Beveridge's Gloves by Heather Storta

Beveridge's Gloves

Knitting
August 2023
both are used in this pattern
yarn held together
Lace
+ Light Fingering
= Lace ?
34 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch with yarns held together
US 1 - 2.25 mm
925 yards (846 m)
Women’s S (M, L, 1X, 2X)
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These gloves are inspired by vintage kid leather gloves, the kind you find worn in the 1940s and 1950s and earlier. I had the perfect, small, 1940s vintage buttons to use, and just 6 of them! The long, buttoned cuff is worked with a mohair blend lace yarn held together with the wool/silk light fingering yarn, to give a nice contrast color as well as a warm fuzzy cuff. An I-cord edge gives the bottom edge a polished finish. The mohair is then dropped for the hands, leaving just the wool/silk yarn which makes the fabric there silky smooth. I had thought to work some embroidery on the back of the cuff and hand since there is a nice blank canvas there, and I may still do so later. Feel free to embellish them as well yourself if you wish! I attended a Regency Ball while finishing the knitting on these, so I’ve named them after one of the English Country dances we danced there—Mr. Beveridge’s Maggot. Gloves are a necessity during a Regency Ball, don’t you know, and these would have made the perfect accessory.