As winter comes closer, I wondered about gloves for my late 15th cent kit. I read about those "cpt. spock" gloves. where two fingers are toghether in one ... hat and just the thumb is in a seperate one. I think I also saw pictures of this.

does anybody know where to get these, or has a pattern how they are made? because i wonder how the thumb was done. it looks like it was round and not sliced like modern gloves thumbs.

a vendor or at least a pattern would be VERY cool.

I would be interested in one made or lined with fur (if this is historically accurate).

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They thumb is made from waste when you shape the top of the glove if you're careful, the main point is that the cut for the thumb in the palm section has a V left which forms the inside part of the thumb itself.

The Thames mitten is heavilly worn on the palm and looks like cow hide, though thin, but that's just by observation not analysis. The stitching was neat butt stitched from recollection.

The Shepherds 2-finger mitten in Campin's nativity appears to be sheepskin.

Traditionally whitetawed (alum tawed rather than tanned) leather was preferred for gloves and traditionally non bovine (e.g. deer, goat, sheep) was tawed.

Hope that helps