Done!

White Witch Mitts are finished and blocking. **smile**

The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round

So I've been riding the bus for a bit over two weeks now. Lovin' it, oh yes. The gas gauge in the van, on Day 17 of no filling up, has now hit the hash under the half-way mark. How cool is that???? Usually by Day 10 the Behemoth is on fumes and gasping it's way to a pump.

Knitting is finally along for the ride. Yes, I'm Knitting In Public. The stoles I'm working on, with their charts and beads, aren't bus knitting conducive, and I have no socks on the needles. Even though the White Witch mitts are small projects, the charts, again, are a show stopper for me. So it's down to the son's Cobblestone Pullover -- I don't need the pattern for it at this point; the sweater body is basically straight (or rather round and round) knitting. It's been popped into a large ziplock baggie for safety, and I probably made about an inch's progress before my stop.

I'm a Continental knitter and my seat mate was intrigued by my holding the yarn in the "wrong hand". LOL! She said it looked easier, though, than throwing the yarn like she was recently taught. I responded that both ways are cool, you get a knitted item out of either, and if she was interested, I could teach her my method, and then left it at that. She did ask me to knit slowly so she could watch.

Altogether a pleasant ride in!

Where is Thumbkin?

There it is!






All the ends woven in and looking SAH-Weet!

"Please block me!"

Casting on for Mitt #2. I'm using the trick for getting rid of the "icky dots", seems to be working so far.

It fits!

Whew! The mitten fits, with only a little space at the top of it. I am more than satisfied. If, after wearing in proper mitten weather, I decide that it just isn't as warm as I want it to be, I'll knit a cashmere lining for it. That should do the trick! In fact, I might just do that anyway..... for grins and giggles.

The thumb was an interesting knit. Very fiddly, but fun. Picking up the stitches for it took some concentration; thanks to the hints/how-to's from the "I Make Mittens" group on Ravelry, I was able to suss out the whys and wherefores of knitting a thumb. Ravelry is the best. I was unable to follow the whole pattern ( I have stubby thumbs), or it would have been too long, but I think I did a fine job altering it to fit.

I still do have the task of weaving in the ends before it's completely 100% done, but that won't take long.

Mitts continued

I'm a bit worried that they might turn out to be too long. Won't know for sure, until it's done.

Sunday's results, so far

Went to see The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian today - way cool! With that in mind, here are the fruits of my labor on the White Witch Mitts, inspired by the first movie:

And now for the question: why am I getting this "jog" at the seam, and how to fix it?

Mitts cast on

My Telemark yarn from KnitPicks came today, and I wasted no time in casting on for the White Witch Mitts. The corregated ribbing is fiddly, but looks very nice. I'm almost to the point where I can begin the actual pattern. Yayness!

This is my very first pair of mittens, should be great fun.