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So I still haven’t made progress on my right glove (although I really should). I’ve been spending lots of time with FPS and Eris lately. But, I did finally get around to blocking my left glove, and now I know what to improve upon.

I did the first stitch of every color change round a bit too tightly on the fingers, so I’ll have to remember to do it loosely.

Unfortunately, I was left with a bit of a hole on the thumb, so I went back and sewed it shut. Note to self: pick up an extra stitch and knit it together with another on the next round.

And finally, the hand is indeed a bit shorter than I’d prefer. But, it’s only one row off, so it fits, mostly, and I can wear it.

Although I may end up knitting a fourth glove anyway, because my perfectionist streak has kicked into high gear and I’m not 100% happy. If I don’t have enough yarn left in the ball after I complete the right glove, I can always unravel my prototype (I never did weave in all the ends, so that shouldn’t be too difficult).

Yeah, I know. Four gloves to produce a pair is kind of ridiculous. But I don’t actually think it’s such a big deal, because like I’ve said, my gloves are tiny little things.

To give you an idea of the scale:

This is why I can’t wear adult small gloves.

Hopefully I’ll get my right glove done over the weekend. And then I’ll decide on whether I’ll really knit a second left glove or just wear the one I’ve got.

I finished the collar for Eris on Thursday night. I’m blocking it out right now, as I want to try and even out some cable wonkiness before I get to the body, and as the room I’m blocking it in has absolutely no natural light sources, a picture will have to wait until the collar is dry,

The momentary project monogamy was good while it lasted, but I have a new WIP in my life.

I bought some size 2 DPNs yesterday and cast on for this:

This is the cuff and most of the hand of a glove. I’ve only got a few rows left until I start on the fingers – my hands are pretty small, so it’s going rather quickly. I’ve decided that I do want fingers for my gloves after all, just no tips (as they would make typing a tad difficult…).

It’s a tad wonky at the side there, because that’s where I’m carrying up the strands of yarn – no, that’s not self-striping yarn – but blocking should even it out. And at least the striping prevents boredom.

No pattern for this. I’m using the Progressive Gloves article from IK Winter 2003 as a starting off point, but I’m including asymmetrical gussets, and I plan to start the pinky earlier than the other fingers. I might also start the ring finger a couple of rows before my middle and index fingers, but I haven’t completely decided on that yet.

It’s probably too optimistic to hope for completion by the end of the month, but I definitely want to be done within two weeks. If it’s not done by then, I just know I’ll lose interest and not finish for months.