Peffery Owls Gloves

From early childhood I have loved owls, so when we found shortly after moving in here that we have tawny owls living close by I was delighted! We often hear their distinctive call after dark from early autumn to late winter. It was inevitable that I would need to design some owl patterns and I have named these Peffery after the river which flows nearby. I feel very lucky to have Tawny neighbours, especially as in the UK the Tawny Owl was moved onto the Amber List of Birds of Conservation Concern in 2015.

Peffery Owl patterns are available for hat, gloves, and cowl.

Method: Featuring cute owls, their distinctive call, and leaves, these stranded colorwork fingerless gloves are knit in the round from the cuff down. They have a thumb gusset created by yarn overs and can be worked in three or more contrasting colors.     

Please note the colorwork design in this pattern is charted not written out. You need to be prepared to read and work from charts in order to enjoy knitting this design.

Size: This pattern is written in 3 sizes. All instructions that differ depending on the size you are knitting are indicated with parentheses and color coded like this: S (M, L).

Size    Glove Circumference

S         7”        18 cm

M        8”        20.5 cm

L         9”        23 cm

Yarn: This pattern works well with three (or more) solid colors of DK yarn. You can use any DK yarn that you like and with which you can get tension/ gauge.

Please note I do not recommend using yarns with a high cotton content as cotton doesn’t stretch as much as other fibers and this will affect the fit of your gloves.

The amounts of each color required will depend on how many colors you pick, where you choose to use them in the hat, and which size you are knitting. As a guide for the gloves pictured (size L in three colors) I used the following quantities of Drops Karisma:

MC – 47 Forest Green approx. 165 metres (180 yards)

CC1 – 11 Orange approx. 15 metres (16 yards)

CC2 – 77 Light Oak approx. 35 metres (38 yards)

Gauge:

6 stitches and 7 rows per inch (2.5cm) over colorwork pattern.

Needles:

3.75mm dpns, long circular for magic loop, or short circular (in which case you will still need dpns to work the fingers and thumbs) or size needed for gauge.

3.25mm dpns (optional short circular/ long circular for magic loop for knitting cuff).

Other Materials Required:

3 Stitch Markers

Waste yarn/ dental floss as preferred

Tape Measure

Scissors

Darning needle for sewing in ends.