Post 2- This time it’s personal. April 30, 2008
So, when I was typing the title up there, I accidentally wrote “thyme” instead of “time.” I’m not sure what sort of spice-based sequel my subconscious was hoping for, but it ain’t gonna happen.
Anyway. I promised a pattern today, and I shall deliver! Typos and grammatical mistakes will not deter me from my goal. (So you typos can just go away now and stop making me delete so much, right?)
These are my Snowflake Fingerless Gloves. They’re my second colorwork project and I love them to death. There are seven colors, in KnitPicks Palette, knit on one long circular using the magic loop. I designed them in Excel which is so much easier than the old graph-paper-and-colored-pencils method. All hail the copy-paste! These gloves were so much fun to knit (even though there were a few too many ends to weave in.)
I should mention, I didn’t intend to use black as the center color. I had gotten another shade of blue, but it was too similar to the contrasting color. I had black left over from another project and I wasn’t about to wait for more yarn to arrive to finally knit these things! I think the black really adds something now, which just goes to show that serendipity is alive and well.
These gloves have always kept me nice and toasty. They go a fair way up my fingers, so even the tips of my fingers stay pretty warm. (And I don’t have to take them off to knit in the cold!)
I’ve written down the instructions and the charts in a PDF, including some tips and more information: Snowflake Fingerless Gloves
The pattern assumes some knowledge of knitting in the round, 2-color knitting, and general glove construction, but I’d like to think that it’s easily followed by a “newbie.” Of course, let me know if it’s not! Please tell me if you find any mistakes or typos in the pattern. And I’m happy to answer any questions; this is my first “published” pattern and I’d like everyone to be as happy with it as I am.
Well, that paragraph ended rather sappily. I don’t think sappily is a word. I knew I would have to end the post on a grammatical error since I started on a typo… the symmetry is nice, don’t you think?
Please Note: I post my patterns as soon as I’ve completed them because I’m excited to share them with you. They have not been fully tested. But they are free. I’ve made every effort to make sure that the instructions are clear and error-free. There may be typos or pattern mistakes and if you find them or have any questions, please let me know by posting a comment or emailing me, dailyskein at gmail.com.
This is wonderful! I will give out the blog info to my knitting friends. Thanks for letting me know.
Wow, very very nice! I would love to make a pair! Thank you for sharing your pattern. I look forward to giving them a try.
Great pattern!! I can’t wait to try it.
sappily…I once had an English teacher tell me that if you say it & someone understands it, then it is proper — you’ve succeeded in communicating, lol!