Dad's Gloves

Dad's Gloves, a photo by Nymphadora73 on Flickr.

Dad's Gloves.  He was really thrilled with them too.  Part of a matching set including hat and scarf.  


I'm not sure it's worth it having the fingers go two at a time except for the fact that they are definitely the same length with no guessing/counting needed.  I still think Two-At-A-Time is the way to go in general cause it keeps me from second glove/whatever syndrome as I do tend to get distracted.  :-)

Third finger pickup

Third finger pickup, a photo by Nymphadora73 on Flickr.

Third finger pickup

Second Finger Pickup

Second finger pick up, a photo by Nymphadora73 on Flickr.

It was a brain teaser but I did figure out picking up the stitches for the next finger. It can be done!! Now the bigger question is is it worth it for the fingers? I added two stitched per finger to keep the size around similar to the first.

2-at-a-time Gloves

2-at-a-time Gloves, a photo by Nymphadora73 on Flickr.

First finger of each glove was easy peasy to start up and is going well. There won't be a problem finishing these with Magic Loop!

To continue a theme

You would think I'd be speaking about a Christmassy theme at this time of year but no, I am continuing on to talk about my latest advance in the 2-at-a-time world.  


2-AT-A-TIME GLOVES!


Since I mastered Magic Loop, I have not looked back.  No more DPNs.  This in addition to pretty much not using straight needles anymore either.  It was only natural that I would try to expand my experimentation!


I looked first.  Searched for hints to doing 2 gloves at once and couldn't find anything.  Am I crazy?  Can this be done?  One would think the hard part starts with making sure I keep the right and left gloves clear.  So far so good.

I'm coming up on the fingers soon though, that could be an issue.  I'm excited to display the progress.  

2 at a time!

I'll be kicking myself with these first socks too... I was too determined to really put 2 at a time socks into practice and jumped into some basic stretch tube socks. No biggie... its going OK... but my smallest needle for a 40" is #4 but the pattern calls for #3.

I figured:

Hey, I have big feet, as in thick... a high instep... plus size 9.

It'll be fine.

Well an inch into the cuff and I'm thinking they may be too big around. I dunno. Do I continue? Or do I wait for my accidentally ordered Addi Turbo needles. Yeah, I punched the enter key after I'd entered all the details but was really just hitting it out of habit but now things are ordered! I think I'll live.

Along the same topic though obviously post digression into silly keyboard punching, I think I've got the magic loop/2 at a time sock trick totally mastered!

My First foray into Magic Loop was by accident a few months ago. It was mastered a couple of weeks ago as I worked on my lovely little Lamby Doorstop. Its so much easier than I realized, as most knitting techniques seem to be I am happily finding. Now I am showing my skills off to a confused looking DH who can't fathom just what this purple loopy thing with two different colours of yarn sliding back and forth is. hehe

I'm enjoying a Pushing Daisies full rewatch as I work on my socks. I just saw two gorgeous scarves in a row! To Ravelry!

Nymfadora

Nymfadora, a photo by dnatheory on Flickr.