Small Gardening Gloves?

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Hi All,

As I hope we have established by now, I am of the female gender. As a result of this, and through no fault of my own, I have rather small hands!

Does anyone know where I can get a decent pair of gardening gloves that would fit? All the chain stores (B&Q, Homebase etc) have nice sturdy gloves but they are huge. All the ladies ones are lovely and flowery, no good for any sort of tough work, and still too big. I need a thick pair that can deal with thorny things.

There are of course children's gloves but they too are no good for proper heavy work. I'm after some of those leather and rubber heavy duty types but in a small size. I've gone down the local hardware store and trade supplier route and ScrewFix etc but still, they're just for big, big hands.

I can't be alone in this. Does anyone know where I can get what I'm after? Christmas is coming up after all!

Thanks in advance.

[skeggijon]

Have you tried Wilko?

[veggiechicken]

I buy these Wilko Get Gardening Rigger Gloves Ladies Mesh Back Assorted at wilko.com
I also have some rubbery ones, bright pink, but can't remember where I bought them. Somewhere cheap like Aldi. They're thornproof and I can pull up brambles with them.

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Thanks VC. No Wilko here but we are making a big journey to Warrington to visit the in-laws next week! I'll have a look.

Thanks for the tip-off. I do fear they may still be rather big. I really do have small hands and larger gloves just fall off and really affect dexterity to the degree that I usually just get frustrated and take them off. Meaning I've had quite a serious infection which got in via a thorn wound.

My main issue is that the rubber ones I have now still let in nettle stings and pumpkin thorns etc. and they get really, really muddy and wet inside and outside! So not much protection from thorn wounds anyway!

[veggiechicken]

My pink gloves could be from Wilkos too Wilko All Rounder Gloves Pink at wilko.com

[Bren In Pots]

Have a look at 'Town and Country ladies gloves I've got several pairs and their Master Gardener ones are good against thorns.

[Scarlet]

I'm a "town & country" glove owner they are the only ones that fit me. At less than 5ft tall, my feet & hands are small...these are what I've bought for years, all the other ones are too long in the fingers
Town & Country Premium Leather Gardening Gloves For Men Large Medium New TGL419 | eBay

[Guest]

I personally dislike gardening gloves as I find they do not last or they are restrictive.
I tend to use gloves that are given to staff as personal protective equipment as these are now covering a wider range of sizes, unfortunately I am unable to recommend suppliers. St Johns Ambulance supplies is worth a try. I know it sounds odd but many of the gloves have anti-cut coatings/ materials rather than being big bulky things

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Thank you. I will let you know how I get on. I knew I wasn't alone!

[Hazel at the Hill]

I had a pair of yellow Joe's Garden gloves as part of the MoM package - and they are brilliant - sensitive enough to weed properly, tough enough to tackle most prickly things, and they don't slip off like most gardening gloves I've tried.

[VolesAteMyPeas]

I have to say, Norfolk, I was in the school of no gloves for years and years and nothing untoward ever happened. I don't like the feel of them or the loss of dexterity either. Then my step dad got septicaemia from gardening bare handed and I got a similar, though less threatening, infection a few months later while wearing surgical gloves. The thorns still got through and so did the pathogens it seems. I'll look into your suggestion thanks. I realise the chance of serious infection is probably rather low but, having had one, I don't want another! (Having just replied on another thread that I never wash my salad). Irony?

[Scarlet]

I dont particularly like gardening gloves but for certain jobs they are a necessity. Pruning, pulling nettles, bramble clearing, gooseberry pruning etc all need good sturdy gloves. I go through a pair a year, unless i take them off and accidentally compost them

[Alison]

I have large hands for a woman so girly gloves never fit me. Unfortunately men's gloves tend to be long enough but far too wide (think women's hands tend to be more slender), 'tis a right pain but do prefer to wear gloves as have to have hands that look vaguely presentable for work rather than ingrained with mud as they used to be

[skeggijon]

I have to say, Norfolk, I was in the school of no gloves for years and years and nothing untoward ever happened. I don't like the feel of them or the loss of dexterity either. Then my step dad got septicaemia from gardening bare handed and I got a similar, though less threatening, infection a few months later while wearing surgical gloves. The thorns still got through and so did the pathogens it seems. I'll look into your suggestion thanks. I realise the chance of serious infection is probably rather low but, having had one, I don't want another! (Having just replied on another thread that I never wash my salad). Irony?

We all assess risk in different ways lol.

[horticultural_hobbit]

I have a pair of leather ones, ordered from that tree named retailer. I too have small hands, and i was forever tearing the cheaper nylon ones from wilkos.