I decided to make some gloves as a gift for my mum. She’d seen the fingerless ones I was wearing and said she’d love some the same..except, not as chunky and with full fingers! Hmmm. Mine were rainbow gloves, very bright.
Anyway, I decided to go ahead and make them for Christmas so I took her out for the day, found a wool stall on a market and asked her to choose seven colours that I could use to make a jumper for one of my granddaughters. Little did she know they were for her gloves!
I wrote the pattern as I went and here’s how I made them! If there are any errors, apologies, it’s from my scribbled notes
Rainbow gloves
Sizes: Medium
You will need:
DK yarn, 25g each of A – red, B – orange, C – yellow, D – green, E – blue, F – indigo and G – violet
One stitch marker
Waste yarn
Abbreviations
CO – cast on
PM – place marker
SM – slip marker
Sts – stitches
KFB – increase one stitch by knitting into the front and then the back of the same stitch
EOR – end of round
Rep – repeat
K2tog – knit two sts together
B & T – cut yarn and thread through all the sts, pull tight and fasten off
With colour A CO 44
PM and join to knit in the round
Rib K2, P2 for 10 rounds
Change to colour B and K2, P2 rib for another 10 rounds
Change to colour C
Next round – K5, KFB, K11, (KFB) 3 times, K to EOR
Knit 3 rounds
Thumb gusset
1.K22, PM, P1, K2, P1, PM, K to EOR
2.K to marker, SM, K1, KFB, K to 1st before marker, KFB, K to EOR
3.K to marker, P1, K to 1st before marker, P1, K to EOR
Rep rounds 2 & 3 until there are 18 sts between the makers changing to colour D after 3 more rounds ending after a round 3. You should finish after 10 rounds in green.
Upper hand. Change to colour E
Next. K23, place 16 sts on waste yarn, K to EOR (46 sts)
Knit 10 rounds
Fingers – when putting sts on needles for fingers, divide evenly onto dpns and leave a long tail for sewing up.
Pinky – change to colour F
K6, place 34 sts on to waste yarn, cast on 2 sts then K6 sts to complete the round. Join to knit in the round. PM to mark BOR
K 19 rounds
Next round – (K2tog) rep to EOR
B & T
Ring finger – change to colour F. Before knitting ring finger, pick up 2 sts in the cast on edge of the pinky finger
K7 sts from the waste yarn, CO 2 sts, leave next 24 sts on the waste yarn, K5 sts from the waste yarn, join to knit in the round, PM to mark BOR
Knit 23 rounds
Next round – (K2tog) rep to EOR
B & T
Middle finger – change to colour A. Before knitting ring finger, pick up 3 sts in the cast on edge of the pinky finger
K6 sts from the waste yarn, CO 3 sts, leave next 12 sts on the waste yarn, K6 sts from the waste yarn, join to knit in the round, PM to mark BOR
Knit 25 rounds
Next round – (K2tog) rep to EOR
B & T
Index finger – change to colour B
Place rem 12 sts onto needles, pick up 2 sts on cast on edge of middle finger, PM to mark BOR
K 23 rounds
Next round – (K2tog) rep to EOR
B & T
Thumb – change to colour E
Pick up 2 sts in the gap and join to work in the round.
Work 10 rounds
Next round – (K2tog) rep to EOR
B & T
Fasten off all ends, wash and dry flat
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