What do you do when you're not tired of the yarn?

You knit matching gloves:

Matching the jacket that is, not matching each other…

Pattern: Urban Rustic gloves from Knitty
Yarn: More yummy Noro Silk Garden
Needles: 5mm Denises (Hmmm – this was part of the problem with my whole gauge denial thing that I had going on with these – the pattern says 5.5mm – what’s half a mm between friends? Huh?! But the 5.5mm tips weren’t in the case… )

Verdict – they’re a bit small (see gauge denial above), but I still love them. They’re very fiddly, but not so fiddly that I gave up, and each one was the work of about 2 indolent poorly-feeling evenings.

Oh, and I still can’t do a proper crochet cast-on. I’m saw Heather make it look soooooooo easy at Skip North, but, although what I did worked, it also involved a lot of cutting little tiny bits of wool.

seven comments:

Cute! But I want to see just how well they match the jacket…...

Carrie K () (link) - 27 September '07 - 01:50

Oh, so fab, what a clever girly! I seem to think you felt the sleeves of the jacket too long? So, small gloves don’t really matter… x

Louise () (link) - 27 September '07 - 11:15

Nope, we definitely need a pic of the jacket and gloves together!

Daisy () (link) - 28 September '07 - 13:50

I got the package, how sweet are YOU! I love it, my husband loves the color. It’s knit so perfectly, your a very good knitter! Thank you so much, I can’t wait for her to fit in it. I have a cute little purple dress I think matches it nicley that I think is around about the same size :) I was like OH MAIL FORM the UK?? lol! I was like, who knows sydney in Europe?? lol

pixie () (link) - 28 September '07 - 17:36

Nice work! The key with the crochet cast on is remembering which end is which. I think you start knitting into it at the end where you stopped crocheting (i.e. the end it would unravel from if you undid the last slip knot). But I always have to think about it and inevitably end up the wrong way round.

Pigwotknits () (link) - 28 September '07 - 18:34

Hi Anne…...for anyone who also reads this…...i know this comment is not relevant…more of a question actually…but i was hoping some of you experts can help me out!
I am knitting some mittens for a newborn as a present to a friend and wanted to embroider a monogram of baby’s initials but my book only shows me how to do it for garments made with stcking st not those with garter st…..
any ideas?
I would be very grateful indeed!
Roba

roba () - 29 September '07 - 13:52

I haven’t stopped by in a while, you have been busy! I love your jacket and gloves they look like they will keep you very warm!!
Happy knitting!

Mandy () (link) - 02 October '07 - 21:03

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