I have been working on these gloves for almost five years and finally finished them! They are made from the smallest of my stainless steel rings (approx 1/8") and took 19,730 rings to make. (Don't worry, I didn't count every one. I weighed!)

I started these gloves when I was just learning about fitting chainmail to curved shapes. There are techniques for adding or subtracting rings to make chainmail conform to the shape of a head, or a torso, etc. I wanted to have a good instinct for how that fitting process worked so I chose the most complicated project I could think of. I knew, from my background in knitting, that gloves are pretty tricky (the only gloves I ever knit were fingerless and they still were a challenge) so I decided to make a pair out of chainmail. Little did I know what I was getting into! Years later they're finished and I do have a pretty good instinct for how that fitting process works. I'd even be willing to make another pair that fits someone else, but you had better be prepared for a steep price. *grin*

September 4, 2001: One of the gloves is currently in an art show in San Francisco. I'll post the story of how that happened, but for now take a look at the writeup of the show at the San Francisco Art Magazine web site.

	Four connected fingers, about to attach the thumb. This stage lasted a long time until I built courage/ingenuity to attach the thumbs (The thumb webbing was intricate, almost impossible, insane!)
	Almost done! Only the cuff remains unfinished.
	The cuff ready to be attached. Graduated ring sizes make one edge shorter than the other and give a tapered shape to the finished cuff. This helps the glove stay on the hand and also just looks cool.
	Finished! Left glove, front and back. (I'll have a picture of both gloves together as soon as I can get someone else to hold the camera. *grin*)
	Details: Top: the clasp. Bottom: finger webbing and a fingertip.