Help - Any Ideas on Stretching Leather Gloves

organic_wanabe

My trusty old leather gloves have gone missing and the only other pair I have are slightly tight. Now unless Santa is going to surprise me with a new pair, which is very unlikely, I would be really grateful for a few ideas on how to go about stretching them - otherwise my hands are going to be too sore and cramped to use the computer or they may even fall off due to frostbite.

Merry Christmas to you all.

angchris

id put a rubber washing up glove inside the leather glove fill it with water and somehow seal the rubber glove so it doesnt leak out sellotape and pegs? and pop the gloves into the freezer when the water freezes it will expand and hopefully stretch the gloves abit :j

r.mac_2

alternatively could you leave them on the radiator to warm before wearing them - the heat might let them stretch just enough to fit

angchris - i saw that tip for shoes on tv a couple of days ago- we must have been watching the same show!!!

angchris

i saw my mum doing this with a pair of new boots last month, it did look very odd her putting boots in the freezer i asked her if she was showing the first signs of dementia:rotfl: it didnt go down too well and i recieved a very "sideways glance":o but it certainly did the trick she can now wear the boots :j

organic_wanabe

Thanks for these ideas - I'll give them both a try. r.mac have you started on the Christmas sherry already or am I seeing double?!

Sharra

I remember my nan saying with shoes, you wet them and then stuff them with newspaper to stretch them. Maybe soaking the gloves and then wearing them around the house might help?