Fetching Fingerless Mitts (again)
Friday, February 15. 2008
Last year I made these lovely fingerless mittens from a pattern called "fetching" on the knitty.com site.
I've made some more! After a trip to Farfield Mill in September I bought one skein of lovely local-made wool. I adapted the fetching pattern, adding extra cable repeats at the cuff, elongating the middle section of the glove, and replacing the thumb with a vertical slit which is achieved by knitting the circular knitting straight for 8 rows just before the final cables. Here's the result:
And a little closeup on the cables, as I'm very proud of how these gloves have turned out (apart from the interesting 'S' shape I achieved when I did one of the cables in the wrong direction and didn't realise until I was almost finished the glove! We call that "a feature")
I've made some more! After a trip to Farfield Mill in September I bought one skein of lovely local-made wool. I adapted the fetching pattern, adding extra cable repeats at the cuff, elongating the middle section of the glove, and replacing the thumb with a vertical slit which is achieved by knitting the circular knitting straight for 8 rows just before the final cables. Here's the result:
And a little closeup on the cables, as I'm very proud of how these gloves have turned out (apart from the interesting 'S' shape I achieved when I did one of the cables in the wrong direction and didn't realise until I was almost finished the glove! We call that "a feature")
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How on earth did you manage to take taht first picture of the mitts? :)
vince: you don’t miss a trick, do you? (click on the first link in the post and read the comments if you’re missing the joke) :)
My theories:
– Kevin’s taking the pics – You’re holding the camera in your mouth – You have the camera on timer and it’s on a shelf – You have a brain link to your cameraYou have mitten competition:
http://flickr.com/photos/kastrollkreations/2390296484/
