...the needles! I finished them last night. Thought I'd take advantage of all the sun to take some quick pictures and squeeze in a quick post during my lunch hour, since I had the luxury of starting my work day with a meeting not far from my house.
I re-knit the first glove from the base of thumb up, starting Sunday. The fingers really don't take much time -- the main issues I had concerned fit. I had a really hard time gauging how long to make the fingers. On size 3 needles using sport weight yarn, a row or two can really make the difference between webbed fingers and floppy tips.
As mentioned earlier, I made some modifications, which I'll detail on the gloves'
Ravelry project page soon.
I wouldn't hesitate to make gloves again, although my next pair will probably be with fingering (sock) weight yarn. These gloves are really heavy. I wore them around the house last night and my hands almost got too hot. I'd like to try something with stranded knitting for a little variety in color -- I can hear some readers snorting in disbelief already. But I'm very happy with these gloves, especially since they represent branching out into a new garment, but also because I got this awesome yarn at a swap. One knitter's unused stash is another knitter's treasure.
I got them finished just in time to photograph them on my back deck in a short-sleeved shirt and 82-degree weather!
82 degree weather??? We are bracing for another storm tonight!
ReplyDeleteThe gloves look great. Good job branching out to a new garment.
Stranded? Colors? Whoa! (And you know stranding makes them even warmer.)
ReplyDeleteI've made lots of mittens and fingerless mitts, but now gloves. All those fingers are scary -- but maybe I'll try some....
Love them! And I'm having difficulty imagining a world where gloves are "too warm..." Visit us! You'll appreciate them! :)
ReplyDeleteSteven! The gloves rock, but the picture is insane! I love it. it is so you, actually...hiding behind your work a bit.
ReplyDeletewe are back from the desert...we survived.
:-*