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Mittens

The 'Selbu' mittens are finished. They're a teeny bit big in all directions so I'm considering felting them lightly to bring them down in size. We'll see if I try it.

I found some errors in the pattern (found in Folk Mittens) that I sent to Interweave, and I found one additional one in the thumb chart (but not until I'd already knitted one thumb with the error). Also I made a mistake knitting one of the thumbs. So if you have sharp eyes maybe you can see two small ways in which the thumbs are not a perfect match?

On the left thumb, it's hard to see but the center dark stitch of the star is interrupted. about 3/4ths of the way up the motif, in one place by a bar of 5 light stitches - it should be 2 light, one dark, 2 light, and I got it right on the right thumb. Also, I accidentally knitted an extra dark row before starting the chart on the right thumb. Nothing I ever knit is free of these little personal goofups! I'm also not pleased that the caston edge of the right mitten flares so much. How did I manage that, on only one mitten? I'll never be bored as long as my own knitting is so mysterious to me.

I'm only about 8 rows below the armhole steeks on Saga Rose - pictures in a few days after I set the steeks. I'm thinking of swatching with my troublesome handspun black merino that I finished the other week, to see if it can be turned into anything.

That's all folks...

Posted by Prudence at November 13, 2004 06:15 PM