Thursday, December 30, 2010

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Well, I said I wanted a pair for myself so I went ahead and made some. Screw it. I wanted.

These are made of 100% baby alpaca. The Andean trekker’s spawn, if you will. They’re so warm and soft it’s quite lovely. I went with a really pretty indigo blue color that doesn’t quite translate well on my shitty Fuji camera. The weight is very similar to worsted, but there’s a halo on it that adds some extra puff. I probably should have made these a stitch or two smaller than I did, but it’s not bad. Just roomy.

I opted not to make thumbs on this one. Just the holes. I did this because I didn’t want to take them off; I wanted to be able to just slip my thumb out and slide the gauntlet up my arm if I needed to do something like eat or pee. Laziness, but it works for me.

Anyway I pulled this pattern right out of my bottom. And because it’s a bit more complicated than stockinette stitch, I had to keep notes for the first time ever, so that I could make the right hand match the left hand. I’m not used to keeping notes. It felt weird.


So I wrote a pattern. My first ever, mostly because I hate patterns. But I see how they can come in handy now. I won’t post it here, because no one here really cares and I know it. And that’s okay. I’ve been thinking about that lately, and I have decided to start an actual knitting blog. That way I won’t bore you foodies, and I might tap into some kind of knitting underworld that I don’t yet know of. I know I like getting inspiration from other people’s creations, so why not give something back.

So far I’ve set up the bones of the blog but I haven’t posted my first pattern yet. I think my first will be these gauntlets because they are rad. I have been wearing them nearly nonstop for two days now. My next bit of selfish knitting will be a shorter pair that I can wear while knitting or hanging out at home. For some reason, full gauntlets feel too dressy when I’m braless in a pair of sweats.

If you want to follow me there, please do. I’ll be at knitpickyknits but I’ll still post here, mostly because I can’t abandon Brittany. She totally sucks at blogging.

7 comments:

  1. "Sucks" is generous.

    I thought my crocheted scrotum cosies would be a huge hit on etsy, but nobody wants them. Tell the Internet to stop being mean to me.

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  2. You should sell the pattern on your etsy page, silly!

    Love you guys.

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  3. Who wouldn't want a nice warm sack sack? That makes no sense. Etsy can suck it.

    I don't think I'm ready to sell patterns quite yet. So far I've only written two and I'm not sure how fool proof they are. I would feel bad taking money only to find out they're actually instructions for a nuclear device or something. Maybe someday when I grow more balls.

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  4. Oh, you can also make sleep sacks for babies. They're like a sleeping bag with holes at the top for the arms and head, usually zip up the front but I've seen (and been meaning to copy) ones with overalls-type straps. I've never seen a crocheted or knitted one, but that would be so damn cozy I think I'd die.

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  5. I actually already made one. It's like a sleeping bag though, no fancy zips or straps. This one has little owls stitched along the top. Pretty sweet.

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  6. No, not books!

    Don't refuse the food. Blog the food. You were good at it.

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  7. Scrotum cozy... Love it! Lol! (Really did 'laugh out loud')

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