The Dragon Rider Gloves are quite pretty, and I'm really happy with how they're turning out. They're also a quick knit, so I'm not too worried about not being able to finish them for Christmas.
I've gotten past the thumb gusset, and I'm onto the hand proper now, which isn't that many repeats since they're stretchy lace and worsted-weight.
However, the pattern is riddled with typos and weird construction.
First, it's one of the glove patterns that isn't identical, it uses mirrored construction for the left and right glove. That in itself is fine, but it does require you to pay attention.
Where it describes the pattern row for the hand, it adds in markers that you only use for the thumb gusset, and the marker placement didn't seem quite right anyway. I just ignored those.
It also increases oddly for the thumb gusset, using 3 markers and increasing 2, 3, or no stitches. (For that, just follow the pattern, it does look odd but it does work).
Finally, when you put the thumb stitches onto a stitch holder, the pattern doesn't tell you to cast on an additional stitch to replace the one you started with for the thumb gusset. However, if you don't, your pattern stitch won't line up properly. You have to cast on 1 stitch to make the thumb work.
Also, in reading ahead in the pattern, the descriptions to split the stitches for the fingers is rather vague. I'm glad I've done gloves before because it would be very easy to not realize that you have to take half your index finger stitches from the palm and half your index finger stitches from the back-of-hand. All the pattern says is to 'divide 12 stitches evenly among 3 needles' for the index finger. If you just take the next 12 stitches from the needle, that won't work, and your index finger will be in the wrong place!
All that being said, though, the pattern is a fun knit, and isn't hard once you realize what's going on. Provided you have experience making gloves/mittens, you should be able to figure it all out.
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