Jedao gloves pattern

[ursula]

This pattern makes a pair of fingerless gloves in size small.

Yarn: Madeleine Tosh Twist Light in Blood Runs Cold (red) and Brass (yellow), and Malabrigo sock yarn in black.

Needles: four size 2 double-pointed needles (I used bamboo).

Gauge: 1 pattern repeat (12 stitches) was 1.5 inches wide in red and black on size 2 needles. The same pattern in red and yellow was closer to 2 inches.

cuff

Cast on 40 stitches using a two-color brioche cast-on, starting with red. Divide on three needles: I placed 12 stitches on each of the first 2 needles, and 16 stitches on the last needle. Knit in the round in two-color brioche rib for 1/2 an inch, placing a marker 4 stitches before the end of the round. Work two repeats of the Ring of Fire pattern on the first 36 stitches, keeping the last 4 stitches in plain two-color brioche rib.

thumb increase

Change from yellow to black yarn. Work the Ring of Fire pattern on the first 36 stitches. On the last red stitch of the round (for the left glove) or the first red stitch after the marker (for the right glove) increase 2 stitches as brkyobrk. Continue in pattern, increasing on the last red stitch or first red stitch after the marker on every odd red row for one pattern repeat.

On the next round, knit 38 stitches in the established pattern (for the left glove) or 36 stitches (for the right glove), slip the next 14 stitches to holders for the thumb, and cast on 2 stitches.

hand

Continue working the Ring of Fire pattern on the first 36 stitches and two-color brioche rib on the last 4 stitches until you have completed 1.5 repeats of the pattern above the thumb. Break the red yarn. Work K1, P1 rib in black for one round. Continue the K1, P1 rib for 25 stitches.

fingers and thumb

Place 15 stitches from the beginning of the round and 15 stitches from the end of the round on holders. (Putting 5 stitches on a safety pin works well.) You are now ready to knit the little finger. Cast on 4 stitches; you should have 14 active stitches. Knit in the round on K1, P1 rib for about an inch. Bind off loosely.

For the ring finger, take 5 stitches from your holder for the back of the hand, pick up 4 stitches from the side of the little finger, take 5 stitches from the holder for the front of the hand, and cast on 4 stitches, for a total of 18 stitches. Knit in the round on K1, P1 rib for about an inch. Bind off loosely.

The middle finger is similar to the ring finger: take 5 stitches from your holder for the back of the hand, pick up 4 stitches from the side of the ring finger, take 5 stitches from the holder for the front of the hand, and cast on 4 stitches, for a total of 18 stitches. Knit in the round on K1, P1 rib for about an inch. Bind off loosely.

For the pointer finger, take 5 stitches from your holder for the back of the hand, pick up 6 stitches from the side of the middle finger, take 5 stitches from the holder for the front of the hand, and pick up 2 stitches from the side of the glove, for a total of 18 stitches. Knit in the round in K1, P1 rib for about an inch. Bind off loosely.

Finally, return the 14 stitches from the thumb holders to your needles, and pick up 6 stitches from the side of the glove for a total of 20 stitches. Work in the round in K1, P1 rib for about an inch. Bind off loosely.

Ring of Fire pattern

This pattern is charted for the Ring of Fire Cowl in Nancy Marchant's book Knitting Fresh Brioche.

Rounds 1, 3, and 5 (red): *brRsl dec, sl1yo, brk1, sl1yo, brkyobrk, sl1yo, brk1, sl1yo, brk1, sl1yo*. Repeat from *.
Rounds 1, 3, and 5 (yellow/black): * sl1yo, brp1, sl1yo, brp1, sl1yo, p1, [sl1yo, brp1] 3 times*. Repeat from *.
Rounds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 (red): *brk1, sl1yo*. Repeat from *.
Rounds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 (yellow/black): *sl1yo, brp1*. Repeat from *.
Rounds 7, 9, and 11 (red): *brk1, sl1yo, brk1, sl1yo, brkyobrk, sl1yo, brk1, sl1yo, brLsl dec, sl1yo*. Repeat from *.
Rounds 7, 9, and 11 (yellow/black): *sl1yo, brp1, sl1yo, brp1, sl1yo, p1, [sl1yo, brp1] 3 times*. Repeat from *.

Comments

[ursula]

Here's the Ravelry pattern entry.

[isis]

Those are beautiful!

[ursula]

Thank you!

[sartorias]

Wow, those are so, so, SO awesome!

[ursula]

Thank you!

[yhlee]

So gorgeous! You almost make me want to take up knitting again, and I'm speaking as an ex-knitter with zero colorwork experience. =D

[ursula]

I had a lot of fun learning the technique! And I mailed them today, so you should be able to test them soon.

[yhlee]

=D =D =D Looking forward!

(Pondering fic...)

[ursula]

*bounce*

[hamletta]

Totally amazing. :sharpening her needles!:

[ursula]

Thank you!

[grayduck]

Beautiful!!

[ursula]

Thank you!

[pengwern]

A PATTERN TOO
YOU'RE THE BEST

[ursula]

♥

I was really hoping I could make this work on 36 stitches, for the calendrical significance, but I would've needed a thicker black yarn.

[pengwern]

But these are Kel gloves, so 40 is still appropriate!
...just thought about calendrically compliant knitting patterns (which is ofc encompassed by your wirewrapping fic) but the HORROR D: the ALTERATIONS D: the patterns only available in Not-Your-Size (maybe all the yarn sold in H*archate space needs to be elastic)

[ursula]

It's pretty easy to get to a multiple of six! You just need to be meticulous about swatching. And stars forfend you drop a stitch.

[pengwern]

(after all, every sky is full of stars) I was thinking about all the patterns that went for multiples of seven under the heptarchate that would all become HERETICAL in ...ok, a period of decades. They might just add ugly stockinette borders to the end where you're required to focus extra hard on meditation.

[ursula]

Oh, yeah. They probably threw a lot of things away. But it's really easier to design for an even number of stitches, in a lot of cases, so I'd guess there were some things like my riff on the group of units that could just be re-interpreted, too.

[yhlee]

I no longer have the rough draft of Ninefox that my sister handwrote comments on but at the point where I mentioned terminals marked with the hexarchate's wheel, my sister wrote something sarcastic like, "I bet replacing all the old heptarchate ones with hexarchate wheels after they got rid of the Liozh was really fun." ;)

The musicology of the h*archate also gives me nightmares.

[niqaeli]

Does Marchant's book have charts for the patterns in it, or is it written out as here?

[ursula]

It has charts, and very good images of the setup, increases, decreases, etc. I would definitely recommend it as a technique book even if you're not planning to make any of the specific patterns.