This blog post brought to you by special request by the one and only Jacie.
Last night I decided to try to finish the peekabo mittens. Finishing mitten two after two year should be no problem right… (have I learned nothing yet from this project…well that’s a different story all together.)
Let’s start off on how wrong everything went.
1. The pattern was originally on MagKnits now as a free Rav Download. (this is important for number 2)
2. Some how either the pattern changed or I decided to change the ribbing (who knows what really happened – we all know I can’t read patterns), and this now involves me doing math, and well that’s just NOT going to happen.
3. I wrote that I used size 6 DPNs. I don’t own size 6 dpns… so who knows what I really did.
4. I started with 7′s… nope not the right ones.
5. Then I tried my size 4′s in the second size….oh it’s only 1.5 times bigger than said first mitten.
6. The first mitten is probably an inch too short to begin with.
7. All in all FAIL.
So yeah… what should have taken a few hours is now a giant ball of disaster. I have one mitten that’s an inch too short and one that’s 3/4 done and too wide.
Do I cut my loses or really take the time to make a matching mitten?
Hmmm.. one lone mitten in Brown Sheep wool that’s been in progress for almost 3 years?
You don’t really want those mittens. Cut your losses and toss it.
If you really like the pattern, start over with some Mmmmmalabrigo!
I am one and only, that’s for sure
How much of this yarn do you have left?
My thought is that, if you really want to wear these mittens this winter, re-knit them completely. Your hands aren’t huge and they’re mostly stockinette…it really wouldn’t take that long to knit two mittens.
If you could care less whether you have these peek-a-boo mittens this winter, scrap them and move on.
I agree with Jacie.
Jenni I don’t think I have enough malabrigo… I may need to go get more.
Do think cutting my loses is for the best. I am not in love with mitten…and it made me cranky last night.
Blasphemy!
Clearly I need to send you some.
Why continue a project you’re not in love with? Get rid of it and work on something else that won’t make you cranky.
I did get 4 skeins of lace and 1 of sock for $35 yesterday… score.
Most. Sarcastic. Comment. Ever.
Can one have enough Malabrigo? I think not.
frog it! life is too short for projects that give you this much grief.
Mittens go in the frog pile…. stupid mittens.
Definitely for the best…