Helix Gauntlets

This pattern is from Interweave Knits Holiday 2008. They are called "helix gauntlets". I knit them with Socrates yarn made in Peru, color #1018. The yarn is 30% baby alpaca, 30% merino wool, 20% bamboo, and 20% nylon. Once I picked up the yarn in the store, I couldn't put it down despite the $19-a-skein cost; it is SO soft and the color is great too.

The bottom cuff of these fingerless gloves has a cable pattern, and the top cuff has an expanding cable pattern. The length in between is a stockinette stitch which decreases towards the wrist and then increases after the wrist. The button is an ivory vintage-ish looking flower.