I have knitted lots of socks ... but just one pair of gloves for myself. So I grabbed the kit (the Siren's Heart Fingerless Gloves) I got last year and started. Very satisfying knitting indeed. Just a few hours and I could get most of one glove done:
This was the first time I did colourwork since the Old Tiles Jacket ... and oh how I love doing this with wool so much more! This was also my first time doing fair isle knitting ... and not surprisingly, I didn't fare too well! The problem? Tension, tension, tension! On close examination of the glove, I did not too bad, not perfect though, with the main pattern:
Well, this is going to be a practice session ... I am going to do it all over again using slightly larger needles. But I can really see how some of you are so addicted to colourworks! It's fascinating.
8 comments:
i think that it's really really good. After all these years, I'm still consciously avoiding fair-isle
I think it looks great! I never knit any hand coverings before my niece's wristers but I agree, they are very satisfying! I'm knitting gorgeous lace and beaded ones now!
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Twining. I can never get the tension right either. Unless I twine the yarns on the back side. A little Swedish trick my Great Grandmother never taught me.
Knitty has info on it. Makes a nice warm fabric, and doesn't snag like regular fairisle.
Looks great. I try Fair Isle every now and then and each time I realize that it's not quite for me, though I sure do wish it were.
What are you talking about? :) It looks great! The black and red contrast really nicely with that pattern.
I have an UFO fair isle project from couple years ago. I guess I need more practice with this technique.
Your glove looks pretty good to me!
I think the gloves look wonderful. I love red and black together.
I love the red + black combo!
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