The colors of January

Pacific Ocean--Mendocino Headlands

what are the colors of January?

for me it's the deep blues

of winter's night skies

and

charcoal gray storm clouds

laden

with icy blue resolutions 

and

teal good intentions

salt marshes

its the color of whales

singing their nursery songs

as they coast along our Pacific coast

 or the

gray feathers of mourning doves

looking for love

and a building nests

in all the wrong places

Pudding Creek and Haul Road bridge and Pacific Ocean

but right now it's

 Malabrigo Sock Yarn

in the colorway 852 Persia

knitted up into fingerless

mitts

to go over

and glam up

 my  cheap machine made store bought gloves

and

here it is

the colors of January

Happy New Year!

M o m o C h a r l e n e ' s
N e w Y e a r ' s
M i d n i g h t B l u e
G l o v e S l e e v e s
o r
F i n g e r l e s s M i t t s

Yarn: Malabrigo Sock
Needles: 1 set dbl pts size 1 and 2.
Gauge: 7-8 sts. Per inch.
Size Small to Medium

Notes: As these were made to slip over store bought gloves with the

touch fingertips for smart phones, etc. the body of the glove needs a

bit more width. I solved this by switching to size 2 needles for the

body. I like the finger and wrist area tighter anyway so I use a size

smaller needles for those areas. These sleeves are also flippable. I

like the sportswear look of the ribbing at my fingertips, but there are

times I need to see some lace!

Cast on 60 stitches with size 1s. Place marker at beginning. Join for round stitching.

Knit 3, Purl 2 ribbing for 2 inches. Switch to size 2 needles.

Knit stockinette for 1 inch.

Purl 3, knit around to last 3 sts. Purl 3. Repeat for 3 rows.

for thumb opening:

Row 1 (Right side): *(P1, S1)twice, P1. * Stockinette around to last 5 stitches before marker. Do same pattern *-*.

TURN work ( will work back and forth.)

Row 2 (wrong side): Purl across. TURN.

Repeat these two rows for about 3 inches. Enough for your thumb to slip through. End on right side.

Rejoining and starting lace pattern:

Place marker and rejoin(for in the rd knitting) by just stitching across to left side p1,sl 1, p1, sl 1 p1. Knit across

to last 5 stitches, p1, sl, p1, sl1. Slip marker. Knit across. Do these two rows for 3 times (total 6 rows.)

Knit 1 inch of stockinette. Switch to size 1 needles.

Begin lace pattern:

Row 1:

K2tog, yo, k1, yo sl 1, k1, psso, p2, k1, p2.

Row 2 & 3:

Knit

Row 4:

repeat row 1.

Repeat four row pattern 5 times. End at row 3. Bind off.

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