"One for sorrow, two for mirth..."
The corvidae family of birds – including crows, ravens, and magpies – have been imbued with a variety of meaning and symbolism from culture to culture. In much of Europe and colonial North America, these birds are often associated with evil, vanity, and mischievous intent, seen as touched with the Devil’s blood and harbingers of death, misfortune and skulduggery. At the same time, magpies are viewed in some Eastern cultures as bearers of joy and good news. The old wives' rhyme for counting crows or magpies, excerpted above, has nearly as many variations as superstitions about the birds themselves.
These fingerless gloves are knit cuff-up in the round using stranded colourwork and easy thumb gusset shaping.
Kit Includes:
2 skeins of Estelle Highland Alpaca Fine in your choice of colours
1 digital PDF of the Ravenlight Gloves pattern by Disyarning Designs
Recommended Needles
2.25mm and 3.25mm DPNs or circular needles long enough for magic loop
Gauge: 37 sts and 40 rounds = 4" square
Yarn Info:
Content: 53% Mulesing Free Highland Wool, 20% Superfine Alpaca, 27% Recycled Nylon
Weight: Fingering (1)
Yardage: 415 yards / 380 metres in a 100 g / 3.5 oz skein
Care instructions: Hand wash / Dry flat / Do not bleach / Do not iron