Yarn suggestions

[SlyeCreations]

My nephew wants me to make him some fingerless gloves but he wants ones that look like you took regular gloves and cut the tips of the fingers off. I want to make them out of a really comfortable yarn cause he wears them all the time but the yarn would also need to be sturdy because of this reason. Also, I would like the yarn to be a lighter weight so that the fingers aren't bulky. Since it won't take a lot of yarn to make them I don't mind paying a bit more than I usually do in order to get a really nice finished product. What suggestions would you all have that might be good to look at? Thanks in advance for that help!

[Amibel]

If you have access to a copy, Crochet Today in the November/December 2010 (I think) issue had a pattern for gloves like that AND it uses sock yarn. Though technically you could do any glove pattern and just not do the full length of the fingers. I am trying to make myself do that particular pattern but I just don't have the time right now. Most sock yarn feels pretty good to me, but might be a bit difficult to find something usable if he's allergic to wool.

[RoseRed]

Just remember that a pattern that calls for ww yarn won't work with sock yarn and the appropriate sized hook. If you want to use a thin yarn I would check ravelry for patterns using the size yarn that you want to use.