Hello darlings!
I’m sorry, with all the road tripbragging talk yesterday I forgot to ask - how was your weekend? Did you get up to any fibrey mischief? I confess I get a bit giddy when travel is involved. The past three years have been very dry on travel and exploring. (For someone who has spent every summer holiday and spring break and even a few university semesters traveling the world, going for more than a few months without an adventure trip is a big change.)
My weekend included dinosaurs. I’m not complaining. ;o)
I finished a pair of dinosaur gloves for a very special nephew. (Not my nephew, but he’s clearly very special if his Auntie thinks he needs a pair of these delightful things.) I’m damn chuffed about how these babies turned out. The pattern is Triceratops Dinosaur Gloves by Chelsea Nicole Spangler and the pattern is made for ‘women’s glove size 6-7’.
I don’t know what that actually means, since I’ve never made gloves before in my life. Yes I do wear gloves sometimes, but I’ve never bought a pair that came in sizes other than S/M/L or ‘one size fits none’ (all of which are ‘size not fit Babs’) Anyhow, ‘women’s size 6-7’ certainly won’t be fitting a 5 year old kiddo. Did I let this stop me? Hell no. Did I swatch before casting on for the gloves? Hell no. Did I have the recipient handy (haha) for trying on gloves as they were being made? Nope, nope, nope.
AND LOOK AT HOW THESE DARLINGS TURNED OUT ANYHOW!
I should probably be humble about the fact that i just managed to succeed at a bit of fancy pattern hacking (Chelsea, I loved the pattern as it was, too.), but I’m not. I don’t think I can be actually. I don't crochet, as I've said before. It usually ends with me in tears (or, in the few cases where I've finished the crocheted thing, I had several episodes of frustrated tears along the way.) I was armed only with a scanned copy of a handprint from the recipient and my wits. It’s just too cool that it worked out!
Before I get into the hackery, please note this is a paid for pattern. Chelsea has many kick-butt patterns and I highly recommend checking out her stuff on Ravelry. I’m not going to give away the entire pattern, I will just explain the bits I changed to get kid-sized gloves from an adult pattern. Feel free to use my notes to amend your purchased pattern if you wish.
I used fingering weight yarn (in Cascade Heritage Solid in Cedar Green-5864 and Mustard-5652) and 3.75mm needles. I cast on 44sts and did 5 repeats of the texture stitch for the cuff. I knitted 16 rows for the arm before prepping for the thumb. After the thumb I knit a further 10 rows before beginning the fingers and I used 10-12sts per finger hole (+ the fourchette stitches) for each finger.
I was able to follow the pattern at least as a guide for the gloves.
For the bone plate I used a 3.75mm crochet hook with the fingering weight yarn, but otherwise followed the pattern instructions.
I’ve included these details on my Ravelry Project Page, too.
I also got part way through a pair of dino mittens for the other special nephew (same Auntie). I don’t have a photo of this pair yet, but I think they will be my travel ‘sock’ project for this trip. At least until I get to the fiddly crochet bits and can’t do anything without staring at either my hands or the pattern. (In case you're wondering, pattern is T-Rex Mittens by Chelsea Nicole Spangler, o far I've only made the same changes as I did to the Triceratops Gloves - 44st cast on and a 5x repeat of the texture for the cuff)
I may not have photos of the mittens yet, but I do, however, have photos of the fancy schmancy gift bags these knitted goodies will be going into. The level of delight and enthusiasm Liebling had when i asked if he would mind drawing me a volcano landscape for dinosaurs was THE. BEST. Reasons why I love this guy. :-D
So what did you get up to over the weekend and the first part of the week? I’d love to see some piccies of your WiPs/FOs/HOs.
I’m sorry, with all the road trip
My weekend included dinosaurs. I’m not complaining. ;o)
I finished a pair of dinosaur gloves for a very special nephew. (Not my nephew, but he’s clearly very special if his Auntie thinks he needs a pair of these delightful things.) I’m damn chuffed about how these babies turned out. The pattern is Triceratops Dinosaur Gloves by Chelsea Nicole Spangler and the pattern is made for ‘women’s glove size 6-7’.
I don’t know what that actually means, since I’ve never made gloves before in my life. Yes I do wear gloves sometimes, but I’ve never bought a pair that came in sizes other than S/M/L or ‘one size fits none’ (all of which are ‘size not fit Babs’) Anyhow, ‘women’s size 6-7’ certainly won’t be fitting a 5 year old kiddo. Did I let this stop me? Hell no. Did I swatch before casting on for the gloves? Hell no. Did I have the recipient handy (haha) for trying on gloves as they were being made? Nope, nope, nope.
AND LOOK AT HOW THESE DARLINGS TURNED OUT ANYHOW!
I should probably be humble about the fact that i just managed to succeed at a bit of fancy pattern hacking (Chelsea, I loved the pattern as it was, too.), but I’m not. I don’t think I can be actually. I don't crochet, as I've said before. It usually ends with me in tears (or, in the few cases where I've finished the crocheted thing, I had several episodes of frustrated tears along the way.) I was armed only with a scanned copy of a handprint from the recipient and my wits. It’s just too cool that it worked out!
Before I get into the hackery, please note this is a paid for pattern. Chelsea has many kick-butt patterns and I highly recommend checking out her stuff on Ravelry. I’m not going to give away the entire pattern, I will just explain the bits I changed to get kid-sized gloves from an adult pattern. Feel free to use my notes to amend your purchased pattern if you wish.
I used fingering weight yarn (in Cascade Heritage Solid in Cedar Green-5864 and Mustard-5652) and 3.75mm needles. I cast on 44sts and did 5 repeats of the texture stitch for the cuff. I knitted 16 rows for the arm before prepping for the thumb. After the thumb I knit a further 10 rows before beginning the fingers and I used 10-12sts per finger hole (+ the fourchette stitches) for each finger.
I was able to follow the pattern at least as a guide for the gloves.
For the bone plate I used a 3.75mm crochet hook with the fingering weight yarn, but otherwise followed the pattern instructions.
I’ve included these details on my Ravelry Project Page, too.
I also got part way through a pair of dino mittens for the other special nephew (same Auntie). I don’t have a photo of this pair yet, but I think they will be my travel ‘sock’ project for this trip. At least until I get to the fiddly crochet bits and can’t do anything without staring at either my hands or the pattern. (In case you're wondering, pattern is T-Rex Mittens by Chelsea Nicole Spangler, o far I've only made the same changes as I did to the Triceratops Gloves - 44st cast on and a 5x repeat of the texture for the cuff)
I may not have photos of the mittens yet, but I do, however, have photos of the fancy schmancy gift bags these knitted goodies will be going into. The level of delight and enthusiasm Liebling had when i asked if he would mind drawing me a volcano landscape for dinosaurs was THE. BEST. Reasons why I love this guy. :-D
So what did you get up to over the weekend and the first part of the week? I’d love to see some piccies of your WiPs/FOs/HOs.
Enjoying the blog? It takes a lot of caffeine and yarn to make this happen! ;)
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