Sunday the cabled fingerless gloves were started. The pattern is easy. However, this involved a lot of “firsts” for me. First time I used DPNs. First time I did a fully cabled project. First time I did a gusset. Some of the firsts worked out better than others. I can’t find any ladders from the dpn knitting. Score one for me. I didn’t have any problems working the cable pattern. Score another one for me. I had some issues with the thumb. Stupid thumper. First, I didn’t realize until I was pretty far into the gusset that I had done the “make one” wrong. I know, tink you say. Several problems arose when that idea faced me head on. First, I have a tendency to mess up the unknitting process. So frog it down you say. (Yes, I hear your voices being all indignant.) The issue with the ripping it out is that, well, I’m still not confident enough that I can figure out how to get the row correctly when trying to place a circular needle into the row I want. Also, no additional dpns at the time. Plus, I saw the wee little holes and figured I could cover them up when I wove in the ends. Which I mostly did. However, the problems with the thumb had not quite ended. The pattern states to pick up three stitches when you start the thumb tube. I did this. I think on the next one I might do four. I wasn’t particularly jazzed with the gaping hole I created that then had to be fixed when I wove in those ends as well. There’s still a little gap from my mistakes. All in all, not too shabby for a first time non-scarfer. I think I’m a little addicted to these gauntlet/wristlet/fingerless glovey things. They’re FAST. They’re FUN. And in the Malabrigo with all its squishy goodness? They’re WARM. So, hopefully, with some solid knitting and a little time this weekend, I’ll be able to finish the second one and have a completed pair by the end of the weekend. Here’s to hoping.
Oh, you didn’t think I’d let you go without a picture of the “grand”accomplishment, did you? Ha ha, silly reader.
Near (said in Grover voice)
Far (also said in Grover voice)
So fabu!!
absolutely gorgeous! Great job!