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My next project that I’m planning is recreating a pair of ecclesiastical gloves.  There’s several gloves at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts that I’m going to use as examples with some of them shown above.

I am likely to use metal needles again to control the tension of the yarn, double pointed, again the same size I used on the funeral pillow, size 0000, and a silk/wool blend of yarn to obtain the right gauge of stitches.

I would like to visit the museum itself and ask for an appointment to view these gloves as closely as possible.  




There are several questions I want to answer that can only be obtained by close examination.

1. The second pair of gloves look like the outside edge of the hand is seamed versus knit in the round.  As gloves and mittens are typically knit in the round without a seam, how will this affect the fit?

2.  The second and third sets of gloves have fingertips that are much more rounded versus the second pair which is pointed.  I’ll be trying to determine the best construction for this article of clothing.

3.   The various patterns indicated on the different gloves run between brocade and geometric.  I am going to research what some of these patterns may mean within the Catholic Church.

The colors of the gloves range from red, pale green to white, all with gold or white accents.

I’ve never knit gloves before, so this is pushing my skills.  I want to start with a recreated pattern I’ve located in Interweave Knits magazine.  This will give me the practice of creating the gloves, hopefully with the correct gauge, but will have a plain design to get started.


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