The end of summer: get ready for Fall!

The end of summer! It is maybe 114'F weather in Arizona today but it might be colder where you are at. Fall is almost here so it's time to get ready to warm up! Warm hands, warm heart, after all. 

These gloves are hand knit in simple rib pattern in soft alpaca and acrylic mix yarn. 

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Colors available: tan/ beige, black and military green. 

These gloves are listed at socksandmittens on etsy, see listing details in my shop (link to shop below).

Happy Fall!

SocksAndMittens on Etsy

What our customers are saying about our hand knit goods

I received a very nice thank you letter from the customer today and decided to post some reviews here. I am so grateful to each and every customer of ours. We at socksandmittens work hard on quality items and we are so happy to know that people appreciated all the hard work.

So here are some reviews on our knit fingerless gloves, arm warmers, socks, cup cozies and Kindle covers. Thank you, all, for choosing our shop and our product and a special thank you to those who let us know!

❤ I purchased (and loved) a couple pairs of your fingerless gloves a few years ago. My husband and I love your gloves and I'm so glad you're still on etsy making them!! lots of my favorite shops have disappeared. I always get compliments on the gloves as well. 

❤ These were a gift for my boyfriend, and he loves them. He had a pair he bought in a store but he says these are soon much better.

❤Exceptional quality and wonderfully fast shipping. Thanks so much. A big hit for Christmas!

❤ Thanks so much for making these for me. They may be my favorites! But it's hard to decide since all of my things you've made are so beautiful!

❤ Amazing! They even gift rapped it for me.... wow A++

❤ Very pretty arm warmers and so well made! Nice packaging and shipping was very fast! Thanks for your excellent service and beautiful product!

❤ Custom order made perfectly and shipped very fast! My wife loved them! Thank you very much!!!

❤ Girlfriend loves them! She wore them every day this winter break!

❤ Very soft and warm. I believe they will provide years of use with proper care. I really like them.

❤ These socks are oh so cozy. I'm sure I will really enjoy wearing them all through the cold winter months

❤ These socks are deliciously comfortable and neither too tight nor too loose. Awesome!

❤ I have been using the sleeve you made for years now and it's done a great job protecting my Kindle!

❤ Your work and service is always outstanding and I will be back to order more!

❤ Always wonderful to work with this shop - thanks for the beautiful gloves and speedy, friendly service!

January 2015

January was such a busy time for us. We are very happy about lots of custom orders, it keeps us busy. Last holiday season showed that people love our product and we are very grateful to each and everyone of our customers at our socksandmittens shop on Etsy.

We have some lovely ideas for the spring and summer but we are still working on some warmer accessories for the customers for this season. 

 The winter is almost ended here in Arizona but the weather is not so warm in some other areas. So there is always a need for some pretty and warm gloves, cozy socks and warm fashion accessories!

Inspired by harvest

This Fall we are just in love with color. It is colder here this year and the yellow leaves are already falling. We already harvested our herbs, watermelons, lemon Meyers, sweet Hawaiian peppers and Indian eggplant. They are so colorful (and delicious!).

 

That's when we decided to pull some bright yarns out of our stash and knit some new gloves!

I don't have more of these yarns so some of them are impossible to repeat. The colors are so rich and pretty that sometimes I don't even know how to explain the shades in words!  

So please visit our socksandmittens shop to see the selection. 

How to measure your hand for custom made gloves or mittens.

We gladly accept custom orders and make gloves according to the customer's ideas at SocksAndMittens. Each pair might be different in color, yarn, design and of course, size.

To make sure the gloves fit right, we want to get the exact measurements. We prefer to have two of them, the palm circumference (PC) and the hand length (HL).

PC - To find out your palm circumference, please measure your dominant hand (the right if you are right handed, and the left if you are left-handed) with a tape measure or a piece of string around the knuckles of your hand around the fullest part, exclude thumb.

HL - To find out the length of your hand, please measure from the tip of the middle finger to the base of the hand (bottom edge of palm). 

 

If you used a string for this lay the string on a ruler or a measuring stick to get the number.

Let us know these two numbers and we'll start working on your new gloves as soon as possible.

We are always happy to see you in our shop!
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Here is how to measure your arms for custom arm warmers

Gloves for those who work in a cold

It's almost summer here and our day time temperatures are in high 90s. You really want to wear something light to feel comfortable and not suffer too much from the heat.

So we are making new models of gloves for those who are working in the cold environments. If you have ever been in a commercial freezer for a minute a two, you will know what I mean. You are slowly freezing to your heart. The skin on your hands becoming very dry and sometimes cracks.

Been there, done that. I was working for a large corporation bakery for some time. 

We knit some new fingerless gloves and some wrist warmers for those who need them now. They are made from soft acrylic yarn and are easy to clean. Just hand wash them in lukewarm water and lay flat to dry.

 We chose some soft colors like green, gray and yellow. Just to remember while at work - there is a summer out there!

 

Have a wonderful summer, guys. Lots of sun and fun!

Best gift for men

I sold my last pair of black fingerless gloves this morning and noticed this comment my customer made: "I cannot find gloves like this anywhere, and I like to wear them when I play guitar in cold spaces. Thank you!! :)"

So I thought one more time of how useful this type of gloves are. They are great for a fisherman or a hunter,

they will warm your hands up while you are driving in cold weather,

the outdoor photographer will find out that this is a blast.

It was historically used for the sellers of outdoor markets in Europe but it's got a different use now. If you wants to do things outdoors and want your hands to be warm but still need the use of your fingers, these are the gloves for you!

I am not even mentioning typing at a cold office or sometimes just being in a cold house. Have warm hands and a warm heart!

So I went through our feedback just to see one more time what our customers who purchase gloves from us think of them. Here is just some of them:

Super fast shipping. great quality. my husband loves them. thanks!

Very nice gloves - my son loves them! They may have been his favorite Christmas gift.

He loves the gloves and actually wears them! wooot! thanks so much for the awesome work.

These were a gift and my son and he absolutely loved them. Great communication, prompt shipping...the gloves were very well made! Thank you so much!

The men in my family love these gloves.

Thank you dear very much! I bought this gloves for my brother birthday. He is so happy!

Well constructed and warm

Thank you ever so much, Tanya, the gloves are *exquisite* - not to mention the packaging, which was very thoughtful of you. Keep up the great work!

I am one satisfied customer! Beautiful work, lovely packaging, and the personal note was a nice touch! My husband will ove his Christmas gift :)

Lovely service! Prompt service and delivery, packaged well, and they're comfortable to wear!!

These fit really well and the knit is flawless. My husband says they're the best gloves he has ever had! Thanks!

These are JUST what I wanted for my hubby!!! Beautifully crafted, too! Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

Well received by the fisherman! Good fit, and the color won't scare the fish. Nicely knit.

Worth every penny!

We are still accepting the custom orders on men's fingerless gloves. Stay warm this winter!