Ladybird / Ladybug fingerless gloves, the fourth in a series of bug glove knitting patterns and my favourite so far

The first bug glove design was a Stag beetle, a bug that I liked. The second bug glove design was a Weevil, a bug that I did not like so much. For the third bug glove design I chose a beetle that is worshipped as a God, Khepri the Scarab, aka the dung beetle. Scarabaeus Sacer fingerless gloves Scarab beetles as an insect class family Scarabaeidae  have over 35,000 species. It always astounds me when I find these staggering numbers when doing research. When I think “Scarab” I

Weevil fingerless bug gloves The first bug glove that I designed was a Stag beetle. That design was not a huge challenge because of course I like them. Big, shiny with cool antler-like mandibles hanging out in forests, what’s not to like? For the second bug glove design I thought I would try moving out of my comfort zone and do an insect that I didn’t like so much. Out of the hundreds of thousands of bugs out there what would be next? I quickly ruled out centipedes (although

If you’re anything like me, you probably have a love / hate relationship with bugs. I say bugs because for me it includes all manner of creepy crawlies, with or without wings and regardless of how many legs. (Except for spiders – spiders are not bugs; they’re spiders.) Most bugs don’t bug me. I love to see bees and dragonflies, hovering in the garden, ladybugs on flowers and hear the drone of cicadas. But then I will mercilessly end the life of mosquitoes, flies or wasps if t