Mind the Gap
I warned you I was going to indulge myself and talk about the nerdy bits of these mitts, so let's just do that. Let's talk about how to handle that little gap you can sometimes get between the hand part of the mitt and the thumb part of the mitt. [...]
Discontinuity
Let's talk about thumbs on gradient mitts. First, this is a very long gradient with subtle shifts. The color change over the course of the mitt is slight, so you could get away without doing this! But it's a neat trick, so it's worth talking about. Usually when I knit [...]
A general plan
Ok, so I'm feeling a general plan for these. Yeah, the mitts will come back as a pattern, and yeah I wanna do a hat to match. But I also sort of want to talk about the nerdy parts of that stitch. Like the mechanics of it. Because you [...]
Inadvertent
Yeah, so those purple mitts were a lovely reminder of just how much I enjoy knitting mitts. And how long it had been since I knit some. And how quick they are to bang out. So I might have cast on for some more. Accidentally you understand. Totally inadvertently. These [...]
Limitations
Ok so the second mitt isn't hard. But somehow getting thumbs (as in, the teeny tiny tube that's often only about a hundred stitches and takes literally like half an hour to knit) taken care of often proves a surprisingly difficult task. What can I say. I am aware of [...]
Coordination
I'm not sure why, but somehow knitting two mitts never feels as dire as knitting two socks. The second sock is always a slog, but the second mitt pretty much always just zooms along. Does anyone ever do the two at a time thing some folks like for socks? Full [...]
Monthly Reminder
Every month I write a post saying "abortions are good!" and send a donation to Aid Access to support their work providing abortion pills to people who need them. This month marks a year since Roe v Wade was overturned, a year since the Supreme Court declared that I am [...]
Convincing argument
Me, to myself: You know, if you knit some mitts, that means you'll get to come up with a pretty thumb gusset for them. You know you like playing with pretty thumb gussets. They're almost as much fun as fancy hat crowns, and it's easier to see your hands than [...]
Solvable
It always seemed like a shame that Constellate didn't have some mitts to go with it. Luckily, this is an eminently solvable problem. I have a special fondness for solvable problems these days, they make such a nice contrast to the other problems. So let's solve this one.
Told ya
See, I told you the top was spiffy. Well, technically this isn't the top, because I ripped this out and made a tiny and completely gratuitous tweak that no one but me will likely notice or care about (I decided I wanted the space between the petal looking bits to [...]
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