Pattern: Bo Peep fingerless gloves, by loutheperson and erqsome knits
Yarn: Natural Dye Studio Sparkle (cotton/tencel; 400 yds/100 g)
Needles: 2.75 mm DPNs, ser of four, for small-medium; 3 mm DPNS, set of four, medium-large
As a spring treat and a nice little (if slightly late in the day; we’re claiming our stake in North American time zones, so it still counts, right?) April Fools’ joke we have made an exception to the Year of Socks and put together this lacy, fingerless glove to get you through the April showers. They were meant to go up this morning but due to a surprise wholesale order for our Garden Year of Seeds Grow Your Own Soup kits, we have both been working flat out sewing up 110 seed bags! In a week! Eep!
Bo Peep are delicate and feminine and as part of our un-planned design tradition they come topped with a cute little button. We both got so excited when we came across the lace pattern in Barbara Walker’s First Treasury and couldn’t stop ourselves dreaming of Little Bo Peep counting the sheep running up the palm and skipping through the raindrop eyelets of the fingers and thumb!
The cotton/tencel blend gives them a dewy, early morning sunshiny sheen — perfect for the daily plant watering routine; however don’t try gardening in them! These lacy mitts are for the finer things in life.
Bo Peep is the ninth pattern to be released under the Loumms Year of Socks. It is avaliable on Ravelry as a free download, but for now you can download the pattern here.
Please note that while we’ve done our best to make sure there are no errors, we can’t guarentee there aren’t any. If you find something that looks amiss, get in touch! We’ll be posting updates if we find any, but we are always grateful for feedback of any sort.
Errata for Bo Peep:
keyhole row #3: is missing * after the first K2
keyhole row #4: ‘K last 3 sts’ should read ‘P last 3 sts’
keyhole row #7: ‘to the last 3 sts’ should read ‘to the last 2 sts’
keyhole row #10: pattern should say ”…to last 12 sts, yo, p5, yo, p3tog, p4”
in the “set up for thumb” section, the right/left hand instructions are backwards. The left thumb waste yarn should be added to needle ONE, not three. The right thumb waste yarn should be added to needle THREE, not one.
OH WOW! You’ve really done it this time! : )
These are perfect for my daughter – I am thinking blackberry fyberspates sparkle (with silver through it) for that gothy touch!
it’s just for fashioning and looks beautiful, i like these gloves….good job!
These gloves are absolutely beautiful!
I am having a problem on row 10 in the Keyhole section though.
It says to cast on 4, but it doesn’t say what to do with the ones you just cast on. I cast on four, then just followed from the yarn over, p5, yo, etc… and I always end up with 12 stitches at the end instead of 11.
Any suggestions on what to do?
Hi Nellie,
You are absolutely right: there should be 12 sts st the end not 11. The full errata is up on Ravelry, and we’ve posted it above, too!
Hope it helps! xx
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