I took a week off for Solstice to recharge and renew and now I am back and full of love and light and I can hold space again for everyone and everything.
I finished my goal of catching up on the clapotis and was able to knit with my friend and that was really something. We might actually be done by next week!
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| beautiful Knitpicks, Swish soft squishy yarn |
This week I have been putting my energy towards making some PRIDE gloves for a dear girl that I have watched grow into an amazing woman.
Everything was going well until I found out that I didn't actually own any size 6 dpns. I still can't believe this is possible! But it was and I ordered them from Knitty Gritty Shop because we are Instagram followers of each other.
They saved me. I ordered size 6, 7 and 8 Lykke dpns. I have never used Lykke before and I am super pleasantly surprised. They are smooth and feel great in my hands. I just love these needles! Thank you Knitty Gritty Shop for being there for me!
So, fast forward and I am here.
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| progress shot of glove |
I want to be happy with these gloves, but the pattern is not fitting, well, like a glove if you know what I mean.
I think I need to rip back to the cuff and then continue in ribbing so that the fit will work regardless of the hand that goes in it.
I don't understand the purl line. I think it would feel weird, ya know? I want to get rid of that as well.
The fingers are formed straight and then seamed which I spent a lot of time trying to get as perfect as I could. I would much rather knit them in the round and not have a seam at all.
So the question is dear readers, do I design my own gloves or look for a pattern that I can tweak a bit as a starting point?
I thought about it and found a wonderful top-down pattern by Pamela Grossman, with ingenious construction and I am going to try it. The only issue is it calls for dpn size 4s...here we go again. lol
I did a swatch for the large size in the size 3 needles I do have and it came out to the medium size so I think that I am ready to go.
Excuse me as I rip out everything...
While I am doing that I was part of a conversation the other day about when do you get good enough to never have to rip, swatch, count, use lifelines, and other knitting processes. My answer was simple, "never."
Doing these things has nothing to do with your skills or understanding of knitting, we do these things because we have been in a place where a lifeline made all the difference in not having to start from scratch, or counting lets us know right away when we miss a YO on a row. Swatching may be the most annoying thing in existence, but IMHO will save you hours of work every single time you do it.
This is why I am ripping now instead of waiting until I finish to see if I like it. I know right now I don't, so I am taking action now before I get any further and I am happy with my decision to do so.
Unfortunately, after getting my second dose of the vaccine I had a fever and my hands felt funny so I couldn't knit.
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| just a little heart swatch to make sure everything works right |
Then my friend wanted to make a design I made for her like 10 years ago. It needed updating and tweaking and I have learned so much about symmetry and design since then so I added all that in.
Just a peek right now, when she finishes the blanket in a few months I will show you as it is blocking per usual.
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| five fingers with little cowls lol |
With that done and dusted I got back to the gloves. As you can see, the fingers are done for the first one and that is some progress which makes me happy.
What's on your needles this week?
Next week is a circle back week so I will be able to make some personal progress on my four projects. Yay!
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