It took me a couple of weeks, simply because I've been having a hard time finding project time. But persistence prevailed! I finished these a couple of days ago to an astonishing amount of excitement over how beautiful they were. I love making my girl happy!
These are done on a circular needle and if I'd had two balls of yarn I would have knitted them both at the same time. Alas, I had only the one and no idea where it came from. I would guess a clearance bin somewhere, but honestly, I keep my supplies for years sometimes before I get around to using them. I can almost always shop my stash and find something I didn't even know I had.
I've used the book Knitting Without Tears as my go to reference book for knitting techniques, so that's where the thumb design comes from. I have made countless fingerless gloves over the years, so my technique has morphed into something kind of my own, but that book is definitely my origin. I used it 30 years ago to teach myself how to knit. Left-handed. People tell me I knit backwards. I have no doubt they're right.
The wristband is your standard k2,p2 as is the finishing at the thumb and finger ends. The palms are a straight knit. The backs are a popcorn stitch. Alternating double rows of k2, p2. It's my favorite knitting stitch, for mysterious reasons of irrational personal preference.
Youngest Son is now clamoring for a pair like his sister's. I can't really blame him. Hers turned out really nice.
I will, however, have to fix my knitting needles first. I thought it was cute when I saw my cat Gizmo carrying them around by the nylon part, with the bamboo needles hanging from either side of her mouth. Needless to say, I took them from her and put them away with my knitting things. Apparently, not away enough. She found them overnight. And chewed them.
Cats. Like husbands, can't live with 'em and can't live without 'em.
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