Dragon Scales Gloves

Being as we don’t have any postal deliveries today we thought we might post an article about one of the hand crocheted items that seems to be very popular this time of year and that is our dragon scales fingerless gloves. We started making them about 3 years ago when my younger son sent us a picture of a pair he found and thought they were really cool. So I bought a pattern for one from someone on Etsy and later found a YouTube instructional video and downloaded that for mom to watch. She watched it several times, wrote some notes and experimented with the pattern that we paid for and came up with her own unique style and coloring for the arm warmers.

My mom prefers to use the Caron Simply Soft yarn as their yarn is generally thinner than our normal Red Heart medium weight yarn. We have even tried the Love’s Soft yarn but they are still a little thicker than the Caron’s yarn. Caron has a wide variety of colors and the solids give you more yarn than variegated or festive varieties. In general, you can get only one pair out of a skein of yarn (that’s the solid colored one only folks so you will need 2 of the variegated ones). As with any creative project you have to do your own experimenting with color combinations, needle size and type, etc.

We have sold quite a few pairs over the last couple of years and this year is proving to be the same. They are really nice and warm and look really cool on your arms. We got a request sometime 2 years ago about making them with just the scales on the front side of the glove. The client stated that they were too thick when she was trying to close her hand and type or text. Mom experimented for about 2 months off and on trying to get them to work, look good and be almost the same each time she created a pair. Much harder than you think. Finally she came up with a pattern and has been using it ever since. Next she is thinking about creating a pair with the scales all the way up the arm. Could be really neat looking especially if she just keeps the scales to the top of the arm warmers. I’m thinking either black, dark red or dark green with intermittent jewel tone colors up the arm!

Here is the video my mom used as a jumping off point to making her own style of Dragon Scales Fingerless Gloves or Arm Warmers

Here are pictures of the gloves mom has created over the last couple of years. Enjoy and get out there and experiement!

https://swcstore.southernwomencrafts.com/product/dark-sparkling-blue-with-white-striped-dragon-scales-12×4-inch-fingerless-gloves