Cedar Shake Fingerless Gloves

Late last week I finished up the fingerless gloves I was knitting.  The pattern is Cedar Shake from the book JuJu's Loops.  I gave a very brief review of the book in an earlier blog post & about how I immediately cast on for these gloves.  I love these gloves and can't wait for cooler temps so that I can start wearing them.  Though maybe I just need to find some well air conditioned buildings and wear them around in there :o)

The Details:
Pattern: Cedar Shake by Juju Vail & Susan Cropper
Raverly pattern page: Cedar Shake Fingerless Gloves
Yarn: Madelinetosh Pashmina; color Gilded
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) DPNs (love knitting with DPNs!)
Glove #1: 29 grams
Glove #2: 29 grams
Total yarn used: 58 grams (180 yds)

I knit this exactly as the pattern instructed including knitted the braided edge as directed.  I'm not sure that it's worth the extra effort to do the braided edge, but it does give a unique edge.  
This edge creates extra ends that have to be woven in later; so if you really hate weaving in ends, then this isn't the edging for you.  I'm pretty sure you would get a very similar look by just purling the last two rounds and then binding off knit wise.  Overall, the pattern is well written, easy to follow, and easy to memorize once you get into it.  In fact, it was easy to forget to change over my row counter because I was just cruising along.  However, you can quickly figure out where you are in the pattern based on the yarn overs.