Pattern: Endpaper Mitts, by Eunny JangYarn: Shibui Knits Sock, in Finch and Midnight
Needles: US o (2.00mm) Brittany white birch dpns and 2 1/2 (3.00 mm) Crystal Palace bamboo dpns
Notes: They fit well, and they're pretty! Success.
The "seam" tends to slide around to the back of my hand, but I think that has to do with my hand shape, and not with the gloves.
It's a great pattern, easy to follow, and with beautiful results.
I don't know how to knit with my left hand, so my colorwork tends to move verrry slowly, as I work both yarns in my right hand. Pick the blue up, knit the stitches, put the blue down, pick the yellow up - whoops, they got twisted! - knit with the yellow... you get the picture. It's actually not too terribly slow, but it'd be faster if I learned Continental knitting. As long as this is working, though, I probably won't take the time to learn.
I like these because they cover my whole wrist, but aren't so long they'll get stuck on my sleeves. I knit another pair of fingerless gloves (in red! acrylic) but they're nearly elbow length, so fairly useless when I'm wearing long sleeves.
I haven't actually played piano since I was about twelve.The rest of today is dedicated to making up for my slacking off this whole week. Step One: go to the public interest career fair. Check. Steps Two-Six: finish scholarship applications, finish trial brief, teach self in personam and quasi in rem jurisdiction, teach self about modifications and changes to contracts, soak sheepy-wool to get the sheepiness out.
Ready, go.
5 comments:
Wow, the mitts turned out super great! I also can't knit with my left hand so my colorwork is slower too. I totally need to learn continental one of these days!
clearly you belong in berkeley with those new mits. really though, they are beautiful!
Having played an instrument once - it will always be a part of you and you can someday play it again. (even now!)
Those mitts would have been GREAT when I was in college in the 70's. Due to the energy crisis there was no heat in the practice rooms before 7 AM or on weekends. I practiced piano at 5:30 AM weekdays and practiced on the weekends since I was a "dormie" - I would have LOVED those warmers!
Those look great! And I will definitely mail you some of the stickers. Unfortunately, the ornament broke in the mail. Silly instructables not packaging it correctly.
Oh, those are great! I love that pattern.
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