Do You Like Fingerless Gloves?

I first fell in love with the concept of fingerless gloves while travelling a while ago. I was in France in January and wanted to take lots of pics, but I had to keep taking my gloves on and off as I took pics. I remembered I had bought some fingerless gloves at a craft fair in Mission before I left on my travels and got them out of my purse. Voila, the perfect way to keep your hands warm and also still be able to access the touch screen on your phone.
On my return home I thought I would open an etsy store for my crochet and knitting.
When I first started thinking of items I would like to sell in an Etsy Shop I immediately wanted to knit some fingerless gloves. I love the look of them and they are so practical.
The first ones I made were in fact knit. I posted some pics of them on my facebook page and immediately got orders for two pairs from friends.

One day while browsing on YouTube I discovered some great crochet ones made by Happy Berry. I fell in love with this pattern and you can see I have several pairs for sale in my shop.

Happy Berry has a great video on youtube for making these lacy gloves. She also has a wonderful blog at Happy Berry Crochet. 

                                
To download the pattern check it down at Ravelry.


Right now my favourite fingerless gloves to make are knit with two strands of worsted weight yarn, a way of using up left over yarn. A great stash busting idea. I knit them flat and then sew them together using the mattress stitch.
I love seeing how the colours come together as you knit with multiple strands, and also I like the thick chunky gloves that result from using bulky weight yarn.
I like to change things up by ribbing some of the cuffs, and doing garter stitch for others. The possibilities are endless.

So please let me know what your favourite style of fingerless gloves are.
My next project will be to make the really long wristers with some colourful stripes.