Archive for March, 2010
I still don’t really understand the point of wrist warmers, but I couldn’t really find another project for this yarn, and I only had two skeins. These used up almost one. I figured I could always gift them since I don’t get the point, but when I was almost done with the second one, I [ READ MORE ]
…I think. The mitten went from being way too big to almost too tight, but they fit pretty perfectly now. Or, well, the one I’ve knit does. I hope the second one ends up being the same size, which is definitely not a given when I knit mittens :p I knit them on a 2.25mm [ READ MORE ]
I swatched, in the round even. Got gauge. Knitted. Didn’t get gauge. The pink line is my wrist, mittens are way too long and wide everywhere but the finger-area (the photo makes it look much better than it is). I then re-swatched with smaller needles. Got gauge. Started knitting again, while trying to keep an [ READ MORE ]
Still really like this pattern, as it’s simple, but more fun than 2×2 rib. I really don’t like 2×2 rib for more than a couple of rounds at the time. Casting on 44 stitches instead of 48 proved to be smart, as these fit better, and I also lengthened the heel a bit. I didn’t [ READ MORE ]