trying my hand at knitting gloves!

That's fantastic, Donna! I made gloves ONCE and vowed to never again... Hugs, Noreen PS, I still have them!

Hi Donna,

Welcome and have fun with the gloves. I tried knitting a pair a few years ago and I still get a look laugh everytime I look at them.

In upstate NY it's like the middle of April, so unusal for this time of year, but I'll take it, beats shoveling snow.

Hugs,

Nora

Hi Noreen,

Yours must have turned out like mine, LOL. I'll stick to knitting mittens.

Hugs,

Nora

Thanks for the support! haven't got any further on the gloves than what I wrote this morning, been playing Mah-jong on the computer! I'll probably go back to mittens after this! LOL but since the 12-year old won't wear mittens, I'll tough this out!.

Donna in S. Indiana

Woohoo, Donna, good for you! I have that book, but never realized that there was a glove pattern in it. I should have a look.

Katherine

Funny how preteens and teens won't wear something because they don't think they are cool looking, or because they think it makes them look like a little kid. My older brother who works on a farm with horses all the time in Saskatchewan (he's a ferrier... fancy name for blacksmith for those who don't know what a ferrier is) actually asked my Mom one year if she was planning on sending him a Christmas parcel like she always did, to PLEASE put in a pair of mittens... or at the very least fingerless gloves with the mitten flap to pull over the fingers when he didn't need to do anything with his fingers. He said (and I totally agree) that mittens keep your fingers and hands warmer because they are all inside the same piece of material rather than individually wrapped... therefore the body heat from the rest of your hand keeps them warmer. :o) I wear mittens all through the winter.... and my son Matthew (who is 24) wears the fingerless gloves with the mitten flap when he's shovelling the snow from the laneway.

Gemini

- good luck with your gloves though... I've never made any. I do want to make a pair of two needle mittens, or crocheted mittens though. :o)

"Donna McIntosh" wrote in message news:DkNaf.511145$x96.64742@attbi_s72...

Here's the gloves I'd figure myself for:

Hi,

Thanks for that website, I like the gloves right above the fingers, may have to order a pair.

Hugs,

Nora

My granddaughters like gloves and I have knit them for the two older ones and for my daughter (she complained when I had made them for the girls and none for her). My older DGD has the same size hands that I do and my daughter's are close -- you are right that it helps a lot. I am making a pair now for my husband and he is pretty patient about trying them on for me. I have one of his done but have a ways to go yet on the second. They aren't hard but take a little more time than mittens. I am not likely to do them for the little one, though, as the thought of trying to do the pinky for hers slows me down. She is a toddler and it is going to be mittens for a while!

Katherine

The best toddler mittens are the ones made like hand puppets, with the big "lower jaw" for the thumb. They can get the thumb in easily and they love wearing them.

=Tamar

I love this link ... after having a good laugh, I think the HAND-AIDS might be a good thing for me at work since I use my hands so much and now Marie has me HOOKED on crocheting!! LOL

I have a pair for using the computer. They're cheaper this way than in other sources as well. Did you notice the rest of the catalog? I love to read and plot...

Where in upstate NY are you? I'm in Niagara Falls. I'll take this weather over shoveling snow any day. It's really windy here right now. Several branches came off my tree, just missing my car.

Robin

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We had / have majorly strong winds here today too. It *was* somewhat mild out earlier today, but now it's quite chilly out there. Even the dogs don't want to stay out for too long today. ;o)

Gem

Hi Robin,

I'm outside of Albany and the wind has been really blowing since yesterday. We got the terrible thundershowers last night too. Glad the branches missed your car. Our front lawn is covered with leaves from the neighbors trees. Wish the wind would blow from the other direction. LOL

Hugs,

Nora

Hi Robin, Welcome to you! I live a little close to you...in Rochester. You haven't seen me around in a few days, but I'm back.

Janise

Welcome back, Janise! :o)

Gemini