Believe it or not, this mitten's entire hand was knit by Friday evening last week.
As I neared the lovely, pointed tip I had the sneaking suspicion something was wrong.
(That, and the fact I kept trying it on as I knit the decreases.)
WHEN will I learn to trust my gut instinct? (And the plain facts of what is sitting there on my body, clearly not fitting??!!)
The hand section was not long enough before the decreases began and thus the mitten did not fit.
While these mittens are lovely, and fun to knit....they're not exactly easy to frog.
I spent two hours Saturday evening tinking (that's unknitting, stitch by stitch) them to the point of where the decreasing had begun. It was tedious! (I've gotten good at wrapping stitches to ensure short carries on the back!)
Since then, they've been sitting and waiting for me to have a brainstorm on exactly how to lengthen them without overboard the other direction and ending up with palms which are way too long.
In the meantime, I've gone back to knitting on the endless garter stitch baby blanket from EZ's Opinionated Knitter. Bleh.
Happy Knitting!
2 comments:
Why is it that it always takes longer to unknit something than it does to knit it? I love your stranded work, your mittens are absolutely beautiful. Do they fit perfectly now?
Well you could find someone with really short hands...
I never thought about "unknitting" before. I just figured you could grab a piece of yarn and pull.. like on Scooby Doo...
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