Million Dollar Gloves
December 2nd, 2006 by Wen
That’s right. A million dollars. That’s what it’ll cost to make me to do another pair of these.
Million Dollar Gloves- Project Specs:
Pattern:Cobbled together from quite a few. Mostly Cigar from knitty.com. I also did quite a lot of looking at these mittens that Kristen did last year. I also used Wendy’s Short Row Toe for the mitten caps.
Yarn: The I’ve-talked-about-this-yarn-to-death HotFoot Superwash. DK weight.
Gauge: 5 sts and 7 rows to the inch on US size 5 needles. I think. I didn’t write it down.
Mods: These gloves are just one big modification. I made all the fingers “fingerless”, I knitted the thumb closed. I used a short row toe technique for the caps and used a three needle bind off on the backs of the hands. I lined the insides with fleece. I used a i-cord/button thing to hold the caps back. I can’t think of anything else, but there you go.
Notes: Learning from Kristen’s mistake, I did pay careful attention to attaching the caps to the correct side. Because who really wants to pick apart a three needle bind off? I also noted that there were eleventy hundred ends to weave in (okay. 26. Whatever). My finishing skills are spotty at best. The finishing took as long as the knitting and that was not very fun in my book. Also I did note that the term three needle bind off does actually mean bind off, not just attach and try to figure out why the hell there were still 22 sts left on the needle. (note: trying to finish these after a 14 hour day, 13 of which you wanted to kill certain people you work with, is not necessarily the best course of action. Just saying.)
Cap lining
Closed up
Button detail
Oh yeah. In addition to Million Dollar Gloves, there is also Million Dollar Hat. Second verse same as the first. Pattern here.
I got a little help with the lining on this hat. I bought a cheap fleece hat from Target (ladies section, but don’t tell the BF) which I then took into work and had our seamstress use the serger to cut and bind the edge. Then without telling me she went ahead and sewed it in. I love her.
So? What’s next? Well, I really want to do a shawl for my mom for Christmas. I decided on the Kimono shawl from Folk Shawls by Cherly Oberle after I saw the one that Purlingswine made I knew I had to try and make it. I even ordered the same yarn from Webs. (however THIS was not my first color choice. USPS lost the last cone of the Ruby and I had them send me Cinnabar as a second choice. It’s pretty, but not as pretty as the Ruby.)
Here we have 2000 meters of Jaggerspun Zephyr. All wound by me from the 5040 YARD cone on my ball winder. I like how the yarn got all honeycomb-y towards the end.
What’s this? Well, the ball on the right was the first attempt at winding. Somewhere in the 700 yard mark this little fucker FLEW right off the bobbin of the ball winder. Not kidding. Popped right off. I categorically deny that I might have been trying to set a land speed record for winding 2000 meters of yarn. Not me. Sorry, you have the wrong girl. Anyway, no amount of trying to return it to the bobbin worked.
Here’s what’s left on the cone. In all I still have 2850 yards or so left. I hope it’s enough. (why is there no html code for sarcasm?)
And now for something fun. It took me a little while to figure out that you need to click on each picture to get to the next question. I am sofa king we todd ed. My favorite question? This one:
Born to be… A) Bad B) Occasionally Unpleasant.
I stole it from Rabbitch, who is one of my favorite people to steal blog crap from.
You’re really funny! Thought I would check out your blog; saw your comments on the harlots last post.
Love the gloves…were they really that hard to make? I have been thinking of making some for myself lately. Not quite like yours but similar. Any suggestions? I think getting a philanthrapist to donate 1 million dollars to my cause is out of the question. LOL
Marly
“And if only one person learns to attach her mitten caps correctly because I took the time to photograph and explain my mistake, it will have all been worth it.” - Me.
Those turned out superdoop, and the buttons are neato.
I, too, wish for a sarcasm tag in HTML. You know I do.
Good luck with the Yarn Harlot!
I took the quiz, too, and I’m a libertine. Even after I closed out the tab, forgot what it was, retook the quiz, and I’m sure I changed a couple of the answers. I’m still a libertine. Makes sense.
Anyway, I seem to be hogging your comments on this post.
Yarn Harlot commented on my blog. I’ll pretend it’s a birthday present. I went back to hers and commented and told her to call you if she’s nervous about how her hair will look on the teevee.
It’s a good thing I clarified about not being a stalker in that post, huh?
Sweet! You finished them! They look fabulous! And you lined them and everything. Geez.
That Zephyr sure is pretty. I love knitting with it, it’s nice stuff.
Heh, one online group I was with came up with the “sarcasm tongs” - just handily enclose your sarcastic comment in quotation marks. But then I’ve gotten such that whenever I see something in quotation marks, anywhere (unless it’s obviously a quotation), I immediately think they’re being sarcastic. Although it actually makes people who use quotation marks for emphasizing words even funnier. “Truly, I LOVE Lion Brand Homespun.”
The main drawback to film work is the 14 hours of daily hatred. In a normal job you only have to hate your co-workers for eight hours. We need to petition IATSE to add “hate penalties” into our next collective bargaining fest. You know, $7.50 for each fifteen minutes after 12 hours of hating someone. $8.50 on distant locations and $10.00 if they actually work in your trailer/on your truck. Additional penalties if you have to hate them before your NDB.
Still, the knitting time makes up for a little of it. That and the money. I love your gloves. LOVE. And I totally envy your Zephyr. Good thing you got enough for me too. Don’t forget to send it to me already knitted.
The crack pipe joke did it, you are my new favorite knitting blogger.
Dandelion