so, this is the fingerless glove, or hand warmer, that i made yesterday. i am having the hardest time getting the other one finished, i think i started and re-started that darn thing five times! i'm almost to the thumb opening, though, so i should be done by tonight, or tomorrow. cool, my hands get so cold!
i had a difficult time wrapping my head around the idea of a thumb-hole, i just couldn't get how it worked. i just told myself to go ahead and start knitting and the answer would reveal itself to me. and so it did. very interesting! the pattern is from last-minute knitted gifts and although this is the only project i've done, AND it was a lot of work getting the proper needles for it, i LOVE this book so far. it's great!
i finally have a picture of the blanket i crocheted. i've been weaving in loose ends, and since the blanket is over six feet long, that's a lot of weaving! lol but, here you are:
well, this is probably my last post for november. yay, another nablopomo completed!! yipee!
now, only 31 days left in blog 365!
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Oh wow they both look great!
I am especially impressed with the gloves- I have not managed to knit something so intense!!! Will have to get back into it when I return to Japan (or a little before as I might need to knit something cute for Sara`s bub!)
I love the wool & colour you chose
Just wondering. Where do you get your yarn? All the places around here are so expensive. It is the reason I usually keep my knitting and crochet projects small.
i get my yarn at the fabric/craft shop in (most) AEON shopping centers and malls. it's called 'pandora box'. the yarn i used in both of these projects were about 150 yen (or maybe 250?) per skein, but i only needed one for the gloves. of course, the blanket needed about 11 skeins of blue, 9 pink and three natural.
for tommy's baby blanket i used a more expensive yarn, except maybe not really, because there was more per skein (about 100 grams for 1000 yen--i had to buy three); but i also got a discount for being a member of the store (that fabric store is called 'maki' in katakana, i don't know how many there are in japan, if it's a chain store. awesome deal on knitting needles, though, 40% off for members!)
anyway, back to pandora box, once summer ended they had loads of yarn, and have a lot of 'package' yarn that's ten skeins for 980, and a few 'nicer' kinds that are ten skeins for 1480. i've got a couple of packages (first i was going to make tommy's blanket from one of those deals, but it's kinda scratchy, so i'm thinking leg warmers for me. and i'll have lots of extra yarn. darn.) i will try crocheting a wrap/shawl thing from some light colored yarn i got as a package deal.
i have also over-estimated my needs, but at 150 (or 250?) a skein, i am not too worried about it. i'll find other things to make. LOL
Your projects look really good!!! : )
Thanks for the info. We have an Aeon mall not too far from us. I don't remember seeing a fabric/craft shop, but I will look again. I have a fairly nice shop right by my house, but they are expensive. They do the bulk (for here) packages of yarn sometimes too, but is isn't very nice yarn or it is some horrible color, yk?
Wow those look great! I love that blanket!! I have "Last Minute" on my craft shelf - i think i'm going to look up that glove pattern and give it a shot! :)
oh, sherry, the craft store is in jusco, not the mall part.
oh, and thanks to everyone for the kind comments on my projects! :D
Illahee!!! They look so good! That blanket looks so soft!!!! WOW! Six feet!!! Congratulations on finishing that as well as NAPLO....whatever! SMILE! What's your next project? I can't wait!
kim, for a fairly inexpensive yarn, this was sooooo soft! it was a dream to crochet with. it's 100% wool, and although i think it's hand-washable, i hope i don't have to wash it too often! drying it will be a pain!
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