Or I prefer to think of them as dawn/dusk gloves. Because that's what they remind me of: peering through the blinds first thing in the morning when light begins to illuminate all the myriad colors of the daytime and then towards evening, when those same colors slowly fade away to darkness. Though they don't match exactly due to the long color repeat of the variegated yarn, I don't mind it one bit. I rather like it like this, as a companion pair.
These actually have been done for a little while now, but as soon as the gloves were off the needles, they were in constant use. So much so, in fact, that they had to be washed before this photoshoot. That turned out to be a good thing though-- the yarns softened up nicely and the gloves, especially the fingers, seem to conform to the hands better now.
And I must really like stripes on Alex's knits. Or maybe I think it makes things boyish. In looking back, I realized that I made mittens for him two years ago and the year before with stripes too. Oh, and did you notice? He's gone from having no fingers to two (thumbs) to all ten fingers now. How quickly they grow!
I'm hoping these will last a couple of years... but if not, I still have plenty of both yarns to make a larger, identical pair. For details on these gloves, please visit my Ravelry page here.

