a pair of light skinned hands rest on a light wooden background. Blue and yellow fingerless mitts wrap around the wrists and extend halfway up the fingers.
a light skinned hand, clad in a beautiful mustard yellow fingerless mitt, holds a white mug against a dark wooden background. a metal railing and a cloudy sky can be seen in the upper left corner. a beige wall and a small plant rest in the upper right corner.
light skinned hands, clad in a stripey, swirley fingerless mitts hover above a light wooden background.
a pair of light skinned hands rest on a light wooden background. Blue and yellow fingerless mitts wrap around the wrists and extend halfway up the fingers.
a light skinned hand, clad in a beautiful mustard yellow fingerless mitt, holds a white mug against a dark wooden background. a metal railing and a cloudy sky can be seen in the upper left corner. a beige wall and a small plant rest in the upper right corner.
light skinned hands, clad in a stripey, swirley fingerless mitts hover above a light wooden background.

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Kwolek by Helena Bristow

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About this item:

This pattern is named for Stephanie Kwolek, brilliant scientist for DuPont who invented Kevlar. This genius woman thought to spin a thin and slippery liquid into fibers, and as a result discovered one of the strongest materials known.

The gauntlets themselves aren’t intended to be made of Kevlar, though they do incorporate a novel approach to constructing fingerless gloves.

Sizes: Small (Medium, Large)
Finished size: To fit palm circumference of approximately 7” (8”, 9”) around. ‘Small’ size is roughly a women’s medium; ‘Medium’ size is a women’s large/men’s small; ‘Large’ size is a men’s medium.
Gauge: 7 sts and 14 rows = 1” in garter stitch (unblocked)

Materials:

  • Oink Pigments Targhee Sock or Oink Sport, 1 skein (or appx 200 yds heavy fingering or sport weight yarn). Shown in size S in “Kernel Mustard”
  • Set of 5 US Size 2 (2.75 mm) DPNs
  • 10 (10, 11) stitch markers
  • One safety pin or removable stitch marker


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