Kyla Fingerless Gloves Finished!
It was such a pleasure to finish these gloves! A HUGE "Thank-you" to Monika from Smokin' Hot Needles for sharing the Kyla pattern!! (you can download it from the sidebar of her blog). The yarn is some hand dyed sock yarn from (where else?) Wild Geese! I made the cuffs longer than the pattern so they would never creep out the ends of my jacket sleeves. I also extended the finger & thumb cuffs so I could roll them up or down. I got DD#2 to take about 10 pics before I got one I could use! LOL!! So here they are - my very first pair of gloves!!
Just beautiful!
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Those are interesting fingerless gloves. I've started making them, too. My knitting "secret" is I do a simple loop cast on for my socks because it has the best give. The number I pick for your contest is 38.
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(Is this the blogiversary drawing?) My knitting secret is to to use long sticky-notes on fair-isle graphs and other patterns I have to refer to, because they can be "moved up" or "over" every row, and I can write notes & little arrows on them. My number is 232.
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Hi,
My secret for knitting is to not attach thumbs to your mitten when watching a frightening movie. I found my thumb halfway on the next day.
Number 336. Thanks, Lynn
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I keep a 3X5 notebook at each of my
machines & another for my handknit
notes. I often will cut a slip of the
yarn used and tape it to the page, too.
#205
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I put my projects into large ziploc bags and then put them into my knitting bag. Keeps things from getting tangled up in the bag and each project is easy to find. My number is 126.
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Hi Monica! I'm about to sit down and knit along to the World Junior's game....USA vs. Canada....
I hope my gauge isn't too tight!
How about 358?
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Happy blogiversary! Your mitts look fabulous, and I love the colourway. Some sock yarn is just too great to hide under winter boots, isn't it?
My knitting tip: when I'm working a multi-row pattern and have to put the work down, I stop on the last row, leaving the number of stitches that equal the row number -- i.e., if I'm on row 4, I'll leave 4 stitches to be worked at the end of the row; if I'm on row 6, I'll leave 6 stitches unworked.
Another tip (hey, 'tis still the season for being generous!): when I gift someone with my knitting, I include a ball band so the recipient has the washing instructions and composition of the yarn. If there's no ball band (handspun, or from a cone), I print up the information on a business-sized card and include that.
My number is 157.
Happy New Year!
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I'm a newbie so my tip is more for newbies. When I have to do something a specific number of times, like 15 times, I write out the numbers from 1 to 15, and then put a check by each as I do it for the first sock and an x by each as I do it for the second sock.
And for my number -- how about 44?
Thanks
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My tip is one that I learned from someone else. When trying to keep up with rows in circular knitting, place two markers at the end of the round. When you come back to the markers, remove one, complete one stitch and place a marker. Everytime you come to the second marker, move it over one stitch. The number of stitches between the markers will tell you how many rounds you have completed.
My number is 38.
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Congrats on your blogiversary and on your purchases of late. You look like you are gonna be busy!
Number 345
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I pick number 61.. My secret would be that I start many projects.. put them in bags and have a hard time finishing before something else comes along. My husband hates this..I need to finish my 2008 projects before buying any more...but I feel a need to go shopping again.. its a New Year! Happy New Year. I love your blog!
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I love Charissa's hint!
My hint is: don't ever be afraid to ask questions of other knitters. Someone else has that same question; knitters are the most awesome givers of their knowledge and love sharing.
My number is 399
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That is great information. My wife is struggling to get going with knitting. She desperately wants to be a knitter, but doesn't know how to get started. I keep telling her to reach out to the knitting community, but she's kind of shy. She needs to read this. Thanks so much!
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The web knitting community is one of the friendliest and most giving on the net! Ravelry.com is always a good place to start. There are also lots of Yahoo Groups which are forums where you can post and ask questions and there are always lots of friendly helpful replies!
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