Sunday, November 26, 2006

Well, something got done, at least...

I did get a bit of knitting done over break -- mostly on the plane on the way home, but a few rows here and there while home and on my way back. I had knitting group today, too. I got six rows done in sixty minutes. Currently I've finished the third row of the fifth pattern repetition. The chart section is 7 1/2" long; the ribbing is 7 3/4". So over vacation I did thirteen rows, 1 3/4". Not terrible. Hopefully I can keep plugging along over the next couple of weeks... It's starting to get a tad bit boring now, the excitement of finishing one having worn off.

Again, no pictures. I have a massive amount of work, was writing a paper all day so no time to upload (and now I really need to go to bed).

Over halfway done... I'll be aiming for another two repeats in the next week!

Sunday, November 19, 2006

I am a MACHINE, folks.

Bunches of knitting done in the past week -- about 10-12 rows each day that I was able to sit down and knit. I have knit up to the second row of the fourth pattern repeat (where the first set of decreases occur). Current length is 5 3/4" chart, 6" ribbing. So that makes 38 rows, about 4 3/4"/5" done in a week.

I ROCK.

Still no piccies, sorry... flew home today, no time/inclination to upload them in the past few days, and I left my charger/uploader at school. Mebbe next week.

Today on the plane home I dropped the LAST two stitches of the LAST of the three repetitions... caught it fast, and only had to tink one row, thank goodness.

It's good I made so much progress in the past week, because given that I'm at home this week I don't anticipate getting a lot done. We'll see. I'll certainly try to make time...

Sunday, November 12, 2006

One down, (slightly less than) one to go!

I cast off the left armwarmer on Wednesday/Thursday. Cast on the right armwarmer yesterday (Saturday). Whee!

The completed one fits pretty well. It's been a struggle not to start wearing it before the other one is done! Final length is approx 16" in the chart section, 16 1/2" in the ribbing... umm. That's rather longer than it was supposed to be... Good thing, though, because I definitely like it as long as it is.

I thought that just finishing with one knit row and 7 rows of ribbing after the thumbhole would be plenty to make it long enough, but I ended up doing 9 rows of ribbing before binding off. If I'd known I probably would've knit three rows of chart before starting the ribbing. Oh well. It looks fine as is. I used the sewn bind-off, which was surprisingly easy and the results of which I quite liked. I think I'll definitely use that one in the future as well.

There are a couple of holes and some laddering loose stitches (mostly on the top/bottom ribbing), but all in all it looks pretty good. I'm proud. :)

Today I completed the last of the seven beginning rows of ribbing for the second gauntlet. It's currently an inch long.

Sorry no pictures at the moment; I took some but haven't had the chance to upload them... maybe next week.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Allllmmmmoooosttt there...

I am on row 5 of the eighth pattern repetition. This is the part with the thumbhole. I'm a little annoyed because I was finally getting my tension down and now with all of this purling back I think it's wonky again. But oh well...

I'm really really close. I hope to be done by the end of this week, if all goes well (knock on wood). It'll be a bit of a push, maybe... seven more rows of the eighth repeat, then three to six of a ninth chart repetition, then sevenish of ribbing... that makes about seventeen to twenty altogether. I can do six to eight rows in a lecture, of which I have two this week, so that makes twelve to sixteen... then I will get another four rows or so done at knitting group if it meets next Sunday. So probably I'll do sixteen to twenty rows this week. I might have to put in a little overtime to finish it, but barring something going massively wrong (again, knock on wood) I think I'll have one down, one to go by the next time I write. Wheee!

Current length: approx 13 1/2" in the chart section, 14 1/4 " in the ribbing. So progress from the last week is seventeen rows, 2 3/4"/3" in length.