Fetching is done!

It's done! It's done! These are the best photos I can do till I get actual on-the-road pics <hint hint>.

Great sense of satisfaction even though it may seem like a simple project. I learnt how to cable, how to use (and carry around) dpns and all about that mysterious hole in the thumb. Not bad for 2 days work.

I sailed smoothly along the first glove, encountering none of the problems that others seemed to warn me about. Hole? - nope. Difficulty picking up stitches? - nope. Feeling smug I quickly cast on for the second glove.

I didn't pay as much attention to the second glove (was chatting with fellow knitters over coffee & oogling shade cards...). And lo and behold, as I was picking up stitches for the thumb, I found not 1 but kind of 1.5 holes. eeek. I redid that about 3 times before I realised that I was stretching the stitches & doing more harm than good. So I finally left it alone & used my non-existent sewing techniques to patch it up.

So err Friend, if your right thumb gets a little cold.. just cover it with your jacket k?

Fetching is now taking a little bath in cashmere shampoo.... In the meantime, these are the modifications that I did, mainly to make the glove slightly longer.

Pattern : Fetching from knitty.com
Yarn : Rowan RYC Cashsoft Aran in Shade 003 (Mole)
Needles : 3.5mm dpns, Clover bamboo

Mods :

1. Added 5 more rows to the 18 rows before thumb

2. Added 1 more cable repeat at the top before binding off

3. Bound off in rib stitch instead of picot

4. Picked up 3 stitches one each side of the thumb instead of 2. Decreased 2 st in following row to compensate

Today is my Fetching day... doo da

Pattern : Fetching from knitty.com

Yarn : Rowan RYC Cashsoft Aran in Shade 003 (Mole)

Needles : 3.5mm dpns, Clover bamboo

Taking a short break from my Kimono shawl this weekend. A friend is leaving for Europe in a week (lucky gal!) and I'm knitting a pair of fingerless gloves to accompany her in style.

We oohed and aahed at the pretty lime & turquoise color combination featured in the Fetching pattern. My friend liked it (actually she liked the turquoise jacket. muggles) but I said "hmmm I've never knit with dpns before"....."I dont think I can learn cables in 5 days!"......"i dont even know what's a cable cast-on"...

All reasoning flew out the window the longer we looked at the picture (there's a strange kind of magic going on there.. Knitty team, what have u done...). I bought my very first pair of dpns, and this yummy merino/cashmere blend from RYC in Mole. Yucky name but the color is gorgeous, khaki with just a tinge of olive. Perfect!

Just a word on this yarn & the pattern... it's addictive. I was worried the glove would turn out all stiff as we were using much smaller dpns.. but the cashmere content has kept it velvety soft. The yarn went so smooth along the bamboo dpns, that I almost cried whenever I finished a round.

Oh, for those new to dpns? Uhmmm after u distribute the stitches on the 3 needles... you are supposed to use the 4th dpn to knit. Not...errr... ahem, try to knit using the existing 3 needles. Just so you know..