Wednesday 13 January 2010

By the skin of my teeth...

On Monday evening I settled down in the warmth of my living room with a delicious skein of Noro Silk Garden to do some knitting.  I can't remember the last time I knitted something, crochet has taken over for a while.  I bought this skein ages ago so I could make some wristwarmers, like the ones Diana made, to go with my scarf.



I printed out the pattern, only to find that I didn't have the right size DPN's, so I perused another pattern book I had for a similar style and even knitted a tension square (something I have never done!) to make sure it would work out with the one skein I had.



It worked but only by the skin of my teeth! I really didn't want to have to buy another skein as it would make them rather pricey for what they really are.  This is how much yarn I had left over:




Probably not more than 16 inches!  I made a note of the pattern as I went along so am wondering if it constitutes as mine now and if so, can I post it as a tutorial?  Any thoughts? 

I love the fact that they are different colours - sure to get some comments about odd gloves...






Tomorrow, I'm going on a jolly outing to meet with a lovely friend...  I can't wait!

7 comments:

  1. I wish I had a pair of those wristwarmers! You wont be able to do much with the leftover wool will you!!! I hope you enjoy your day out with your friend tomorrow. x

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  2. Oooh that was close. I actually had to borrow some yarn from Jo the other day to seam up a hat, as I cut it rather too close!

    And I love the mismatched look. Makes me think of Camper shoes!

    Really looking forward to tomorrow. K x

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  3. They are like the mitts I made for my sister in law - I love the way thay look mismatched too. I also only just had enough yarn. Enjoy your day out tomorrow.

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  4. Wow...you really did finish those by the "skein" of your teeth!! Haha! They are lovely.

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  5. They look beautiful Tracy, and I do love the mismatched look. Thank you for the link! And have a great time with Kristina...say hi from me!

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  6. Very nice. I can't get the hang of knitting - only crocheting. I think I'm a just a sewer at heart.

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  7. Your odd gloves made me smile - I'm a great fan of odd socks.

    This all reminds me of when my younger two were very small I would have to bundle them up in the double buggy to walk their big sister to her infant school - one very wintry morning I could only find one green and one blue padder (soft shoe) for Nick to wear with his snow suit in the front seat. Better than nothing, I put them on him only to have a comment from another mum asking me if I knew he had odd shoes on - my 'harassed mother of 3 under 5yo, struggling with post-natal depression' reply was the sharp retort 'Be bloody thankful he has shoes on!!!!'

    Happy Days!

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