• Black cashmere gloves in flat jersey knit laid flat with ribbed cuffs
  • Model wearing black cashmere gloves with a cream knit sweater
  • Black cashmere gloves stacked on their side, showing the ribbed cuff
  • Model wearing chocolate brown cashmere gloves with a cream knit sweater
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Portolano

Cashmere Gloves in Flat Jersey Knit, Wrist Length

Cashmere Gloves in Flat Jersey Knit, Wrist Length

$156.95 USD
$156.95 USD
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These cashmere gloves are the plain, beautifully soft pair that ends up living in your coat pocket from November to March. They are knit in a smooth flat jersey, 8 inches long so they finish right at the wrist bone, in three shades from deep neutral to soft pink. Portolano lists the yarn as 100% cashmere in a two-ply knit.

  • Smooth jersey face. The same flat stitch as a fine sweater, with no texture to snag on a coat pocket or a zipper.
  • Wrist length. At 8 inches, about 20 cm, the cuff ends where a coat sleeve begins, so nothing bunches.
  • Three easy colors. Black, deep chocolate brown, or the muted pink Portolano calls dusty rose.
  • One size. It comes in one size, which Portolano says fits most hands.

Thin Warm Gloves in Cashmere

If you want thin warm gloves that still let you find your keys and zip a coat, cashmere is the fiber to look at. Under US labeling rules, fiber sold as cashmere has to average 19 microns across or less, finer than most sheep wool, and those fine, crimped fibers trap a lot of still air for very little thickness. That is where the warmth comes from: not bulk, but air that cannot move.

The flat jersey knit adds to it. A smooth face lets wind slide past instead of pushing through open stitches, and the narrow ribbed cuff closes the glove at the wrist.

Black, Chocolate Brown or Dusty Rose

Black is the safe choice and the one that hides wear best. Chocolate brown is the more interesting neutral; it looks richer than black against camel, cream and olive, and it is kinder to a gray coat. Dusty rose is the color that makes a dark winter coat look chosen, especially navy, charcoal or black.

Keeping Cashmere Gloves Soft

Portolano recommends dry cleaning. In between, let the gloves dry flat if they get damp in snow, away from a radiator, since direct heat can shrink and stiffen the fiber. Brush away pills on the palm with a cashmere comb, and keep the pair folded together so one glove never goes missing.

Everyday Cashmere Gloves Fit

Are cashmere gloves warm? For their thickness, warmer than almost anything else you can knit. For hours outdoors well below freezing, wear them under a lined shell mitten.

Do knit gloves stretch? A little. Knit relaxes as it warms to your hands, so a pair that feels snug at the first try settles into a close, easy fit.

Do these work on a phone screen? Not this pair. Plain cashmere fingertips do not register on a touchscreen, so you will need to slip a fingertip out to answer a call.

Can they go under leather gloves? Yes, if the leather pair runs generous. Thin cashmere is a classic liner, and the two layers together beat either one alone.

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