I’ve now knitted a second pair of these, and written up the pattern as I’ve gone along. There are some minor changes from the originals, but the finished glove is pretty much the same. Click here to download the pattern pdf (updated 18 Dec 08, thanks to Luliriisi for pointing out errata). As usual, please note that some rights are reserved and in particular that no commercial use is permitted.
These long, fingerless gloves were originally created during our Lord of the Rings extended editions watch-a-thon, and are inspired by Arwen as I imagine her from the books. The beautiful silvery-blue yarn made me think of starlight and of the Evenstar of her people.
You will need 2 x 50g Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK in shade 008 (pattern uses approx 170 m of yarn) and a set of 3.25 mm dpns (or smaller/larger to adjust glove size). The finished glove fits my traditionally-built arms (wrist = 21 cm around) and the arm measures approx 12 cm to the wrist.
The thumb is made using Elizabeth Zimmerman’s ‘thumb trick’; if you need more information on this see Knitter’s Almanac or this photo-tutorial from A Kitten Knits.
I’m still new to pattern writing so please let me know if there are any errors or problems.
18 responses so far ↓
hickory // 3 November 2008 at 2:18 pm |
These are lovely!
beentsy // 4 November 2008 at 4:31 am |
Beautiful!
vestque // 4 November 2008 at 12:06 pm |
Wow…I knit, but nothing like this. These look great!
Alice // 4 November 2008 at 5:17 pm |
Wow, beautiful cable work! Love these
Penny // 5 November 2008 at 12:46 am |
The cable looks really interesting, and a bit different.
audreym // 7 November 2008 at 3:59 pm |
thanks for all the nice comments
I do love cables, particularly long sinuous ones that criss cross each other. I look forward to seeing other people’s versions …
CindyCindy // 25 November 2008 at 8:22 pm |
Beautiful!
Lime & Violet’s Daily Chum » Blog Archive » Advent Calendar - Women’s: Evenstar Gloves // 14 December 2008 at 2:01 pm |
[...] cables don’t have to be restricted to Tolkien fans, however. Audrey MacDonald’s Evenstar Gloves pattern is widely appealing and available for free on her [...]
jillian // 14 December 2008 at 4:19 pm |
A lovely pattern – thank you for publishing it!
j // 31 December 2008 at 4:48 pm |
I really like this pattern especially the cable pattern. Could this be adapted for mittens?
audreym // 31 December 2008 at 10:11 pm |
yes, someone on ravelry has already made a pair of mittens based on the pattern
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/agnesairplane/evenstar-gloves
Shauna // 18 January 2009 at 7:12 am |
Hi
i love the pattern. I was wondering if you could help me with something I’m curently on my 4th attempet and am haveing problems makeing the bumps at the bottom before you start the cable pattern. any segestions?
audreym // 18 January 2009 at 2:07 pm |
Hi there, I’d love to help but I’m not sure what you mean by ‘the bumps at the bottom’? After casting on you knit 6 rounds of P4 K4 rib (ie [purl 4, knit 4] repeat to end) , then start the cable pattern. If you could explain a bit more what you’re having problems with, I’ll try and help some more
Melanie // 20 February 2009 at 10:51 pm |
This pattern is so gorgeous! I had never knitted anything with double-pointed needles before, but I fell deeply in love with these gloves the moment I saw them, went out and bought the needles, and started knitting. I had never done anything nearly so difficult before, but my, it was worth it! I am now typing while wearing my newly completed pair. Thank you so much for posting this pattern! The fact that they were inspired by Arwen Undomiel makes me even happier. They definitely fit how I think of her as well.
Tina // 22 August 2009 at 11:45 pm |
Hello,
Thank you so much for sharing this pattern. This is my first cabled pattern. I am having a little problem with the main cable pattern at the 21st round where it says to do the first wrapping around. It also seems to imply there are 17 stiches to work in the cable this round but in all rounds previously there where 16. It seems to be off somehow..it isn’t falling where it should. Did you have this problem or am I missing something? Thank you for all your help.
Tina // 22 August 2009 at 11:48 pm |
Nevermind. Immediately after I sent the first message I realized what I was doing wrong..hah. Thanks anyways
Audreyb // 19 September 2009 at 4:03 am |
I love that pattern and I tried to follow the directions but it keeps messing up
I keep getting confused
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