Wristers

This is how it all begins.....


And the saga of the wristers continues. I want to say that this project has been a labor of love, but I'm not even sure I would go so far as to say that. I first cast on for these by casting on 45 stitches as per the pattern. I had some suspicions that this would create a wrister that was too big for my hand. And as it turns out, I was right! Ha! They were at least 1 to 2 inches too big, width wise. I then decided to follow the pattern for the other version (not necessarily the smaller verson, but the pattern written for the bigger needles and the 8 ply yarn - I have the 6 ply). Well, casting on 36 stitches and 2 movies later I had my second wrister and one that actually fit. Sadly I ripped out and re-wound the gigantic one and have started it again by casting on 36 stitches. Originally I was going to cast on 39 stitches to see the difference in the fit, but I decided tonight that I don't think it's worth the time since it would require re-knitting one of the wristers again.


A picture of it on my hand.....not cut from the ball since I might ripped back and add a little more length to it.


Here is what I dislike about the glove (bad picture and all) and might cause me to re-knit it. I am going to try something different on the one that I currently knitting where I don't have to purl as the first stitch since my purls are apparently very loose when joining in the round. It doesn't look too bad when this part is worn on the inside instead of the outside of the hand.

And so it continues

Wicked, that is. I have finished the recommended shaping rounds and took it off the needles to try on, again. I think it is fitting decently enough. I think it is a little loose on the sides, so I'm going to roll the dice and do one more round of the shaping rounds and then continue on to the bottom. I also am not sure how form fitting it is suppose to be, so I figure one more shaping round isn't going to hurt. I should probably also count the stitches at some point and make sure it is a multiple of 4 so that I can do the cross over pattern at the bottom.



Here it is on the floor.......


And here it is on me.....again with the crazy looking eyes/face.

Who got a ball winder??

I did! Wow. I don't know how I got along without one of these things before. I should have taken some pictures of the skeins before they became balls. Two were already make ship wound up, one was relatively easy to redo and the other was a major pain in the butt. Anyhow, on to the pics! Three pictures might be over kill, but here they are nonetheless.





The yarn is Wakashan from Knit Picks. I got it on super sale back in the fall. The black is Graphite and the pink is Wild Rose. Recommended needles #6-9. It is 100% Baby Alpaca and 73 yards per ball. I think when I originally got it I bought enough that would cover the amount needed for a scarf. At 219 yards per color, I'm not sure what I am going to do with anymore.

Right now I think that the black is going to be made into a hat for Stephen. I don't know if it's enough yarn for the kind of hat he wants. Basically it needs to be enough yarn to make a fold over brim. As Stephen pointed out to me with his current hat "see, I like it to fold over for double warmth over the ears."

I should make a list of the yarn that I have right now. It's not too much, but it might be good to have a list of it somewhere.

Wicked Update 3

Okay, here is a quick post about Wicked - which is just going to be a picture. I might add more text later. Ignore the crazy look in my face....I had a crazy adventure getting to the point where I could actually put this thing on.