Very fetching

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

I decided it was time to get over my fear of waste yarn (specifically, of knitting things with waste yarn to be unpicked and knit from later). Therefore, (well, it was the other way round really - I wanted to knit the pattern and decided I wasn't going to let nerves top me) I cast on for Fetching yesterday on the way to Ilford. I've just cast off now, and I'm not sure why I was so nervous! Well, I thought I wouldn't be able to unpick effectively - but it turned out to be easy! I've only done the left glove atm, in Shetland wool, black with flecks of colour. The stitch pattern doesn't really stand out, but the effect is elegant and understated rather than pointless (I think). They're for an alt.gothic.fashion swap.

Next, I'm going to make them in cerise mohair for me; I like bright pink fingerless gloves :)

Comments

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

Is the waste yarn edge on the cuff or the thumb and fingers? It would make more sense to me that it was on the cuff, but if so, that's a completely terrible cast-off of the fingers in the picture on knitty. I mean, there's casting off loosely, and then there's casting off with enough excess yarn to knit another pair.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

It's on the thumb. It's knit straight from the bottom to the top, with the thumb stitches knit in waste yarn, then unpicked and picked up and knit seperately.

The cast-off is a feature; it's meant to look like that. If you wanted, you could always do a tighter cast off, though.