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Fingerless Gloves

I found a pattern that I liked for fingerless gloves, but which only came in a big man's size, so I rewrote the pattern for a smaller hand (and an even smaller hand, and a really little hand). The gloves I knit here are the womens' large. Click on the "read more" link for the pattern.



Womens' Fingerless Gloves
Materials
Sport weight or light weight worsted yarn, a little over 100 m
Set of 4 US size 2 / 2.75 mm dpns
Stitch holder
Yarn needle
Stitch markers
Gauge
6 sts / inch
Right Glove
Wrist
Cast on 36 (32, 28), sts on 3 dpns.
Work in K2, P2 ribbing for 2.5"-3" or desired length.
On the last round of ribbing, increase 4 stitches evenly after every 9th (8th, 7th) stitch.
You should now have 40 (36, 32) stitches.
Knit 4 rounds in stockinette.
Thumb gusset
On the next round, place a stitch marker, P1, increase one stitch, K4, increase one stitch, P1, K to finish the round.
K the next two rounds, but P the two P stitches on either side of the thumb gusset.
Continue to increase two stitches every third round, inside of the P stitches in the thumb gusset until there are 12 (12, 10) sts between the two P stitches.
Next round after you have 12 (12, 10) inside the two P stitches: K1, slip the 12 (12, 10) sts onto a holder, cast on 4 sts, join and K around.
Knit in stockinette for about 6 rounds, or desired length to beginning of fingers.
Last row: stop knitting 7 (6, 6) stitches before the center of the thumb-side of the glove.
First Finger
Leave 6 (6, 6) stitches on a needle in front of the center of the thumb side of the glove, and put 7 (5, 5) stitches behind the center of the thumb side onto another needle. Slip the rest of the stitches onto a piece of scrap yarn. (You can leave the scrap yarn in the stitches and just pull it out at the very end if you want.)
Knit the 12 (11, 11) stitches, take a third needle and cast on 3 for the gusset, and knit around until the finger is as long as you want it. (an inch or so is pretty good).
Change to K1 P1 rib for 4 rounds.
Bind off.
Second Finger
On three needles, pick up 4 (4, 4) sts from the back of the hand, 3 sts from the gusset, 5 (4, 3) sts from the front of the hand, and cast on 3 for the gusset.
Join and work as for the fist finger.
Third Finger
On three needles, pick up 4 (4, 3) sts from the back of the hand, 3 (3, 4) sts from the gusset, 5 (4, 2) sts from the palm of the hand, and cast on 3 for the gusset.
Join and work as for the other fingers.
Little Finger
Use the remaining 9 (9, 9) sts and pick up 3 (3, 2) sts from the gusset.
Work as for the other fingers.
Thumb
Pick up the 12 stitches from the stitch holder on 3 needles and pick up 4 stitches in the gusset. Knit to desired length and finish in K1, P1 ribbing. You will have to P the two last stitches together for the ribbing because we have an uneven number. Bind off.
Left Glove
Work as for right glove, but pay attention to how many stitches are on the back of the hand and the palm for fingers.

Text Art

A friend of mine is thinking about putting a text on his wall in his new apartment. I have recently seen a really amazing text + drawing installation but I can't find it now. Instead I found a bunch of other inspiring text art. If you can help me find the one that I was looking for, I would love that. Fiona Banner's work is the closest to it, but it's not her. It was an installation in a gallery, the text overlapping with itself, sort of crowding into the corner, with illustrations breaking out of it. I saw it on the internet. It was red.

Click "continue reading" to see all the cool stuff I found while looking for the one I wanted.