For still there are so many things that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago,
and people who will see a world that I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

-- Bilbo’s song in Rivendell, The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Thinking Gloves are a comfortable pair of textured, fingerless gloves to keep an old hobbit’s hands warm while he’s writing in his book on one of the many porches of Elrond’s house. Or to keep any person’s hands warm who loves to think and dream, or write, or draw, or indeed work at any craft. Or maybe to wear whilst walking in the woods and see in every spring a different shade of green.

Materials Needed:
- @75 (102; 134) yards dk weight yarn in main colour (colour A)
- @40 (54; 71) yards dk weight yarn in contrast colour (colour B)
- 3mm (US 2 1/2) circular or dpn needles or size needed to make gauge
- 2.75mm (US 2) circular or dpn needles or one size smaller than needle for gauge
- pieces of scrap yarn (flexible stitch holders) if desired, use multiple colours of yarn to denote holders A, B, C, and D
- stitch marker to mark gusset stitches
- additional marker to mark start of rounds (optional)

Finished Sizes:
Small - fits 6” palm; Medium – fits 7” palm; Large – fits 8” palm

Gauge: 28 sts x 64 rows in garter slipped stitch

Instruction Format:
This pattern is entirely written; you do not need to use the charts to work this pattern.
This pattern is partially charted; you will need to use the written instructions to work the cuffs, fingers, and thumbs of this pattern.