Before Winter by Claudia Fiocchetti

Before Winter

Knitting
March 2020
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
32 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in small circumference colourwork
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
240 yards (219 m)
To fit adult hand with 18-20.5cm / 7-8in circumference
English
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Before Winter - gloves
These gloves are based on a repetitive motif playing with three intertwining shades. The final warm tonal effect reminds me of a beautiful woodland around my birthplace, where I went years ago for a walk in a late autumn day.

Yarn
Kate Davies Designs Milarrochy Tweed (70% Wool; 30% Mohair; 100m / 109yds per 25g ball).
1 ball of each of the following shades:
A Horseback
B Hirst
C Buckthorn

Needles and notions
2 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
Stitch markers
Tapestry needle
Waste yarn (for holding thumb stitches)

Gauge
32 stitches and 36 rounds to 10cm / 4in over stranded stockinette in the round on gauge-size
needle(s)
Use 3mm needle(s) as a starting point for swatching.

Size
To fit adult hand with 18-20.5cm / 7-8in circumference
Pattern Notes
These gloves are worked from bottom to top. After the cuff, the hand body 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.

Special Techniques
Tubular cast on

PLEASE NOTE: the pattern is for personal use only