Basic Gloves Pattern #3107

Materials Required—
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "STAR" MERCERIZED TATTING COTTON
5 75-yd. Balls White.
1 75-yd. Ball Red or any Color desired.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 11 or 12.

For a larger size use No. 10 Needle and for a longer finger add 2 more rows of meshes. (Do not work too tight.)

LEFT GLOVE. With White, ch 138, d c in 8th st from hook, * ch 2, skip 2 chs, d c in next ch, repeat from * across row, ch 5, turn. (44 meshes.)
2nd Row—D c in 1st mesh, * ch 2, d c in next mesh, repeat from * across row, ch 5, turn and repeat the 2nd row 6 times, ch 5, s c in first mesh of same row to join, do not turn work but continue working around.
9th Row—Ch 5, d c in same mesh, ch 2, d c in next mesh, ch 2, d c in next mesh, ch 2, d c in next mesh, ch 2, d c in same mesh, * ch 2, d c in next mesh, repeat from * 4 times, ch 2, d c in same mesh (this starts the increase for thumb), * ch 2, d c in next mesh, repeat from * all around to last mesh, ch 2, d c in center of joining ch, ch 2, d c in ch 5 loop, ch 2, d c in next mesh, continue work without joining.
10th & 11th Rows—Work in 2 ch meshes increasing one mesh in each increasing point for thumb.
12th Row—Work in pattern same as last row and increase 1 mesh in each increasing point of thumb but after working the 2nd increase for thumb work 10 meshes, ch 2, work a puff st in d c of 2nd increasing row working over mesh of last row made, (puff st: thread over needle, insert in d c and pull, st up the length of 2 rows, * thread over, insert in same space and pull st up the same length, repeat from * twice, thread over and pull through all loops but one, thread over and pull through 2 loops), work 2 meshes, ch 2, puff st in next d c of 2nd increasing row, work 2 meshes, ch 2, puff st in next d c of 2nd increasing row, continue remainder of row in pattern. In the next and every alternate row omit the puff st. In every other row work puff sts for back of glove in top of last puff st working over the previous row.
Work 6 more rows in same manner always increasing in each increasing point for thumb and working the puff st pattern on back of glove. (There should be 10 increasing rows.)
Next 2 Rows—Work even in pattern but continue the puff st pattern on back of glove.
Next Row—Work to first increase, ch 13, skip 15 meshes for thumb, d c in next mesh, continue in pattern all around.
Next Row—Work in meshes working 4 meshes on the ch 13 over thumb and working the puff sts on back of glove.
Work 4 rows even continuing the puff st pattern on back of glove.
Work 5 rows even omitting the puff st pattern on back of glove.
Little Finger. Work 16 meshes beyond last puff st, ch 9, counting back 13 meshes, d c in next mesh, work 1 mesh in each mesh of finger to ch, then ch 2, skip 1 ch, d c in next ch, * ch 2, skip 2 chs, d c in next ch, repeat from *, ch 2, d c in next mesh and work 4 rows of meshes even.
Next Row—* Decrease 1 mesh between fingers (all the decreasing is done between the fingers) and work 3 rows even. Repeat from *.
Next Row—Decrease 1 mesh and work 1 row of 1 ch meshes.
Next Row—1 d c in each mesh ending row with an s c, break thread leaving an end. Thread into needle and draw together.
Next Finger. Join thread in top of last d c at base of little finger on palm side of glove and work 5 meshes on palm side, ch 9, d c in 6th free mesh from little finger on back of glove and work 2 rows of meshes all around working on ch 9 same as little finger. (18 meshes.)
Next Row—Decrease 1 mesh, then decrease 1 mesh every other row until 15 meshes remain, work 6 rows even.
Next Row—* Decrease 1 mesh and work 1 row even, repeat from *, then work 1 row of 1 ch meshes and finish same as little finger.
Middle Finger. Join thread in top of last d c at base of last finger on palm side of glove and work 7 meshes on palm, ch 9, d c in 7th free mesh from last finger on back of glove and work 2 rows of meshes even, (20 meshes) then decrease 1 mesh every other row until 16 meshes remain, then work 6 rows even.
Next Row—* Decrease 1 mesh and work 1 row even. Repeat from *, then work 1 row of 1 ch meshes and finish same as last finger.
Fore Finger. Attach thread in same manner and work 2 rows of meshes all around. (19 meshes.)
Decrease 1 mesh every other row 4 times and work 5 rows even.
Next Row—Decrease 1 mesh and work 1 row even, then work 1 row of 1 ch meshes and finish same as last finger.
Thumb. Work 2 rows of 23 meshes.
Next Row—Decrease 1 mesh, then decrease 1 mesh every other row until 16 meshes remain.
Next Row—Work even.
Next Row—Work 1 ch meshes and finish same as other fingers.
Cuff. Attach White in corner st at lower edge of glove, ch 3, d c in same space, * ch 1, 2 d c in next d c, repeat from * across row, ch 5, turn.
2nd Row—Skip 1 d c, * 3 d c with ch 1 between each d c in next 2 d c group, (shell) ch 2, 1 d c in next 2 d c group, ch 2, repeat from * across row ending with the 1 d c in 2 d c group, ch 5, turn.
3rd Row—* 3 d c with ch 1 between each d c in center d c of next shell, ch 2, d c in single d c between shells, ch 2, repeat from * across row ending with 1 d c in 3rd st of ch 5, ch 5, turn and repeat the 3rd row 10 times.
Work 3 s c in each mesh around front opening, ch 1, turn and work 1 s c in each s c working 2 8-ch loops evenly spaced for buttonholes on one side above cuff, (buttonhole: ch 8, skip 6 s c, s c in next s c), break thread.
Join Red in same space, turn, ch 3, d c in same space, ch 4, sl st in top of d c for picot, d c in same space, * ch 4, skip 3 s c, s c in next st, ch 4, skip 3 s c, 2 d c, picot, 1 d c in next s c, repeat from * around opening working a shell in each buttonhole and working a shell in center st of each shell across top of glove and the s c in the single d c between shells.
Right Glove. Work first 8 rows same as left glove.
9th Row—Same as 9th row of left glove but reverse the thumb by increasing 1 mesh in the 9th and 4th mesh from end of row.
10th and 11th Rows—Same as left glove.
12th Row—Work 21 meshes, then start the puff st for back of glove and work in same manner as left glove to little finger.
Little Finger. Work to within 3 meshes from first puff st on back of glove, ch 9, counting back 13 meshes, d c in next mesh and work same as little finger on left glove.
Next Finger. Join thread in top of last d c at base of little finger on back of glove and work 6 meshes, ch 9, d c in 5th free mesh from little finger on palm of glove, work same as on left glove.
Middle Finger. Join thread in base of last finger and work 7 meshes on back of glove, ch 9, d c in 7th mesh from last finger on palm of glove and work same as left glove.
Fore Finger, thumb and cuff are worked same as left glove.