Suzaku gloves ii

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

Sequel to my silly project from last summer.

preview:






These were a gift! I'm pretty happy with the way they came out, despite the fact that I did something kind of dumb when knitting the second glove. I, uh, learned some valuable lessons from last time, too, so it was much easier. If anyone's interested in that colorwork pattern, I'll transcribe it, but for now just have the page from my knitting notebook.

Thanks for looking! :D ♥

Comments

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

I am interested in a transcribed pattern.:)

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

Okay, sure thing. I'll take care of it when I get home today. Do you want a pattern for the whole glove, or just the colorwork pattern?

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

The whole glove, if possible. I'm still relatively new. :)

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

Also, if you're a Gurren Lagann fan, I was thinking about (one day when I get better at knitting) putting this on a hand warmer:



With a boarder of orange. at the bottom and top.

/geek

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

Here (http://thousandwrecks.net/knitting/seven.pdf) you go! Good luck!

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

Wai! Thanks so much. :)

So far I haven't found quality yarn in my area so I've been buying off of knitpicks. What kind of yarn would you recommend for this project? Worsted or bulky? Any preference? How many hanks did you end up using?

I also forgot to ask: do I HAVE to use double pointed needles? Currently I own circular knitting needles.

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

In the pattern I say DK yarn, but you might be able to use sport-weight, too. I don't think I used a whole skein of the blue...but I'm not sure because I've had the yarn for a while and I might have added to it at some point. 90% sure that a 6oz skein will do you for both gloves. I think I used Caron Simply Soft (http://www.caron.com/color_cards/cc_simplysoft.html) in Pagoda.

And you don't HAVE to use dpns...but you have to make sure that you have a small enough circular needle that you won't be stretching your stitches. I'd say a 9" needle at the MOST. I stick to dpns because it's just easier.

[gods-debris.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and sorry. I'm still learning the acronyms. :)

My rounded needles will work fine, then, I suppose. They're about 5" needles.

My first attempt will be done with some cheap yarn so I'm not worried, but I'm planning to make them a gift for a friend for next x-mas so I'd like to move up to softer yarns. Baby alpaca or cashmere blends. Anyways, I digress.

I'm looking forward to this attempt :)

[grendelity.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Let me know how it goes!