Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Four gloves and more


One glove turned into two. Then having to try a different cast on and yarn from the stash, two became four. What have I learned? To begin with I found that tubular cast on, which looks so beautifully rounded on the edge, is not very elastic. Consequently, glove number four had to be worked twice. . . not a stretchy cast on. The second thing I learned was that alpaca is definitely incredibly warm, so you will want to make a second pair as a spare. As for the pattern . . . I highly recommend Rita Buchanan's pattern to any beginning glove knitter as the pattern is simple, easy to follow, and a good fit.

While the gloves were evolving the last bit of blue kid mohair/corriedale/coopworth slid from my fingers and onto the bobbin. It is roughly a fingering weight . . . all nine ounces of it . . . so may want to be a Faroese shawl. I think that's what I will do.

Ready for the next dance . . .

Tuesday, December 13, 2005


Being that this is the first glove I have knit, and am having success, this is a good time to post for the first time. Maybe I will be successful on this as well. The gloves are knit from Frog Tree alpaca on needle sizes 1 and 2. The pattern is one of Rita Buchanan's and can be found in the book Homespun, Handknit. I am enjoying the knitting of these gloves so much that I am already knitting the next pair in my head . . . and the next pair . . . and the next pair.

and the dance goes on.