Have finished the fingerless gloves. I had to look at the video relating to the m1L and m1R several times. Also forgot to do the final rib over the knuckles and had to go back, pick up the stitches and make that rib!!!
Another problem was the thumb, but using the video below I managed.
how to knit thumbs in fingerless gloves
This pair is fairly flawed so I won't be gifting it but I love these mitts all the same....
You may remember the Norse selection of wool by King Cole,that I blogged about. This is a gorgeous blend that definitely does look very Scandinavian. I use the same Regia pattern referred to in the last blog.
These are the Skoll blend, called after the wolf that chases the sun.
My mother bought
wool by the skein.
It lay in great
looped hanks
that coiled like
a snake on our kitchen table.
Once released
from its parabolic curves
it stretched too
loose and unruly to be worked
to pattern and
needle.
My outstretched
arms, a skein looped distance
between them,
anchored the hank
while she wound, first from one hand and then
from the other,
ladling the wool into balls,
unravelling my
yarn dressed hands
that tilted up and down,
to the figure of
infinity.
Firm but not taut.
Loose but not
free.
If I missed a
step the skein would tangle
and I would let go ‘til she set the pace again
strummed to the beat of
her heart
Copyright 2024 Cathy Leonard
I did that with my grandmother. Lovely memories.
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