Today a short report on a knitting project I completed over the weekend - a new pair of fingerless gloves for myself, using some jumperweight Jamieson & Smith 2 ply wool that I had in my stash. They only took a couple of weeks, knitting mainly in the evenings for an hour or so. See all those loose ends on the inside-out glove? They are the result of changing colors many times to make the pretty little Fair Isle motifs on the right side. I spent several evenings weaving in all those yarn ends - not my favorite thing to do.
But I tackled those ends as soon as the knitting was done. I was eager to wear my mitts!
The pattern, Knab Fingerless Gloves, is from Ann Feitelson's book
The Art of Fair Isle Knitting, using seven colors of the jumperweight wool and US size 1 1/2 double point needles. I made a few minor modifications to fit my hands and suit my own tastes. Today is the winter solstice, shortest day of the year. I'm celebrating by wearing my comfy, colorful mitts - and no loose ends inside or out!
I didn't know loose ends were woven in! I'd love to see a pic of the glove inside out now. :)
ReplyDeleteThey're really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh, I remember about weaving in ends! I haven't done a tam in a long while, but it took forever! I used to promise myself that I'd do 5/day, and that helped.
ReplyDeleteAhh...I'm so craving Fair Isle work that I don't think I would mind the ends at all.
ReplyDeleteYour mitts are lovely!