloves! kinda steampunky, you don’t see that often in knitted objects. very cool.
I finished the right hand with no problems, but the left hand is giving me troubles. When you overlap the edges and k2tog from needles 1 and 4, the yarn is coming from the wrong end of needle 4. So in order to orient the working yarn correctly I would have to purl. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong here. pls help! thanks.
Hello, Liz! I think you might be overlapping the left glove the exact same way you did for the right glove – you need to overlap the the left glove in the opposite way, the side with the button holes should always be on the outside of your work.
RIGHT HAND: Overlap edges, placing needle #4 behind needle #1.
LEFT HAND: Overlap edges, placing needle #1 behind needle #4.
See if that’s it and let me know if it we’ve solved your problem!
Thank you for responding so quickly. After about 30 seconds of posting my question I figured out my problem. I was putting the needles in the right order, but I didn’t slip the sts I should have. Instead I knit them and as a result the yarn was coming from the wrong end. So if anyone else has this problem you know what they did
Great news! Thanks for the comment.
I am so confused… About to do the second buttonhole… was I supposed to end up on a purl row after doing rows 2-10? Do I just knit across anyway?
I meant 4-10
Row 10 should be a wrong side purl row. Then you turn your work and the second button hole will be worked on a knit right side row. You might have miscounted, maybe?
I think… I’ll just make them slightly longer on the arm part, haha. Whatever, shouldn’t do much damage.
Making these for my friend who works in a stadium outside and needs the warmth but still the use of her fingertips! Sorry for this question, but I just wanted to make sure:
For the main ruffle, when you say “P3, [k9,p3] to end” I only P3 at the beginning of the row and then K9,P3 the rest of the row. Right? At first I was repeating the P3 after the [k9,p3] so there ended up being six purls following the nine knits. Even just writing this I’ve confused myself more!!!
Thanks for the response!
GG
Yes, that’s right! P3 once, then repeat inside the brackets to the end.
One more question (so far!): Im on the first ssk-I in row 3 and want to know if i keep the yarn in the front when i knit the two in the back loop or if i need to bring it to the back after the initial first P3 in order to knit it without pulling in across the stitch? Hope that makes sense and THANK YOU!
Move the yarn to the back before you knit, just like you were working a rib stitch.
Hiya! First off, I can’t tell you how insanely happy I am to have found this pattern. I’ve wanted to make myself a pair of gloves exactly like this for a really long time (I’ve got thin hands, so they get cold a lot), but after a play-it-by-ear catastrophe in which I tried to “wing” making a pair of gloves, I lost hope. I’m also glad that I found this pattern when I did, because next month I’m attending a dance with an “after 2012 Apocalypse” theme, and my costume has a Steampunk kind of look, which these will match perfectly!!
I had a question regarding the part where you transfer the stitches to your double-pointed needles. The pattern says, “with needle #4, slip 4 sts as if to purl”. What does that mean, exactly?
Hi, Rachel! Thanks for the comment!
“with needle #4, slip 4 sts as if to purl”
“Slipping a stitch” means that you slide a stitch from one needle to the next without doing anything to it – no knitting or purling – just slide the loop over. “As if to purl” means that you insert the new needle (needle #4) into the loop from the right to the left, so it doesn’t get twisted. Do this four times.
Let me know if that helps!
Thank you!
I had a hunch that was what it was, but I didn’t wanna risk a full 24-hours’ worth of work by trying to wing it… again.
Nevermind, I managed to figure it out.
But there’s something else bothering me now: in the pattern, it says, “knit across needles #2 and #3, then knit 2 sts on needle #4.” Am I supposed to leave those last two stitches be, and continue working in the round with the stitches on the next needlem or put them on a stitch holder, or what?
** needle,
Those last two stitches on needle #4 will be the beginning of the next round. Simply place a marker after you knit 2 sts from #4, and begin working the hand as written.
Okay, thank you!
And again, I just adore this pattern!!
Hello, me again!
I was wondering, could I perhaps use this pattern to make and sell these gloves? Me and several of my friends are trying to put on an all-teen production of Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera, and we’re pretty much paying for it out of pocket, so I’ve been putting together a list of items that I can make and sell to raise our funds. Full credit would go to you, of course, and all proceeds that we get from the production itself are going to charity. These gloves remind me of Phantom of the Opera, and I think it would be neat to include them. I’ve already made 1 1/2 pairs for myself, but I promise not to use them for profit without your express permission. If you want, I can provide you with my email address, and I can tell you more about the production.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Rachel R.
Hello, Rachel! I don’t mind if you sell the gloves in person, just please do not list them for sale anywhere online. Thank you so much for asking, Happy Knitting!
Hi, just made a pair as a gift and expect a few requests, so this has answered the question I was going to ask. Fabulous pattern!!
THANK YOU ! You are so good with directions. I made these and they look fantastic. Sometimes I make things and they come out terrible but your patterns are written so well that they are easy. I plan on knitting all of your designs.
What a wonderful compliment! Thank you so much, Nancy – Happy Knitting!
Love it! I’m trying to go back knitting, so I think this is the perfect idea…think I’m going to copy the grey color (or maybe a lighter one) Beautiful work!
Veronica, thank you for the great pattern for the Belle Ruffle Gloves. They were really easy to knit and my daughter just loves them. I think they’re very stylish and you’re a very clever person to design them.
Hi these gloves are amazing, I really would love to make a pair but your PDF link comes up strange – the PDF has symbols all over and the pattern is illegible. Could you email me the PDF? Thanx. x x
If you are having trouble viewing the PDF file, please use the “View Pattern Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3″ links at the top of the post. Thanks for the comment!
These fingerless gloves just “grabbed me” the minute I saw them! Thanks so much for sharing your creative work!
Dear, this is a beautiful glove. I also love your “Lady Jessica” pattern, I knew it’s so lovely even before I finished the project. Thank you for your kindness, sharing these patterns.
Hi, there. Can’t understand what I’m doing when I knit 4 stitches from needle #1 to #4. Seems like I’ve closed off 4 stitches, but don’t understand what will be with this ‘pointy’ closed area in relation to building the thumb. Also appears to have left a hole/gap beside these 4 stitches as I progress in the pattern. Never knitted in round like this. Not sure if I should rip back and try again… any guidance would be appreciated. thanks!
Hi, Rhonda! When you knit those 4 stitches on needle #1 and needle #4 together, you are (1) creating an overlap for the buttons, (2) decreasing the total number of stitches by 4 and (3) joining to work in the round for the rest of the hand.
I hope that helps, please let me know if you have any more questions!
Just finished mine! In a rich tonal brown yarn with a little sparkle for the MC and a salmon-pink CC!
Hi! I love the gloves! But…I’m working on my first pair of them and when I got to the point in the pattern that reads “Join to work in the round as follows:
RIGHT HAND: Bring sides of work together as if to join. Overlap edges, placing needle
#4 behind needle #1. [Insert the tip of the fifth needle knitwise into the first stitch
on needle #1 and into the first stitch on needle #4, knit these 2 sts tog] 4 times. Knit
across needles #2 and #3, then k 2 sts on needle #4. Place marker for beg of rnd. 32sts.”
It’s the last part of it I’m not clear about. When I knit the four stitches together from needles 1 and 4, I end up with 4 stitches on needle 4. then the next round says “knit these 2 sts on needle 4, place marker for beg of round.” What happened to the 2 other sts on needle 4? My count is 32 sts. I know it has to be obvious and I’m a dunce for not seeing it…please help!
Hi, Cindy! You are knitting 2 sts on needle 4, then placing a marker for a new beginning of the next round. That’s all, nothing happens to those other 2 sts on needle 4 – they just become the first 2 sts of the next round. I hope that helps, let me know if you need anything else!
Linda, there is a very good explanation of a long-tail cast-on here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/long-tail-cast-on
Thank you…..I found it, so now all I have to do is find some yarn and knit these up…
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