Mini Albiza Gloves knitting pattern - PurlFoundry

Inspired by the foliage of the Albizia tree, these fingerless gloves create a smooth, gently laced pattern on the top and plain stockinette on the underside.

Features an easy openwork pattern with two size options for little hands. This is the children’s version of our Albizia Glove pattern.

This is a printed pattern. Beautifully printed and folded into A DLE envelope brochure size, this will be posted to you.

These gloves are knit in the round from the wrist up with the thumb gusset picked and knit at the end. Suitable for Intermediate level knitters and above.

Fit & Yarn Details

We recommend 100% wool or a wool/nylon blend in a solid colour.

The weight of your yarn will depend on the size you choose below. These gloves are designed to be worn with 2.5 cm/1” negative ease, depending on preference.

Sizes read as A (B) throughout.

Finished Circumference: cm = 14 (15.5) / inches = 5.5 (6.25)

Gauge (all within a 10x10 cm/4x4" square in stockinette stitch) & suggested needle sizes: 

- Size A (uses Sock/Light Fingering yarn): 30 stitches x 40 rows and 2.75mm/US 2 needles.

- Size B (uses Fingering/4ply yarn): 27 sts x 40 rows and 3.0mm/US 2.5 needles.

Yarn quantity: 202 metres / 221 yards.

For our samples we used: 

- Size A (Sock weight): DMC 100% baby wool (superfine, 100% merino wool superwash; 225m/245 yds per 50g ball). 1 ball in Col. #122.

- Size B (Fingering/4ply weight): Quince & Co Finch (fingering weight, 100% merino wool; 202m/221 yds per 50g skein). 1 skein in Shell. 

Proper yarns we recommend: PropserSock, Beaut or ProsperDK

If you like the colours of the sample our best colour match would Blossom, Patience and Defying gravity

We try our best to make our photos as accurate as possible but every screen displays colour slightly differently, so we cannot guarantee complete accuracy.  Hand-dyed yarns vary from one skein to the next so there will always be some variation between the photo and each individual skein. 

We highly recommend getting enough yarn for your project. To encourage this, you can exchange extra skeins if they are in their original condition, thus ensuring your project will have consistency. We dye in small, project sized batches, and don’t have dye lots.

Part of the hand dyed allure is each skein's individuality, even within a batch dyed at the same time. This gives final objects depth and nuance. 

With this in mind we recommend alternating skeins (every other row in flat knitting and every row in circular knitting) on larger projects creating a more cohesive blend.