Besides a new blog post.
A finished object. A pair of wrist warmers to be exact. But before I show you my lovely new wrist warmers, I should share its evolution.
First came the pattern:
Then came the substitutions:
Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk (80% alpaca and 20% silk) in two colors instead of four colors by the Fibre Company's Organik (70% Organic Merino, 15% Baby Alpaca, 15% Silk).
I had a bit of a learning curve for this pattern, mainly because knitting 3 stitches together is hard with this yarn, although I get the feeling this would have happened with any other yarn.
My second hiccup came when I tried to alter the pattern count to avoid the pattern stitch rows.
Third problem came when I tried the gloves on: it was too big, despite matching their recommended gauge.
Fourth problem, I get impatient to finish projects, so I made them too short.
In the end I had one wrist warmer which was missing all the qualities I liked about the original design. They were long and not too chunky or thick. The opposite of what I had in my possession.
So I started over. I switched down needle sizes to 7 all the way through the pattern, instead of just the ribbed sections. I also triple checked and finally understood the actual pattern (think of the first glove as an elaborate swatch).
Success is sweet (ignore the wrinkled sheets I used as background).
So you have a comparison point between the finished products and my bad first pair:
Now all I have left to do is weave in the ends and wash the pair.
