Homecoming Gloves by Dee Hardwicke

Homecoming Gloves

Knitting
November 2022
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in over stocking stitch, with 4mm (US 6) needles
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1 (2, 3, 4)
English

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Palm circumference
15 (16.5, 18.5, 20)cm / 6 (6½, 7¼, 7¾)in

Length from wrist to tip of middle finger
14 (16.5, 18, 19)cm / 5½ (6½, 7, 7½)in

Length from cuff to wrist
18cm (all sizes) / 7in (all sizes)

Cuff circumference at mid arm
22.5 (22.5, 25, 25)cm / 8¾ (8¾, 10, 10)in

YARN
Tukuwool DK
(DK weight; 100% Finnish wool; 250m / 273yds per 100g skein)

A – 1 x 100g skein in 03 Auri
B – 1 x 100g skein in H20 Hohka

NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES
A set 3.5mm (US 4) double-pointed needles
A set 4mm (US 6) double-pointed needles
A set of short 4mm (US 6) double-pointed needles for fingers (optional)
3 stitch markers, 1 in a contrast colour for beginning of round
Stitch holders or waste yarn
Tapestry needle

TENSION
25 sts and 25 rounds to 10cm / 4in measured over stranded colourwork pattern in stocking stitch, with 4mm (US 6) needles

24 sts and 34 rounds to 10cm / 4in measured over stocking stitch, with 4mm (US 6) needles