Enchanted Forest Fingerless Gloves pattern notes

(originally posted Thursday, February 12, 2009)

On the RH band 1 the leaves point right, whereas on LH they point left.

All leaves that point right are made beginning on the RS and the "yo" are used in conjunction with a following knit stitch. This results in a single "yo" on the needle.

However, on the bands where the leaves point left (i.e., band 2 RH, and bands 1/3 LH), the work needs to start on a WS row and the "yo" are used in conjunction with a following purl stitch.

I wrote "yo twice” here so that when the purl stitch is completed, a proper single "yo" results in the space before the purl stitch. When I tried a single "yo" before a purl stitch, the "yo" dropped as if I'd not attempted it, so that it why the yarn needs to wrap around the needle twice in order to result in a single "yo" in the space before the purl stitch.

The leaves are shaped by beginning with 4 stitches that increase from the several "yo" per row to 6, then 8 then 10, and then begin to decrease to 8, then 6, then 4, etc...