"Hooray for Me" gloves - Hooray, indeed

A good number of folks chided me for my fingerless gloves (mitts) that I knit recently, saying that your fingers are the very part of you that gets the coldest, so what's the point of leaving them exposed when making gloves? Although , there are times when these gloves would come in handy to maintain dexterity, people think of mitts associated with some undesirable circumstances e.g., holding up a liquor store, hanging out with the homeless, smoking cigarettes outside a bar, or heaven forbid trying to emulate Billy Idol in the 80s. My mitts were perfect for Rhinebeck, but I realize that there is no substitute for owning a solid pair of hand-made, full-finger length gloves. So I knit myself a pair.

The pattern is "Hooray for Me Gloves" by Marnie MacLean. The pattern is actually for tipless gloves (similar to mitts, but these gloves actually have separations for each finger), but I just extended them to regular gloves. The pattern is very easy to follow, except I recommend that instead of casting on additional stitches for each finger, just make new stitches / pick up stitches so that those inevitable, small holes between the fingers require less sewing in the end. But I think it's a pretty universal pattern. Here is an in-progress photo, and a photo at completion.

The yarn is beautiful It was given to me in a swap (Swap on a Budget, #5, a.k.a. SOAB#5) on Ravelry. It's Touch Yarns Merino 4-Ply. It is beautiful material, and 100g goes a long way. I probably used no more than half the skein. Thank you to MITChick, who gave this to me in a lovely gift set. Touch Yarns is a company out of New Zealand, so I feel like it's "exotic yarn"... like I'm all "cultured" now!

Gloves do require weaving in A LOT of ends - 10 per glove, as I recall. But I think it's worth it since they came out so nice.

Now that this project is done, I will be moving all knitting efforts (other than finishing DH's second sock, which has been on-hold for months) to baby projects. I'm 5.5 months preggers! We're having a boy, which is very exciting! I don't know anything about boy babies! I know with little girls, it's all tea parties and dress up, but I'll have to figure out what to do with a little boy, since there aren't any in my immediate family. I'm counting on my MIL, an amazing kindergarten teacher for over 30 years, to help me figure out what they're into. I'll also be tapping into my friends Kim, Larissa, and Ilissa, since they both have baby boys of their own. I already have a pattern and materials for a little blue and brown jacket, but I really need to decide on a pattern for a baby blanket. Decisions, decisions....

Anyway, have a great Turkey-Day! Gobble-Gobble!