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November 8, 2011

From Both of Us — It’s a Snap!

Filed under: Updates — Both Sisters @ 8:56 pm

Here we go again! Today we are launching the third in our series of five glove patterns. Not your garden variety gloves, we named this design ‘Snapdragon’ because the flowers can be changed in a snap.

First the gloves are knit — with a Leaf Panel that comes with both charted and line-by-line instructions. Then comes the fun part. Decorate your gloves with flowers knit from a variety of colors to create as many gardens as you want – by snapping them in place. Or use the same color yarn for a monochromatic look. You can make these your own with your color choices, embellishments, and imagination.


Winter Blues and Fall Foliage Colorways

Change them in a snap to a completely different look:


Spring Mix

Don’t feel like dealing with snaps? The flowers can be sewn directly to the gloves as a permanent feature. The Grey Garden Gloves below have sewn-on flowers and are embellished lightly with beads to create a formal, snowy look.


Grey Gardens

Quick Facts about the Pattern:

Sizes: Small, medium, and large. Hand circumference 6.5 (7, 7.5) inches.

Gauge: 35 stitches and 48 rounds in stockinette stitch = 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches).

Yarn: One skein of Dream in Color’s Smooshy with Cashmere (70% Merino, 20% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 400 yards/113 grams). Shown in Starless Sky. Other yarns of similar weight can be substituted. Grey Garden version knit using two skeins of Classic Elite’s Fresco (60% wool, 30% Alpaca, 10% Angora; 164 yards/50 grams). Shown in Parchment. In addition to main color of yarn, pattern requires small amounts of contrasting fingering weight yarn for flowers.

Snaps: Size 1 snaps (7/16 inch) in sufficient quantity for all sets of snap-on flowers. (Quantity depends upon how many flowers the knitter chooses to make; flowers can be sewn on instead of affixed with snaps.)

Instructions: Leaf Panel directions are given in chart form and line-by-line written instructions. Included with the pattern is our ten-page Glove Guide, which provides detailed information on how to get a perfect, custom fit when knitting gloves.

Cost: $6.00

How to Purchase:
The Snapdragon pattern is available through Ravelry. Whether or not you are a Ravelry member, you can purchase the pattern by clicking the link below. You will be taken directly to a purchase page; after purchase, you will receive a link to download the PDF of the pattern.

To Receive a Loyalty Discount:
In order to reward our loyal customers, those who have purchased both of our previous glove patterns (The Bijoux Beaded Glove and The Smart Glove) will receive a 50% discount on this purchase. You will receive this discount on any glove pattern if two others are purchased (purchases you have already made will count). This offer will be extended to include our two unreleased patterns as well.  Unfortunately, this discount can only be activated if you are a member of Ravelry. Fortunately, Ravelry is free and easy to join. We highly recommend Ravelry to all knitters.

We hope you love this glove as much as we do. Now go snap to it! 😉

PS From Susan — I was so touched by everyone’s response to my scarf surgery!  Thank you for your kind words.

15 Comments »

  1. Seriously, I thought the first two glove patterns were amazing … But these gloves are soooooo cute! These are just over the top adorable!

    congratulations on your incredible creativity and for sharing it and making it available to us – now I really want to learn to knit gloves!

    I can’t wait to see what’s next.

    Comment by Barb — November 8, 2011 @ 11:46 pm

  2. Love these too! These are so cute and the Grey Gardens are just lovely out of this world! I just finished two projects I had OTN and now I’d better either “snap” to it or get “smart” as these are just amazing designs! I already own a pair of the Bijoux gloves so I know how perfectly they fit and how comfy they are!! Thank you and keep ’em coming!!

    Comment by Kathy W. — November 9, 2011 @ 12:43 am

  3. Love! Want! They’ll have to wait until after Christmas, though. You two are so talented…

    Comment by Emm — November 9, 2011 @ 1:38 am

  4. Uauauauauau! Love! Love! These too are so cute!

    Comment by Teresa — November 9, 2011 @ 4:52 am

  5. Gloves? Adorable? Yep!

    Comment by Suzan — November 9, 2011 @ 8:46 am

  6. These gloves are beautiful and what a great idea making them changeable – brilliant.

    Comment by Linda — November 9, 2011 @ 12:14 pm

  7. love the grey gloves most of all, but all are very pretty. Wish I could come up with a good wool-free, animal-free fiber for making gloves — silk is nice, but just not quite the same for winter.

    Comment by Wool free and Lovin' knit — November 9, 2011 @ 1:08 pm

  8. A home run with every glove design! These are fantastic. I’m ordering my patterns today. . .

    Comment by stashdragon — November 9, 2011 @ 1:46 pm

  9. These are so beautiful that I may actually get over my dread of knitting 8 fingers and make a pair.

    Comment by Kim — November 9, 2011 @ 5:01 pm

  10. Very cute!! The Grey Gardens ones are very pretty.

    Comment by Nora — November 9, 2011 @ 9:16 pm

  11. Just messaged you on Rav with thanks (and a query about the charts).

    Comment by stashdragon — November 9, 2011 @ 9:18 pm

  12. Just stunning! You guys are hitting these gloves right out of the park!

    Comment by Kym — November 10, 2011 @ 10:24 am

  13. I like blue color and when i see those blue glove i fall in love with it.Thanks.

    Comment by floristpenang — November 12, 2011 @ 10:45 am

  14. Susan and Sally, These gloves are absolutely beautiful. Genius! Another thing for the “to do” list.

    Comment by Marsha — November 14, 2011 @ 9:08 pm

  15. Your gloves are absolutely beautiful. What a great idea for a gift. I am an avid crocheter. How I wish I could knit. I’ve made dozens of winter scarves and beanies, but can’t really master a glove to match. I’ve got some beautiful patterns for crochet beanies, diaper covers, scarves, afghans, you name it…..but no gloves! Keep up the beautiful work.

    Comment by Delz — December 5, 2011 @ 6:46 pm

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