When I was working this pretty set of gloves and hat in white my thoughts went back a long way; remembering the feeling of breaking the thin ice of the first puddles of the season, on my way to school with my sisters and friends.  All of a sudden the rainy days were behind us, the air was different to breathe and we knew that winter was ahead. I loved looking at the different patterns made by the thin ice when breaking it....

This delicate set is as lovely to work as to wear! Worked in merino or alpaca of fingering weight makes a gorgeous set to wear when you want to dress up a bit! The lace and cables of the hat makes an elastic fabric with lots of stretch, ensuring a good fit.

Construction: Gloves: traditional construction worked in the round, from the lace cuff to the tip of fingers. The back of hand is worked letting the lace from the cuff follow the sides, ornating a centered leaf-pattern. The palm of hand is worked in st st and with a gusset for thumbs. All fingers are made in st st and in the round.
Hat: The hat is worked in the round from the brim, which is worked in lace, through the main section with lace, cables and leaf-patterning, the shaping of the top is worked in pattern and decreases.

Sizes: One-size for hat as well as gloves. You could adapt the sizes by working at different gauges: gauges given are gauge in st st (or lace, unstretched) I recommend that you find gauge swatching in st st
Hat Working at 32sts to 10cm/4” gives a hat with circumference 45cm/18”, working at 30sts to 10cm/4” gives a circumference of 48cm/19”,working at 28sts to 10cm/4” gives a circumference of 51cm/20”. Height 23cm/9”. Height might be adjusted by adding/subtracting repeats of the lace-border
Gloves Circumference of the glove worked at 30sts to 10cm/4” will be 16cm/6.25, at 28sts to 10cm/4” the circumference will be 17cm/6.75”, and working at 26sts to 10cm/4” will give a circumference of 18.5cm/7.25”. The lace-pattern is stretchy, and you do not have to count for ease.
Choose needles to obtain the correct gauge! I used needles 2.5mm/US1.5 - but please make a swatch for best result!

Yarn You will need approximately 210yards/192m of fingering weight wool to work the hat. Approximately 200yards/183m of fingering weight wool to work the gloves

The pattern:
The download offers the pattern for the gloves as well as for the hat. The patterns guides you through the set from the cast-on to the last st. All measurements are in cm’s as well as inches. All patterning is charted as well as written (row-by-row). The directions for the thumb gusset is written. All necessary row-counts are given.

The pattern has been tested by 3 wonderful test-knitters, whom I thank for their great work and advice:

Heini-P / MargiBorck and JesCaruss