Well, I still have to work the thumb, but most of the knitting is done. I’m going to knit the second mitt and then do both thumbs. This is more of my handspun, the next skein in the line-up to get used, Skein 10. I have been trying to be diligent about using my handspun in a project soon after it is made. The last thing I need is more stash accumulation. It took me two tries to get the fit right. The first time I mostly followed the pattern, except that I extended the thumb gusset far beyond what the pattern called for. But when I got up past that point I tried it on and realized that the cuff was too long and that I was at risk of running short of yarn if I didn’t make some mods. Here is a picture of the first attempt.
You can see how much cuff there is. So I ripped it all the way back and started over, starting the thumb gusset early. The pattern has you put the thumb stitches on waste yarn after you finish the increases, but that would have left me with a very short thumb gusset, and I have a long palm and a muscular thumb.
Even after shortening the cuff, it is still substantial. I know that if I had knit the pattern exactly as written it would not have fit my hand, at all. Fortunately I have no qualms about on the fly modifications.
This is the skein that I used. It was spun on my Kromski at 12:1 and plied on my Kiwi at 9.5:1. I ended up with 135 yards, and 86.4 grams, or 1.56 yards/gram. I dyed it using my Wool Tincture Dyes kit, and the color is Plum.
Pattern: Foxgloves by Clara Parks from the book Brave New Knits
Yarn: Handspun, Skein 10
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