not so lushed

This was the beginning of a pair of Fetching mitts made from Classic Elite Lush. Was is indeed the operative word, as you can see the stitches are not hanging from needles. There were a few problems with this… First, that kind of “flare” from the bottom of the mitt… is there something I can do about THAT? It’s annoying. I don’t know if a hem would help, or if it just needs something else I’m completely missing here. Of course, once I restart the Fetching mitts, they won’t be done in this yarn, because um… it turns out that knitting bunny fluff MAKES MY FINGERS ITCH MADLY. And my eyes water. Hmmm. Bunnies are like catchen? Who knew. And this, folks, is why I’m not going to be knitting cat yarn.

Still and all, I do love the halo of this yarn, and think the color is one of those simple and honest ones, and I don’t think it needs cables and all that to look good. What to do? I’m still going to knit it and wear it. Yes. You heard me.

But this time I’ll be smarter, and not put them on my hands to wear. I’ll knit the beret found in Greetings from Knit Cafe. I once had a tan angora beret, lost to the DC metro system, so I know I’ll love this.

And while Knitter’s Review may claim that Lush is a worsted weight yarn, I found it terribly… holey? even on 4mm needles. And I’m a tight knitter. So I know it’ll work great on the smaller needles prescribed for the beret.

And boy am I glad I never succumbed to the temptation of Webs’s Cascade Cloud 9 closeout… Shoe math says the money I saved not buying this yarn I’m allergic to is now spendable on something else! Okay, maybe not… but I can dream.

Picasso is not too impressed and really wishes I’d have let him sleep rather than disturbing his Fortress of Bowlitudeness.

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I think I have a small problem. I’m just not sure what it is.

On the one hand, I am a very delusional knitter who should have known better than to try to cram “quick project!” and “smallest spi, largest size” into the same pair of fingerless mitts.

Truly, I am greatly bummed that I’ve only a bad picture to share with you all tonight.

On the other hand, I love those mitts so freaking much I want to knit more of them even though Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride worsted isn’t, in my opinon, the nicest yarn to knit using 4mm needles. I’m a tight knitter, so. Not very squishy yarn.

But they are so warm! So cozy! Densely knit but not stiff. Just good and windproof. I love them so much!

And none of my Lamb’s Pride stash has the colors I currently want to knit, of course. Because that’s the rule, right?

Brown/light blue. Yessssssssss.

My fingers hurt a bit from having knit 3,012 stiches each day yesterday and today.

But I love them so much!

I can’t believe my knitting speed is up to that many stitches a day now. Used to be I’d top out at 1,800. I keep track of these things. Don’t you?

I definitely have to knit another pair right now. But maybe in a much larger gauge. I love the Ann Budd patterns, all those sizes and gauges. Makes it so easy!

Fingerless Mitts, Weekend Knitting, 6 spi, the largest size. (I don’t have huge hands. Ha! Hardly. What I do have are hands that need a lot of flexibility and looseness in the finger area of any mitt.) Have I mentioned? I love them so much! It’s not a traditional in-the-round pattern, but the “ribbing” works so well and I love how there’s no bindoff on the top part of the mitt to pinch as I fingerflick. And the three needle bindoff is good. I might even consider adding a partial thumb.

But for now? I’ve got them next to my pillow, for overnight preening sessions. It’s too hot to wear them tonight, of course, because I finished them today.