I absolutely love cold weather and in the Pacific North West we get lots of it! There’s nothing better than having toasty hands while you are out and about in the crisp winter air. However, with two little kids, I have found that wearing mittens is far too cumbersome. And all the gloves I’ve come across are either too bulky to be functional, or not nearly warm enough. Enter the Fulled Gloves. Worked in fingering weight wool and then shrunk down to fit, well, like a glove!

Gloves can be intimidating, particularly the fingers. But I assure you, these are very easy and are a great project to practice your in-the-round knitting skills. They are knit loose for fulling purposes, so even though the yarn is fingering weight we are using bigger needles, which makes for a quick knit. And because we are shrinking them, any little imperfections are completely unnoticeable in the end.

When choosing a size go by finished palm circumference. These are meant to be worn with zero ease. The fit will be fine tuned to your measurements, as this glove is stretched over your hand while it is still damp so that it can then dry in your perfect shape. The fingers, palms and cuffs are easily adjusted for length.

This is a beginner-friendly fulling pattern as well, with clear instructions on the whole process. There is something magical about knitting something that’s meant to be fitted, and throwing it in to the washing machine to finish it off. I’m always excited when I pull these out of the wash.

Skills Required
Cable cast-on, knit, purl, increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches
Working in the round using dpns or magic loop https://tutorials.knitpicks.com/magic-loop/

Materials
Yarn: 1 (1, 2, 2) 50g/231 yds balls Knitpicks Palette 100% wool, sample in Clove
Yardage: 210 (230, 280, 370) yards / 192 (210, 256, 338) metres
You can use any fingering weight 100% non-superwash wool that will shrink in the washing machine. I have had success with Harrisville Designs Shetland and Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift as well.

4.5mm/US 7 circular needles 32” length OR 4.5mm/US 7 double points
Scrap yarn
Darning needle
Stitch markers
Washing machine

Sizes: To fit palm circumference AFTER fulling
Small (child, XS ladies) 5.5”-6.5”
Medium (S/M ladies) 6.5”-7.5”
Large (L ladies, S/M mens) 7.5”-8.5”
X-Large (XL ladies, L/XL mens) 8.5”-9.5”

Pattern is professionally tech edited by Red Pencil Confidential.