Introducing "Striped Dashers", the fingerless gloves that combine bold stripes with playful dashes in garter stitch. With four unique motif options and full instructions to master three new techniques, this pattern is perfect for knitters looking to up their game. Whether you're knitting for warmth or style, these gloves will keep your hands cozy and your skills sharp!

Grab your needles and start dashing through those stitches!

These fingerless gloves are knit sideways in garter stitch. The garter stitch provides the stretchiness needed for the cuff and the hand without the need for any shaping. They are knitted on straight needles, so no DPN’s or circular needle required. And for those knitters that don’t like purling, you are in luck as there isn’t any! 

However 3 techniques are used which you may not have come across. Use this pattern as a starting point for to you try out some new skills all in one small project. Skills that you can try time and again with the 4 different designs until you have really mastered them.

These are the:

• Crochet provisional cast on - this technique leaves live cast on stitches on the work which are then used at the end to graft onto the finishing stitches. This creates the tube of the hand and the thumb. 
• German short rows in garter stitch - the recommended short row method which blends well with garter stitch and is easy to do. 
• Garter stitch grafting  -  a way of invisibly joining the work so it looks just like a garter stitch row. 

I was inspired by the new book by Woolly Wormhead - "Short Row ColorWork Knitting". which just arrived on my doorstep a few weeks ago. Woolly is well known for her beautiful hat designs. Some of her designs are worked sideways in garter stitch where she can use short rows to shape the crown. 
In her new book, Woolly uses the short rows, not for shaping but for creating beautiful colour work, concentrating on ensuring that the fabric size stays balanced rather than shaped.