the blue blog archives: you asked for it, you got it

Here's one thumb done. I'm not sure about how the colors came out, but the thumb itself is a-ok. As you can tell from the last picture, I couldn't get the colors on the two mittens to match up perfectly. The new skein that I bought for the second mitten didn't start at the same point as the old leftover skein I used for the first mitten and then it just didn't have as much of the purple stripe as the other one. I managed to adjust everything so that the tops of the mittens were similar. I figured that's what people see most, so if I could match that up, it might look nicer. I tried to get a unique color for the thumb, but I think I didn't get as much of it in as I wanted, so I'm considering redoing it, just to get more of the lighter color on the thumb. Too much??

And further proof that through the back loop is my alter ego: Daria mentions that she's been contemplating the aran sweaters from Double Knits and I just happen to have taken some pics of my boys yesterday while they were wearing their aran sweaters to show you all today. Here's the only picture I could get of them together in one place!

posted by alison at 8:38 am | in accessories

Comments

Your thumb looks great and your boys are just the cutest! Action pics are the best!

Posted by: Teresa at December 13, 2002 9:02 AM

Die Handschuhe sind klasse geworden! Der unterschiedliche Farbverlauf würde mich nicht stören... bei Handschuhen finde ich das sogar ziemlich witzig (so kann man wenigsten rechts und links unterscheiden ;-) ).
Und Deine Söhne sind mit den Aran-Pullovern wirklich niedlich! Very very cute!

Greetings from the icy west of Germany!

Posted by: Inga at December 13, 2002 9:10 AM

Ooooohh, I love when you post pictures of the boys - so adorable : )

Posted by: Kathy at December 13, 2002 10:20 AM

Love those sweaters (and on such adorable boys, too!). It's yet another reason why I'm seriously thinking about getting the Double Knits book!

Posted by: Becky at December 13, 2002 11:12 AM

Thumbs up! they look great. Much better than my first attempt.

Posted by: Larry at December 13, 2002 12:00 PM

adorable!

Posted by: daria at December 13, 2002 1:51 PM

What sweet boys - I have five boys in my life that I've made things for since they were born, and I love reading your stories. I think your mittens are beautiful, and I happen to think it's even more beautiful when the colours don't match perfectly - same with socks made with Regia and Opal yarns!

Posted by: Patricia at December 13, 2002 7:24 PM

Great photo of your boys in action and looking very cute in their sweaters. I am knitting a sweater with Kureyon and I am finding that there is not much consistency from skein to skein. If they are a little different that will just add to their charm.

Posted by: Melissa at December 13, 2002 9:11 PM