ROCK ON!
I rock!
First, because these are cool. Second, because now they are part of the Rock-along. (Or, at least I've submitted them)
Pattern for the curious is here
This was a hard, hard project. Fingerless gloves are not easy, the corrugated rib took getting used to, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to intarsia in the round. It's just... a pain. And you have to pay a lot of attention to it, to, so it's not something you can do while watching TV, that sorta thing.
They're nice and warm. And while the lids aren't battened down with a button, so they flap, it's not a pain. And if I put buttons and chained on a button lid (in green, of course), they'd get stuck under my coat too much.
Oh, but for those who care about the practical aspects of gloves and not how they look... close the thumb up. Trust me. I keep the tips warm by putting them under the glitten lid, but then my hand looks really funny.
They're knit out of Lionbrand acryllic something or another in a fingering weight, and Patons kroy in jade that was leftover from a different glove project. True knitters should go out and buy quality yarns, not the crap I use.
The non-blog part of the site is getting a revamp. I'll let you know what's the what shortly.
Look, look, I bought a hat!
I know, I know, I could have knit it. But not out of angora for $15!
So, I'm spending more than that to make a matching feather and fan scarf.
And my other knitting care package arrived. WHAT am I going to DO with all of this YARN?
But it's in a good way.
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