all about knitting...
...at least, that's what it feels like. I spent a lot of my weekend either knitting, or doing knitting related things.
I decided that the brown yarn (RYC's Luxury Cotton) I was using for the arm warmers was a little floppy--it just wasn't going to be snug enough for long arm warmers. However, not wanting to waste the time I'd put in so far, I turned it into a mitten. Not just any mitten...the Peekaboo mittens from this month's MagKnits. I think these were a great alternative to the flip-top mittens -- for one thing, they are a lot faster to knit!
Here's where I am so far:
The opening is on the palm-side of the mitten. You can't see it very well in this picture because the yarn is dark, but here's a close-up:
The only problem I've had so far is that the finger portion above the opening is not long enough. I have long fingers and so does my daughter -- I had to unknit the decreases because my fingers weren't covered. I'm now adding at least 4 more rows before doing the decreases again. Otherwise, the pattern is pretty straight-forward.
I restarted the arm warmers in Caron's Simply Soft yarn in a light gray:
I really like how this yarn is working up in this pattern I'm still using the Voodoo wrist warmer pattern, just making it longer.
In the knitting-related area, I updated my stash database with all of my recent yarn purchases. This is in preparation for shopping at Stitches West -- while I certainly don't mind having lots of yarn in my stash, I'd rather not buy duplicates!
I decided that the brown yarn (RYC's Luxury Cotton) I was using for the arm warmers was a little floppy--it just wasn't going to be snug enough for long arm warmers. However, not wanting to waste the time I'd put in so far, I turned it into a mitten. Not just any mitten...the Peekaboo mittens from this month's MagKnits. I think these were a great alternative to the flip-top mittens -- for one thing, they are a lot faster to knit!
Here's where I am so far:
The opening is on the palm-side of the mitten. You can't see it very well in this picture because the yarn is dark, but here's a close-up:
The only problem I've had so far is that the finger portion above the opening is not long enough. I have long fingers and so does my daughter -- I had to unknit the decreases because my fingers weren't covered. I'm now adding at least 4 more rows before doing the decreases again. Otherwise, the pattern is pretty straight-forward.
I restarted the arm warmers in Caron's Simply Soft yarn in a light gray:
I really like how this yarn is working up in this pattern I'm still using the Voodoo wrist warmer pattern, just making it longer.In the knitting-related area, I updated my stash database with all of my recent yarn purchases. This is in preparation for shopping at Stitches West -- while I certainly don't mind having lots of yarn in my stash, I'd rather not buy duplicates!
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