Category: Reoite

Once you have your Reoite Glove panels complete, and the vine details added with either a crochet hook or an embroidery needle, it’s time to sew them up!
This tutorial will take you through the process.

What You Will Need

Panels 1 and 2 are laid out in the image below, as is the afterthought thumb.
I’ll be sewing up a right-handed glove in this tutorial, using the right-handed snow flower panel and my stitch markers set for the thumb on my right hand.

A note on needle choices.

Below, I have a blunt-ended darning needle known as a bodkin. I prefer to use a bodkin for seaming up a piece because the blunt end won’t split a strand of yarn when I’m passing it through the fabric. This gives a neater finish to a piece of crochet.

To Begin

Align the stitch marker on your thumb with the lower stitch marker on Panel 2.
Then, thread your bodkin and pass it through the two marked stitches.
Add a few more stitches to give this join a bit more strength.

This is what we end up with:

When you sew up the rest of the seam, you get a little thumb flap off the edge of Panel 2, like this:

Once again, add a few extra stitches to the last stitch, then weave the end in on the wrong side of the work.
I like to travel back down along the stitches I have just made:

Adding Panel 1

Now that the thumb has been attached to Panel 2, it’s time to add Panel 1 to the party.

The image below is a little misleading, and I apologise for that. The intention was to ensure you knew how to orientate the panels (with the last row of each panel at the knuckle end of the glove), but I really should have put Panel 1 on the OTHER side, with the thumb itself in the middle.

I’ll fix this when I have another glove made up, but for now, let’s press on!

With the Wrong Sides of panels pressed together, start at the cuff end and seam the thumb side of both panels together up to the lower stitch marker.

When your seaming reaches the lower stitch marker, work through marked stitch AND the stitch at the point of thumb.

I recommend you run a few extra stitches into this spot for neatness and strength. This join is the one that will get the most wear.
Seam up the open portion of thumb to Panel 1.

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Completing The Thumb

Fold glove in half along completed seam.

Add a few stitches to top edge of thumb where indicated below:

Those stitches add a bit of a gusset to the thumb and makes the opening fit far better.

Then, carry on seaming Panels 1 and 2 together above thumb.

Lovely stuff!
Time to weave in your ends, then admire your handy work and get another strand of yarn ready.

Flip your glove like a pancake, attach yarn to cuff end of open seam, and start sewing!

Once all your ends have been sewn in (or, more likely tucked inside and hidden from view, amirite?) your gloves are ready to be worn and admired by friends and strangers alike!

Well done!

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Click here for a guide to creating the vine detail with a Crochet Hook.
Click here for a guide to creating the vine detail with an Darning Needle.

Using just a bodkin (a blunt darning needle), here’s how you secure your beautiful vine.

Let’s Get Into It!

Whether you made your vine using the crochet or the embroidery methods, you will finish up at this exact point.

With a short strand of yarn left, thread your bodkin.

Embroiderers:
In the image below, my needle is resting on the spot where I would insert it IF I was making another petal stitch.
DON’T go in there.

Instead, lift the last petal made up a little and insert bodkin into the fabric in front of it.

From the Wrong Side, pull yarn to tighten loop.

That little stitch will hold the last petal in place without adding any bulk to the end of your vine.
But we now must secure that end on the Wrong Side of the glove so it doesn’t come loose.

After that, carefully trim the end.

Once all your ends are woven in and your pieces have been gently blocked (if you’re into that sort of thing), it’s time to sew up your panels to complete your gorgeous new gloves!

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Once you have your Reoite Glove panels complete, there’s one last detail to add before they’re sewn up.
There are two different ways to achieve this lovely petal stitch detail on your own gloves.

If you’re handy with a darning needle, click here for the Embroidery Version.

Using just your crochet hook, here’s how you create this gorgeous, textured vine effect.

First Things First

Here’s what we want to achieve.
You can either work with the same colour yarn as the rest of your glove for a subtle effect, or you can spring for a contrast colour yarn to really show off your new skills. For this tutorial, I’ll be using a contrasting yarn so that you can see exactly what I’m doing at every stage.

So, first, we’re going to need a good, old-fashioned slip knot.
This creates the loop we will put on our hook in a moment.

(If you don’t know how to make a slip knot, click here.)

Insert hook into dead centre of cuff edge of fabric (see pattern for a chart to guide you).
Then add loop to hook while it is still inserted in fabric.

Draw loop through to front of fabric. Don’t worry if your loop is still loose. We’ll fix that next.

Pull ball end of yarn and the loop on your hook with tighten. Pull gently but firmly until loop is snug (but not tight) on your hook.

The First Stitch

From the Right Side of your fabric, press hook through to Wrong Side at the point indicated on the pattern’s chart.

Then Yarn Over from Wrong Side, and draw loop through to Right Side. You’ll have two loops on your hook.

Draw loop closest to hook tip through other loop. You’ll be left with one loop on your hook, and a petal stitch in your fabric.

Tip. Crochet loosly. These petal stitches have zero stretch to them, so be sure to add a little slack as you crochet.

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Adding More Petal Stitches

Let’s go through the sequence again…

After a few more repeats, this is what it will look like:

Keep working like this, with the pattern guide as reference.

Once you have completed your entire vine, cut the yarn on the Wrong Side of the fabric, then loosen the loop on your hook until the end pops through to the Right Side.

For a photo guide on Binding Off, click here.

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Once you have your Reoite Glove panels complete, there’s one last detail to add before they’re sewn up.
There are two different ways to achieve this lovely petal stitch detail on your own gloves.

If you’re handy with a crochet slip stitch, click here for the Crochet Hook Version.

Using just a bodkin (a blunt darning needle), here’s how you create this gorgeous, textured vine effect.

First Things First

Here’s what we want to achieve.
You can either work with the same colour yarn as the rest of your glove for a subtle effect, or you can spring for a contrast colour yarn to really show off your new skills. For this tutorial, I’ll be using a contrasting yarn so that you can see exactly what I’m doing at every stage.

So, first, thread your bodkin with an armspan of yarn.

While you will need about 3 meters of yarn to complete the entire vine it’s not wise to work with a strand of yarn that length from the beginning. The end will get ragged and tatty, and it will catch on your yarn with every stitch. You’ll end up fighting with it more than embroidering with it. It’s better to cut a length you can easily manage and then secure your end and start with a new strand when you run out.

(This tutorial on Binding off a Petal Stitch will help when you need to bind off)

From Wrong Side to Right Side, insert needle where indicated in pattern (the location of your first stitch changes depending on the size of glove you’ve chocen to do).

From Right Side to Wrong Side, insert bodkin into same hole you chose to set up stitch.
From Wrong Side to Right Side, come out one square up, and at a diagonal.

Draw yarn in front of bodkin so it sits between fabric and the bodkin itself.
This creates a loose loop which will become the first “petal stitch” in a moment.

Take tip of bodkin and pull it out of the fabric.
As you pull, you’ll notice the loose loop you created in the last step tighten…

…and tighten, until a little petal shape has been created.

The Second Petal

From the Right Side of your fabric, press bodkin through fabric from within the petal loop.

Pick up yarn again and draw it in front of bodkin so it sits between fabric and the bodkin once more.

Once loop has been tightened, you’ll see you have a second petal stitch completed.

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Adding More Petal Stitches

Let’s go through the sequence again…

Keep working like this, with the pattern guide as reference.
For a photo guide on finishing off, click here.

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