Sunday, February 3, 2008

Not as Difficult As I Had Expected



For some reason, I had it in my head that gloves would be a total nightmare. Not so. The only really difficult part was working around the needles as I knit each individual finger.



I will say that it was the first time I've actually sworn at my knitting and let out yells of rage. Stitches kept slipping off the unused needles. Normally this wouldn't be the end of the world, but as the yarn was fuzzy, it made if very difficult to find the wandering stitches. Once I had it all under control however, the fingers zipped along with no problem.

There was one other tragedy as well. I realized the body of the glove was too big AFTER I had made the thumb hole. With a heavy heart, I ripped back over 15 rows to the correct length and than persevered. I'm expecting the second one to move along at a quicker pace!