Here is the pay-it-forward gift #2. I hand delivered Kathy's gloves personally to her . Kathy was gracious enough to model these and just sent the pictures to me. They turned out great !! They look so lovely on Kathy too !!!
Kathy has been a good friend of mine for many years so I know alot more about her tastes. Kathy is an Irish girl at heart. She likes all things Irish...the country, beer..St. Patricks day , music, clothes..she even owns and plays the irish drum. Wasn't sure how was going to tie in the Irish theme, but I knew I wanted to make her a pair of fingerless gloves. Something simple and not too warm that you could only wear them in our winter months. More versatile.
Thus, I found the yarn first which was green. Forgot to say that Kathy's favourite colour is green ! Even THAT, sounds a bit Irish to me. Anyways, I had worked with Madelinetosh DK, 100% Super Merino, before and love it, and their hand-dyed colours are so fabulous. This particular colour is called terrarium, it's in shades of olive greens. Very striking !!
The pattern that I used AGAIN is the Welted Fingerless Gloves This must be my 3rd glove I've done in this pattern. It has enough challenge and interesting knitting features to not get boring and it showcases the beautiful colourways of the yarn.
You have an option of adding buttons on the cuff part of the gloves. This is something I do like to do as it adds a beautiful finishing touch.
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Did I mention that Kathy also likes vintage things. So I found 10 vintage buttons at my local yarn store. They are tiny and have an olive green sparkle to them. Perfect choice. Probably sewing the buttons is the challenging part, I sew 5 buttons on each cuff. Lining them up perfectly is tricky. I have resewed them several times.
Now, I want to introduce you to little Edison. Well he's not so little, but he is cute. This is Kathy's doggie and one of her reasons for enjoying her new gloves. The gloves keep her hands warm as Kathy's hands give her pain once in awhile. But when taking little Edison out for his daily stroll, not in Ireland , but at least in her Irish Mist Gloves, she feels pretty lucky. Maybe that is the only way I could tie in her love for the irish is in the colour and name and that she is lucky !!
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| Mr. Edison ready for his walk |
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