I am up to my armpits in the Christmas knitting. The socks for Rick’s ma go…well, they were going fine until I hit the heel and tried to do my first short row heel and hit failure not once, not twice, but three times. The knitting time remaining is too short for that shit, and after I ripped it out for the third time, I went back to my standard heel flap. So, halfway through the first sock on that one. At about the same place on Lori’s socks.
As for Puggy’s mittens…well, the gout in his fingers makes these difficult to size. I’m not sure his thumb will fit in the thumb of the mittens, and he doesn’t wear gloves now, so we have nothing to base them on. Rick keeps telling me he’ll be thrilled with the fact that I made him something whether they fit or not, but that doesn’t feel right to me. I mean, I spend time knitting things for people that they can use, not that they can look at and say “So nice. Wish I could use them.” I told Rick to get Puggy to draw me a hand turkey, but I doubt that’s going to happen. Knitting friends, what would you do?
Two weeks, and Rick’s second knit gift still needs to be cast on. I might be fucked, y’all.
Hey! You’ve got a virtual cheering squad! Get back to your needles!
I have yet to be successful at the short row heels. I almost hate them.
Can you make the gloves fingerless? That might help? and then have a mitten cover instead of individual fingers?
Like this:
http://magknits.com/Sept05/patterns/urban.htm
But modify it to your needs? Possible?
Grace~I modified Broad Street mittens in that way…problem is that thumb. How do you make a thumbless mitten? Is that practical? Hmmm…you may have just given me an idea.
Seamus~Yes sir! Back on, made significant progress on Rick’s ma’s socks at lunch. Now between halfway and 3/4 through the first sock.
Damn, sorry about the knitting thing. Not that I can be much help. But I can provide the moral support if you need it. Or cheer you on. Or whatever.
How are your hands holding up?
Pan~So far, so good. I’m getting twinges in the backs of my hands, but I think that’s tendonitis. I’ve worn my splints at work every day since November (except today, when I forgot my right one at home), and that little pre-emptive measure seems to be helping.
Vince~You should learn to knit so you can be a part of my sweatshop.
Maybe if you’re short on time anyway, you could knit the whole mitten except the thumb. Then when Puggy opens them, you can tell him you needed to size his thumb. Then finish them after he’s tried them on.