Finger Knittin’ Good

Yay! A FO photo, and Gloves! I really like these socks. The yarn is a little rougher than i’m used to for socks, and for whatever reason I was under the impression that they would be much longer in the leg. But nope, they’re pretty normal length, and I used up just about all of it. I took out a section at the beginning of one skein, and some at the end of the other. I wanted the stripes to match up.

Yarn Schoeller Stahl Missioni Fortissima Colori, their yarn basically all has the same label. Color#3001. I think this is discontinued, but you can still find it. I bought it at a LYS awhile ago.
Pattern My own, toe up with an afterthought heel. My usual.
Needles Addi Turbos US 1, 2.5mm 40inch circular
Technique Two at once, with the magic loop method.

Check this, Yo. This is where I was as of Tuesday evening, around midnight,

with just the fingers and thumb left to go.

This is where I am now, after a full day of dyeing, at about midnight,

Check out those Fingers! I love these gloves. Well, glove. the pattern is written for flat knitting, which, I my opinion is about as useful and convienient as knitting socks flat. There’s just no reason, people. So I knit them in the round. Less ends, and a cleaner join. I added two St to the ribbing, to make it a multiple of 4. In retrospect, I should have subtracted, so the cuff would be tighter.
I also had to do some finangling with the fingers and #’s, but it all worked out. That top right photo is the glove right side out. I wanted you all to see the lack of ends from knitting in the round. Not too many ends to weave. This makes me happy.

Just look at all that leftover yarn! I weighed the first glove, it’s only 26 grams. TWENTYSIX GRAMS. I had to get 5 skeins of yorkshire tweed DK, that’s 250 grams give or take. Subtract 52 grams for the pair, and that’s 198 grams for more gloves! That’s probably 3 more pairs, or some fly socks. or a hat. We’ll see.

I better cast on for #2, before I get 2nd glove syndrome.