Kwolek
by Helena Bristow
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Kwolek
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This pattern is named for Stephanie Kwolek, brilliant scientist for DuPont who invented Kevlar. This genius woman thought to spin a thin and slippery liquid into fibers, and as a result discovered one of the strongest materials known.
The gauntlets themselves aren’t intended to be made of Kevlar, though they do incorporate a novel approach to constructing fingerless gloves.
Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)
Finished size: To fit palm circumference of approximately 7” (8”, 9”) around. ‘Small’ size is roughly a women’s medium; ‘Medium’ size is a women’s large/men’s small; ‘Large’ size is a men’s medium.
Gauge: 7 sts and 14 rows = 1” in garter stitch (unblocked)
Materials:
- Oink Pigments Targhee Sock or Oink Sport, 1 skein (or appx 200 yds heavy fingering or sport weight yarn). Shown in size S in “Kernel Mustard”
- Set of 5 US Size 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs
- 10 (10, 11) stitch markers
- One safety pin or removable stitch marker
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About this pattern
45 projects,
in 46 queues
overall rating
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14 votes
clarity rating
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4.8
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4 votes
average difficulty from
16 ratings
About this yarn
by Oink Pigments
Sport
100% Merino
345 yards
/
100
grams
267 projects
stashed 370 times
rating
of
4.4
from
59 votes
About this yarn
by Oink Pigments
Fingering
90% Targhee, 10% Nylon
400 yards
/
100
grams
619 projects
stashed 888 times
rating
of
4.7
from
96 votes
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