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Much as I love my Short Wristers, I wanted something better. A search at the ever-dependable Crochet Pattern Central ended with Rachel Choi’s pattern for Shell Lace Fingerless Gloves. I liked it so much that I made three pairs — one for myself, another for Donna at the office, and the third for Dana-mee. There are at least two more pairs in the foreseeable future, which I will be working on as soon as time allows. In the meantime:

The first pair took some of the black Monaco thread I recovered from my first unsuccessful project (the black bolero mentioned here). I made an FC of 60ch per glove and a total of 25 rows using a 1.65mm hook. After reaching the end of the last row, I joined the edges of each glove by working downward with single crochet for 4 rows (wrong side out), switched to slipstitch down one edge only for another 8 rows to make the thumb opening, then back to single crochet again all the way to the bottom. Result: a beautifully Gothic FO.

Next I did a pair for Donna, in fulfillment of a promise made way back in September. Her gloves are the same width as mine, but ended up a tad shorter at 21 rows each since I only had one ball of Monaco beige. I also used single crochet all the way down the joins instead of slipstitching for the thumb opening. Neither Donna nor her hands seemed to mind:

Diana’s gloves were made using the leftover Cannon thread from her Renaissance Place Mat. I made an FC of 54ch and a total of 21 rows, and joined the edges with the all-SC technique.

(Now, does that look like a nine-year-old’s hand?)

I’ll be making another pair in silver/grey for myself, and one for Daren in blue, and who knows how many more.

(Yes, I know the shell design is reversed in the pattern photo, but I like them better this way. Hope you don’t mind, Rachel.)

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