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december 11, 2008
rippin' it old style After spending way too much time in the yarn store trying to find a suitable yarn to carry along with my blue variegated to soften up my Clapotis-in-progress, one of my students said, I really see that yarn more in mittens. I have to admit, she was right.
I came home, grabbed Ann Budd's Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns The moral of this story (and something I should have learned years ago): sometimes you just have to listen before you start knitting. posted by alison at 10:59 am | in
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Comments
Thats a nice looking glove Alison! I'm so glad you found a sweet little something to make with the yarn :) Happy Holidays!!!! Posted by: Dani at December 11, 2008 11:14 AMThat certainly goes with what Tara is saying in the new Knitty. Posted by: karin at December 11, 2008 11:36 AMThanks for the link, Karin! :) Posted by: ALISON at December 11, 2008 11:43 AMOoh my.. I am thinking that there is some yarn that is calling out to be made into gloves.. Thanks! I'll have to pull out my copy of 'Handy Patterns' too! Posted by: Denise at December 11, 2008 11:45 AMIt does make a very nice glove! Posted by: Leann at December 11, 2008 1:02 PM"some sort of knitter's version of the Sisyphus story" Hahahahaha! Posted by: Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) at December 11, 2008 2:58 PMI can't even imagine that yarn as anything other than gloves (not even mittens). Posted by: Donna at December 11, 2008 4:22 PMI love that yarn as gloves. I was not feeling the clapotis love, but gloves make such sense. You have a very clever student. Posted by: Lauren at December 11, 2008 4:26 PMhi. |
, pulled out the other end of the skein and knit up a glove. I've never knit a glove before. (I'd always considered making 10 fingers some sort of knitter's version of the Sisyphus story.) But it turns out I actually needed a new pair of gloves and this yarn really did want to become a pair.