Many moons ago, before my kids were born, I worked in a yarn shop. As you can imagine I acquired some yarn when I worked there. One winter, over a decade ago, I decided to knit myself a matching hat/scarf/mitt set from some lovely midnight blue alpaca/wool yarn. I made the hat. I knit half the scarf. I got bored, shoved it in a bag and forgot about it. A move, two children, and more years than were reasonable later, I came across my abandoned project in the garage. I decided I might as well finish what I started. Did I finish the long neglected scarf? No, of course not. My daughter has been complaining about cold hands all week, so I knit a pair of one of my favorite fingerless glove patterns for her with some of the yarn instead. These are the welted fingerless glove pattern by churchmouse. I have knit dozens of pairs as gifts over the years. Honestly, for not knitting much in the past decade I was pretty pleased with how easy it was and how well they turned out. And my daughter likes them and has been wearing them since I finished (she won’t even relinquish them for blocking). I like that they keep the hands warm while still leaving fingers available to type and do stuff. One is slightly smaller than the other, because stress and knitting tension are a thing. I’m sure it would block out…but shed have to Take them off first. Far better that the yarn is being used than keeping it on a shelf. Maybe I’ll finally finish the scarf next.
Lovely! And too funny that she won’t take them off long enough for you to block them.
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You’ve obviously knit a winner!
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They turned out lovely! That pattern is a winner. It was the one I used to make my first fingerless gloves. I still love it and have made several pairs. No wonder your daughter loves them!
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fingerless gloves are so underrated I love wearing them! Yours turned out fantastic
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The fact that she won’t take them off…. It’s higher praise than any of us could offer!! 
That being said, I think they look great!
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