The Three Dropped Stitch Wristwarmers

So guys, Easter is over. I know I promised you pictures, but what can you do: when the night is dark, the wine a-flow and four people are crammed in a kitchen barely designed to fit one, sometimes there aren't any pics to show for it. I am deeply sorry.

To apologise, I decided to share with you another wristwarmer project of mine. The pattern is Amy Gunderson's Deconstructed Mitts taken from Knitscene accessories 2012. As you look at the picture below, you might wonder, if I have forgotten how many hands a normal human being usually has. The answer is no, I intended to do the normal two mitts/wristwarmers, but as I am her Wonkiness, things went a bit awry...

The mitts used dropped stitches and stitches knit and purled through back loop as emphasis on either side of the dropped stitch. I knew how to knit through back loop. So, how hard could it be to purl through back loop? No need to check for instructions, right? 

 

So, this is what happens when you don't know what you're doing: check the difference between the upper and the lower mitt.

This is not how you do it

This is how you do it

And apparently the fucked-up through back loop purls also affect how the dropped stitch unravels. Who knew! Well, now I do. And I've learned my lesson: if you don't know how to do something, check out the instructions. Don't wing it.

But these little ones were quite fun to knit, and even though I did stuff differently than in the instructions, they still turned out quite nice. They'll be a prezzie for a friend of mine, so hope she likes them :)

Don't know what to do with the third one, though. Any suggestions? //

Pääsiäiseltä ei jäänyt kuvatallenteita, sori. Yritin korvata tekemällä kahden ranteenlämmittimen sijaan kolme. Aina kannatta katsoa ohjeita, opin taas, yritettyäni värkätä taka"loopin" kautta eli kääntäen neulottuja nurjia silmukoita. Ei se menny ihan niin kun olin kuvitellu, kuten kuvista nähdä saattaa. Jos on vinkkejä, mitä ton kolmannen epäonnisen kanssa vois suorittaa niin otetaan vastaan.

With Love,
Lilje

Pattern: Deconstructed Mitts

Yarn: Malaysian weirdo

Needles: 5 mm dp and 4 mm dp for the rib

Mood: All good stuff comes in threes

The Owl Wristwarmers

After getting a severe case of knitting fever, I started scouring the web for all things knitting related. While reading the lovely Villakettu blog I stumbled upon these lovely little dudes taken originally from the issue 21 of the awesome crafts magazine Mollie Makes and it was love at first sight. I don't know what it is about owls that makes them so adorable. I don't usually go with the fashion fads but I have to admit that you can sell me pretty much anything (or at least get a swooning "ooh") if it has owls in it.

So yes, I worked out how to use Zinio, bought the e-version of the magazine and... and nothing. I was miles and at least one ferry trip away from the nearest place where they sell yarn and knitting needles. The only knitting needles I had managed to buy from Kuala Lumpur on our last trip there were circular needles (what was I thinking?) that weren't suitable for knitting wrist warmers. So I had to wait. But I had a cunning plan: my boyfriend's relatives were coming for a visit over Christmas, and they had suitcases just for transporting me some yarn and needles! Well, not quite, but you get the picture. And after a text message to my boyfriend's mom and a couple of weeks of excruciating waiting, I finally had my 5 mm double pointed needles and lovely 2 balls of green Drops Big Merino. Yay!

The wrist warmers were pretty easy to knit and they were my first project with cables. The only problem, that also Anu from Villakettu had noticed, was that the wristwarmers were meant for a person with really tiny hands. I could get them on, but the poor owls looked so bloated that I decided it was better to give them to my boyfriend's cousin as a christmas present.

But they were so cute that I knew something had to be done to get a pair of my own. I decided to add 6 stitches to the suggested 24 and make the owl in brown. Big mistake than ended in the trash bin... But with 3 added stitched (and sticking to the green colour), success! The poor owlies are still a bit stretched when worn, but they still look ok. Or what do you think? :)

Owl Wristwarmers, Mollie Makes 21/2012

Yarn: Drops Big Merino

Needles: 5 mm

Mood: Yay for owls!

With love, Lilje

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