Monica Knits

The Whirligig glove pattern is now available with two colorway charts: regal gold and purple; or winter white and nature colors. The four-color, Fair Isle style Whirligig gloves feature a contrasting 2 x 2 ribbed cuff and windmills in 3 colors, staggered across a gold or sky blue background. A provisional (waste yarn) thumb was employed to reduce knitting complexity, speed the knitting and provide a streamlined thumb. A fingertip guide was used for the stranding technique. A video illustrates the use of the fingertip guide to knit with 2 colors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0ApmvvhTA . Read on ... for additional links, tips, instructions, pattern and yarn information.

Whirligig Gloves Promise of SpringThe late winter colors of sky blue, brilliant sunshine, snow, dried grasses and leafless trees evoked the sense of spring awakening. The effect was both uplifting and fascinating and inspired Fair Isle style gloves in 4 cheerful colors: sky blue, cream, rust and yellow. Read on ... for Independent Designer Pattern (IDP) and yarn information.

These fingerless gloves were knitted with alpaca yarn so soft, it feels like you are caressing a kitten or puppy. Not only was the yarn a pleasure to knit, but the gloves are luxurious to wear. They were designed as fingerless gloves to allow me to wear them while typing at the computer. Alpaca yarn was selected for its warmth and a stranding technique was used to provide a further layer of insulation and greater warmth. The room in which our computer is housed is cold--good for computers, not so good for typing! The gloves provide the perfect mix of comfort and style, while keeping the fingers cozy. The photo on the right shows the stranding technique.

Video clips have been linked to popular articles in this blog. If there are other video clips you would like to see, please post a comment on the Monica Knits youtube site.

Click here to read the article: Undoing Knit Stitches (Knit in Reverse):
Click here to watch the related video clip showing knitting in reverse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDW9gKXBm1M .

Click here to read the article: Undoing Purl Stitches (Purl in Reverse) Video link --> "Purl in Reverse" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-1D05dCcxU

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Basic Glove - Cuff (a cuff in two color, stranded knitting in the round)
Color Work - Stranding (stranding instructions - flat work)
Click here to watch a video on using a fingertip knitting guide to knit with 2 colors in the round: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-0ApmvvhTA .

Updated January 5, 2011