…The needles that is.

 My Triquetra fingerless gloves are done.  What started out as a pair of fingerless gloves turned into a bit of a fiasco.  I started knitting these based on a pattern and gauge of what I thought was a similar yarn.  Well I learned that lesson, with an Andre the Giant sized glove.

Frog time.

I got the gauge right, with two sizes smaller needles.  I re-knit the right glove, added the finger stubs, cast off, and…  I didnt’ like them.  This yarn is way bulkier than I expected. The gloves are so heavy and think, that I couldn’t use them for typing like I was planning.  After putting them away for a few days, I decided to just make them into full-on gloves.  I set the right one down, and knit the left.

The left glove came out so good, I decided to frog the finger stubs on the right and start them over.  I was originally going to just join the yarn and finish the stubs.  However, there were holes and loose spots where I picked up the stitches, so I frogged them out.

Now that I’ve got them both done, I really like them.  I’m very happy with how they came out.  I love the yarn (Queensland Collection Kathmandu Aran) but this stuff is way bulkier than it looks.

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