All thumbs: for the love of fingerless gloves

I have 1.3 skeins of Havasu alpaca left from the first Gaia shrug and, seeing as I am endlessly enamoured with this yarn, wanted to use it for something endlessly practical. (I stare lovingly at this yarn when I work with it, I love the colors so much. Sad.)

I decided to make a pair of fingerless gloves a la Susie's Reading Mitts. Such a cute pattern! This will have me learning yo k2tog as part of the lace pattern and then... duh duh DUUUUUUUH!!!! dreaded thumb gussets. I don't think it will be hard but, as with any new skill, maybe odd at first. YouTube, here I come.

I've been playing around with double pointed needles lately and I feel pretty comfortable with them now. What started as a game of pickup sticks from hell has actually become pretty fun.

(I don't expect my gloves to look half as good as the Ravelry photo above... but I'll be so dazzled by the bright, pretty colors and squishy goodness of Misti that I doubt I'll care!)