Marksman Gloves Pattern #S-107

Sizes Small, Medium and Large

MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART KNITTING WORSTED, 2 skeins (2 oz. skeins).
4 double-pointed bone knit­ting needles No. 5 (4 mm. size).

GAUGE: 5½ sts make 1 inch; 7 rnds make 1 inch.

LEFT HAND … Follow directions for Plain Gloves, to point where glove is placed on hand to mark off fingers. Mark off sts for forefinger by placing safety pin on palm and back of hand. (Be sure to have an even number of sts.) Take remaining sts off on a strand of yarn, to be worked later.

FOREFINGER … Divide sts of forefinger on 3 needles. Cast on 2 sts between palm and back of hand. Work around until finger, when tried on, reaches ½ inch from fingertip (about 2½ inches in all). Then shape tip as follows: 1st rnd: * K 2 tog., k 2. Repeat from * around. Work 1 rnd straight. 3rd rnd: * K 2 tog., k 1. Repeat from * around. Work 1 rnd straight. 5th rnd: K 2 tog. around. Break yarn, leaving a 6-inch end. Thread this end into needle and run through remain­ing sts. Draw tight and darn in end on wrong side to reinforce tip.

   Divide remainder of sts on 3 needles and pick up 2 sts where 2 sts were cast on for forefinger. Work around, until 1 inch from tip (about 2½ inches in all). Then shape tip as follows: 1st rnd: Dec. 4 sts evenly around. Work 1 rnd straight. Repeat the last 2 rnds alternately 3 more times. Next rnd: K 2 tog. around. Finish same as forefinger.

THUMB … Pick up sts for thumb from safety pin and 3 sts on the 5 cast-on sts. Work straight for about 2 inches and finish as for forefinger.

RIGHT HAND … Work to correspond except, after picking up sts of both forefinger and thumb, work only 1 inch in ribbing of k 1, p 1. Bind off loosely in ribbing.

Press through damp cloth with hot iron.

This pattern was originally published in Spool Cotton #172, Knit For Defense and has passed into the public domain: the source states these designs "are no longer protected by copyright and you are free to do whatever you would like to do with them." It is reproduced here verbatim, including original vintage terminology, abbreviations, and measurements, which may differ from modern conventions. You can view the original transcription at freevintageknitting.com.