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I am currently trying to interpret a pattern for a pair of knitted winter gauntlets (for a man?). It seems the numbers are a bit off. Do any of you gentlemen of the forum have or made a pair of these?
Winter Gauntlet
Peterson's Magazine 1857
Illustration, pg 101
Directions, 166
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Materials - Three ounces of four-ply fleecy dark-gray or dark-blue; two pins,
No. 9; and two No. 11. For pattern see front of number.
Cast on thirty-eight stitches on pins No. 8; knit in brioche stitch until nine
inches are completed; then with No. 11 pins knit seven inches more, and cast
off; join up on the wrong side leaving a space of about two inches in the part
last knitted for the thumb.
Reading these directions the gauntlet would come out 16 inches long!
It is my opinion that there is more information in period directions and illustrations than we think. At first I thought they were for a woman, but the 7" for the "hand" would be better suited for a man, YES or NO? The length for the "arm" is yet to be determined. If you have a pair of these I would like to know the length.
Thanks,
Susan Armstrong
Winter Gauntlet
Peterson's Magazine 1857
Illustration, pg 101
Directions, 166
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r=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=winter%20gauntlet&f=false
Materials - Three ounces of four-ply fleecy dark-gray or dark-blue; two pins,
No. 9; and two No. 11. For pattern see front of number.
Cast on thirty-eight stitches on pins No. 8; knit in brioche stitch until nine
inches are completed; then with No. 11 pins knit seven inches more, and cast
off; join up on the wrong side leaving a space of about two inches in the part
last knitted for the thumb.
Reading these directions the gauntlet would come out 16 inches long!
It is my opinion that there is more information in period directions and illustrations than we think. At first I thought they were for a woman, but the 7" for the "hand" would be better suited for a man, YES or NO? The length for the "arm" is yet to be determined. If you have a pair of these I would like to know the length.
Thanks,
Susan Armstrong
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