I'm just not sure if we're reading the same music LOL.
I wanted to knit up the yarn I mentioned in the last post right away. I had a resource I was finishing up for Teachers Pay Teachers and that took priority, but then I got to it. First, I had to clear some space, find the parts and tools, etc. I took a look on my blog to see the changes I had made when I first made these gloves--Dec 2015!
I got started, and it seemed to be going okay. Then I moved on to the first thumb and nope. Nothing I would do for the next few days would be simple or easy. Between this pair, a thumb I made for a pair that's been waiting since Jan 2016, and another pair I made, I made every possible mistake and mishap.
- forgot to set tension at tightest for zig zag cast on.
- forgot to hang cast on comb
- forgot to change settings for zig zag cast on
- forgot to change to ribbing tension
- forgot to change carriage settings for ribbing
- caught yarn around gate pegs
- dropped stitches trying to fix something
- forgot to have end stitches on Ribber bed
- forgot to change settings to Fisherman's Rib
- forgot to reset row counter
- forgot to switch settings back for top rib
- forgot to move stitches from ribber to main bed for loop through loop cast off
- forgot to do one row at really loose tension before moving stitches for cast off
- forgot to do ribbing after casting on for thumb
- forgot to change to Fisherman's Rib on thumb
- totally messed up thumb decreases
- sewed thumb on wrong side out
- tried to set thumb slightly higher on seam but somehow it didn't change
- shortened cuff to try to get one pair from one ball and it's a little too short AND there was yarn left
I played yarn chicken and lost. I wanted to get both gloves from one ball and this is what I had at the start of the second thumb.