KIP,WIP: grey owl gloves
KIP,WIP: grey owl gloves, originally uploaded by kidmissile.
Finally getting around to executing that owl motif that I fell in love with several weeks ago. The plan is to make these fingerless gloves (a thumb hole and one big opening instead four shortened fingers), with the main intended use for when my hands get cold at the computer. I used the Beer Gloves pattern from Son of Stitch and Bitch as a rough guide for sizing, and for the thumb hole method; the rest is patterned somewhat on the fly. Copious project notes on the picture, let me know if you have any questions.
I don't know if I'll make the owls friends or lovers.
This is also my first thing that I Knit In Public. Did it during while working as an election judge yesterday. All the older ladies (and the two older gentlemen) working with me were very impressed and several voters commented positively about it too.
One of the other judges brought her craft stuff, too. She was doing filet crochet using crochet thread and a tiny tiny hook to make a tablecloth. Whoa, she already had a few feet done, but think she'd finish until the holidays or so! I watched her work on it a little bit and got a good idea of how it works, so that's on my list of stuff to try now.