Lace Bride's Gloves

Lace Bride's Gloves by Judith Stalus

Project Overview

The Lace Bride's Gloves are an elegant fingerless knit glove design created by independent designer Judith Stalus. These gloves feature delicate lace patterning and are specifically designed for brides seeking refined, decorative hand wear. The fingerless construction makes them practical for ceremonies while maintaining an ornate aesthetic.

What Is Being Made

This pattern produces a pair of fingerless gloves with integrated lace detailing. The gloves are knit in the round along the sides and then seamed together, creating a fitted garment that covers the hand and wrist while leaving the fingers exposed. The design includes decorative beaded or wire-enhanced lace elements that add visual interest and elegance suitable for bridal wear.

Knitting Techniques Used

• Seaming: The gloves are constructed by knitting flat panels along the sides and then seaming them together, rather than working in the round on circular needles
• Lace creation: Yarn overs combined with knit two together decreases form the lace pattern throughout the glove
• Sizing adjustment: The pattern is designed with flexibility, allowing knitters to add or subtract rows as needed to achieve the proper fit, with the option to try on the glove as you knit
• Slip stitch edging: The first stitch of each row is slipped as if to purl, creating a neat selvage edge

Stitches Used

• Knit (K): The fundamental stitch forming the base fabric
• Purl (P): Used as needed for pattern variation
• Yarn over (Yo): Creates the openwork lace holes essential to the design
• Knit two together (K2tog): A right-leaning decrease that pairs with yarn overs to form the lace pattern
• Slip stitch (Sl): Slipped stitches create clean edges on the sides of the gloves

Materials and Tools

This intermediate-level project requires one 3.5 ounce skein of Premier Cotton Fair yarn in sport weight. The cotton fiber provides a delicate, breathable quality appropriate for bridal gloves. Two sets of straight knitting needles are used: Size 5 needles for casting on and Size 4 needles for the remainder of the glove. The needle size change creates a tighter gauge in the main fabric. Additionally, a darning or embroidery needle is needed for seaming the side seams and finishing the gloves.

Sizing and Fit

The pattern begins with 40 stitches cast on Size 5 needles, then transitions to Size 4 needles. The stitch count increases gradually through the lace pattern rows. The gloves are designed with adjustable length—knitters can try on the glove as they work and stop knitting after completing a full pattern set once the glove fits appropriately around the hand. The pattern recommends a slightly snug fit rather than loose-fitting gloves.

Difficulty Level

Rated as intermediate, this pattern assumes knitters are comfortable with basic stitches and can execute yarn overs and decreases to create lace. The seaming construction and the ability to modify sizing during knitting add to the intermediate classification.