Hands Off

Hands Off

October 15th, 2007 @ 2:19 pm by Mrs. Jasmine
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This might be the most ridiculous question ever posted on Wedding Bee, but….

How do you wear gloves and mittens with your engagement ring? The brutal Chicago winter is close at hand and I’m wondering how you wear gloves and mittens without snagging an engagement-ring sized lump. How do you ladies in cold-weather states handle this?

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29 Responses to “Hands Off”

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Mrs. Toucan (message) 1,327 posts, Bumble bee

hahahaha! I literally burst out laughing when I read this.

I have to flip my ring to get the gloves on…
I need to get bigger gloves for this winter… the finger holes are a bit snug with the ring on.

10/15/07 @ 2:21 pm (reply)

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katiebee (message) 13 posts, Newbee

I just twirl mine so it is upside down on my hand. Worked well for me all last winter.

10/15/07 @ 2:22 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Bee (message) 3,235 posts, Sugar bee

i snagged my e-ring on gloves so many times last winter that i took it off so i could have it inspected to make sure the stone wasn’t loose… but i never got around to it. So I’ve only been wearing my wedding band since. i know i’m horrible!!!

turning it upside down didn’t work for the knit gloves i usually wear. hmmm i don’t have a good answer.

10/15/07 @ 2:24 pm (reply)

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Jasmine

ditto the two ladies above - my ring seems to fit between the ring finger and my palm, and it’s definitely easier to get the glove on.

Just be careful you don’t go slapping anything(one) with an open hand - that could hurt!

10/15/07 @ 2:26 pm (reply)

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Fallon

I usually wear gittens (gloves with mitten flaps) because then I do not have to take my gloves off all the time and I decrease the chance of my ring flying off my cold fingers.

10/15/07 @ 2:28 pm (reply)

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AOEBuckeye

Haha! I had to conquer this same dilemma last winter! The only gloves that worked getting them over my engagment ring were the leather ones (similar to yours pictures) but with the traditional mitten style (you know a thumb and then a big pouch for the rest of your fingers!). I got them a size bigger than usual so I was sure not to snag the setting.

10/15/07 @ 2:33 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Onion

it’s not a stupid question at all. i like fallon’s idea of the mittens! sometimes i’d just use the pockets of my coat instead of gloves. so bad! it would be easier just to wear my wedding band like mrs. bee but that’s not a great solution either. i wish i had a better idea!

10/15/07 @ 2:34 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Snow Pea

ahaha I actually have to turn my diamond to the side, wedged between my two fingers and then pu the glove on.

10/15/07 @ 2:45 pm (reply)

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MissBlueBear (message) 405 posts, Helper bee

They should make gloves that have a little hole for the ring! =) How ingenious would that me?! That way you could keep your hands warm and show off the bling! Totally kidding…my ring’s not that high up on prongs, so I actually haven’t noticed much of a difference when wearing gloves. Sorry, not much help, but the thought of a hole int he glove is amusing to me!

10/15/07 @ 2:45 pm (reply)

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Debbie

i had the same problem last winter (chicago native too!) and i ended up getiing isotoner gloves. they are smooth and don’t have a wool lining that gets caught in your ring and it’s stretchy enoughy that it just stretches over it.

10/15/07 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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triciaj (message) 257 posts, Helper bee

Hi, I am also a midwest native (Iowa.) I ended up buying the smallest pair of MEN’s gloves I could find. The fingers are a little wider, and allowed some wiggle room for my ring.

My college roommate (she’s brilliant) did something similar to the hole-for-the-ring strategy. She took a pair of knit gloves, cut off the ring finger, and put two little hook and eye closures on the finger and glove. She’d put on the glove, then she’d “put on her finger”. It worked, but it always made me giggle.

10/15/07 @ 2:57 pm (reply)

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turtle

I think this year, I won’t wear my engagement ring with gloves. Last year, I lost two tiny diamonds after they snagged on the cashmere… (well, after I used the sonic cleaner too, which probably loosened up the stones).

10/15/07 @ 2:58 pm (reply)

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Guest

I think this was a great question! I have problems with my gloves AND pockets in my pants. =P

10/15/07 @ 2:59 pm (reply)

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tanya2s (message) 412 posts, Helper bee

I just make sure that my gloves aren’t knit gloves. I’ve never had problems with my fleece-lined ones. Then again, I have small hands so my gloves never fit ultra-tightly anyway.

10/15/07 @ 3:03 pm (reply)

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smartl (message) 534 posts, Busy bee

GK - Yes! The pockets in the pants dilemma! Argh, it drives me bananas on a daily basis. I can’t stand that I have to put up with that for the rest of my life. GRRRRRR @ jeans pockets.

I don’t really have a solution for the gloves other than to take the ring off and carry it in its ring box in your purse till you take your gloves off. Gloves go in purse, ring goes back on finger. That’s what I had to do last year anyway. It’s too cold here to just not wear gloves.

10/15/07 @ 3:10 pm (reply)

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reese

I had the same question too after a day of mountain biking…I wear bike gloves for my ride, and luckily enough…the gloves fit over my ring (solitaire diamond that sits high); however, there was a small bump, and from gripping tightly on my handle bars, i ended up with a red ring indentation at the base of my finger. the gloves pushed my ring as low as it could go. it disappeared after a day, but was there another way??

snowboarding season is coming up…what to do??

10/15/07 @ 3:20 pm (reply)

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MissBanana

I got a very low mount with a bezel set for this exact reason. I bike and ski a lot, and don’t want to worry about the ring. I also dance a lot and hear guys talk all the time about how they hate being scratched by erings.

10/15/07 @ 3:30 pm (reply)

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HACB

I love this post! We got engaged Jan 06 so I immediately had to figure this one out.

I turn my stones in towards my palm and sort of curl my fingers into my palm just slightly so I don’t catch on my knit gloves.

This year I think I’ll invest in leather gloves… sounds much easier than my method!

10/15/07 @ 3:39 pm (reply)

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mrs. violet

I only wear mittens! Love them and I’ve had no problems wearing it with my ering.

10/15/07 @ 3:47 pm (reply)

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kelly

I just mush my ring off to the side so its not sticking straight up and voila. I was proposed to in literally 13 degree, gale-force wind weather and after the “Yay I’m engaged!” thought came the “How do I wear gloves?” thought. I completely sympathize!

10/15/07 @ 3:54 pm (reply)

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