Watch It! by Meredith Wills

Watch It!

Knitting
June 2018
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
36 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1 - 2.25 mm
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
400 - 600 yards (366 - 549 m)
Women's Small, Medium, Large
English
This pattern is available for free.

These gloves are designed to let you use your smartwatch without taking them off. The watch is accessed via a special flap built into the watch hand’s wrist, and conductive thread on the tip of the forefinger enables you to access the touch screen.

The watch flap uses clear snaps to hold it in place, which means you can close the watch opening and wear them as normal gloves. Because it is worked as a double-sided cable pattern, the gloves look attractive whether the flap is up or down. To accommodate the flap, the cuff is worked in pieces and stitched together before starting the hand.

Size: Women’s S(M, L)
Knuckle circumference (unstretched): 6(6.5, 7) inches/ 15(16.5, 18) cm
Length: 12 inches/30.5 cm

Additional gauges:

  • 60 sts/48 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in cable pattern stitch on smaller needles
  • 60 sts/48 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in double-sided cable pattern stitch on larger needles

Recommended needles and sizes

  • US #1/2.25mm 8-inch/20-cm double-pointed needles
  • US #1.5/2.5mm needles for working flat
  • One set US #0/2mm DPNs (or smaller) for picking up sts

Notions

  • cable needle (small)
  • stitch markers
  • waste yarn
  • yarn needle
  • 10 clear sew-on snaps – size: 0.25 inch/6mm
  • sewing needle
  • sewing thread to match yarn
  • 1 yd/1m of conductive thread