Not glove making session... I understand it is referred to as a "glove making PARTY" :wink:
Pizza: a must!
you'll need to cover any carpet and wear your worst clothes.

a couple (or 3) of ideas I have seen/done which seem to work very well, and you might want to try when making your glove:

1. a couple of days before the 'Party' pour into a baking tray, a 'good layer' of latex (dyed to your pink/ purple or complementary colour for the base of your glove.)
This will then be sliced (v. sharp blade required) into pretty, or jagged shapes, and glued onto your 'tacky' base glove, with more latex if required, and possibly more latex layers on top.

I think this is the easiest way to make a very pretty glove, which is normally very good to use.
(my last glove was of this type and I am pleased with it.)

Downsides of this: everyone has the same colour (really you want yours to be unique :wink:
2ndly, I am not convinced all padding comes from pure material. (you still might hurt your hand) I think alot of 'padding' is actually air spaces within a material, and unless you do something fancy while the latex is drying in the tray, it is just solid bits of latex. (would most of the energy absorbed by a hit be transfered quickly to your hand?) The next two techniques can get round this.

2. spread v. thin layers of latex out to dry.
(as part of making your base glove there is going to be some of this around anyway:
on the sides of the container,
on the bat you are holding whilst making the glove to ensure it dries with your hand in the right shape.)

Then ROLL parts of these thin layers and stick then to your glove in the right places (as before).
This results in a very UGLY, messy glove, but some people swear by them, because of the amount of air that is now trapped in it, serving as a very good shock absorber.

3. You can buy a thickener for the latex, and it is easier to colour small portions of this mixture (lots of variations :-) ). It can easily be applied with a syringe, (easier than just the latex which might 'run'), and shaken if you want to incorporate air bubbles, or spaces can be left when you are applying the mixture. 'You' can make very fancy gloves with this, (but "I" am not much use at it :wink: ) I never seem to make them thick enough, and the end result never matches the picture in my head that it was going to be!


Pizza - cos you only have one hand available to eat!
I would love to come+ visit, but would involve an expensive flight :-(