Knitting a Pair of Cashmere Gloves With Recycled Yarn

my swatch

Last Christmas I bought  a few skeins of  "reclaimed  cashmere" yarn from our local yarn shop before they became an online only store. My brother had given me a gift certificate for Christmas, and I was excited to find this yarn at an excellent price. Christian, the owner, told me that the woman he bought it from overdyes the recycled skeins. I loved the quality, feel, and price. (especially since it was on sale.)

I always write out my patterns by hand

I decided to use one of my favorite patterns from Ravelry.  It's called "Dancing At Lugnasa Gloves," and it's  free.  I dug out my size 2 dpn's from my set of Knitter's Pride sock needles. I swatched for the pattern on a size 2 set of needles, and was spot on with gauge. Whew! I love it when it's that easy. The fit of these gloves is perfect. You can lengthen or shorten the fingers so that they fit you exactly. They are so much more comfortable than gloves from the store.  I used Alpaca Sox sock yarn for my last pair. They have held up beautifully. I think the nylon helps to make them more durable.

I made the green ones several years ago. They are listed in my Etsy shop.I wear them every day to ride my bike  in the winter. I have been meaning to make another pair for years. They are more work than socks, so I have been procrastinating. Still, they are so useful; I have always wanted a pair of hand knit, simple, plain, grey gloves. Working with cashmere is divine. It's so elegant.

my knitting sidekick, Lula

I met with a friend this afternoon.  She was crocheting a baby blanket for charity, and I wasworking on the cuff of my glove. We sat and chatted  for a couple of hours. I came home and had a fourth cup of cafe au lait, (Terrible, I know!) It's a good thing I don't drink. I'd probably be an alcoholic. It runs in my family, on both sides. It's very hard for me to reduce my coffee intake. Something about this rainy weather makes me want to knit for several hours a day, listen to podcasts, and drink mugs and mugs of vanilla nut coffee with goat's milk. It sure tastes delicious.  

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