The Toast is about ready, and pictures will be served soon, but I wanted to offer up a word on the mitt project I will be working on during Open Knit for...well...the rest of October!
Yes, I know, I had hoped to get just a couple more pairs of mitts done in the month but it's looking like it's going to be just 3. A few factors I never factored in: having more knitting-related work to do during the day that doesn't involve actual knitting, parents visiting causing less time for knitting, and busy-ness during the day causing me to actually be too tired to knit.
I know! Crazy!
And now, I start pair #3 which is turning out to be a bit more complicated than simply "have pattern, have yarn, start knitting". You see, I have yarn.
Goodness, yes, I have yarn.
And I have an idea.
Fingerless mitts, maybe a bit more man-friendly. Maybe not. But gray. Using Teva Durham's Granite which happens to be one of my all-time favorite yarns ever in the history of yarn. It's a really nice and light roving that has a line of stitching right down the middle.
Cool.
And it is sooo soft! It makes such a squishy stockinette, and felts amazingly well. Actually, when it's felted it's still pretty stretchy, which I looove. I carry it in Mahogany and Slate right now. I figured since my Toast was nicely browned I'd go with Slate.
The thing I do not have? A pattern. I whipped out a little mini guage swatch and eye-balling it looks like about 3 sts to the inch. There's not too many patterns I like for a fingerless mitt for that kind of guage, and the ones I do like are not really appropriate for my purposes.
So what's a girl to do?
Well, kiddos, looks like I'm wingin' it!
I know there are many of you out there who are none too thrilled at the prospect of knitting something without a pattern, but if you follow along with me through this process I promise to make it as painless as possible!
Now, I know I want a seed stitch cuff because I'm going for something decorative but unisex. This yarn has enough stretch on it's own that I don't think ribbing is really necessary, either. And I found a great tutorial here on how to do a thumb gusset. Then maybe a couple of decreases on each side of the fingers so that the mitt stays a bit snug, maybe a bit more seed stitch for a finished look, and there you have it!
I have needles, yarn, a measuring tape, and a plan. What could go wrong?
Check back in a few days, and we'll see if I have an answer for that!
