11-30-2019

Upon finishing the first mitt, I had him try it on. He had some requests for modifications for the second mitt:

• Looser cuff (because of specific issues with his left wrist, not because it was too tight in a general way)
• Add a little flap at the top to help keep his fingers warmer without adding length to the palm side
• Find a way to keep the roving from poking out of the thumb hole

Hence the different appearance between the two hands. Changes I made, specifically:

• Cast on and do the cuff with the larger needles, only using the smaller ones for the top ribbing, flap, and thumb hole
• For flap, knit garter stitch back and forth over the top half of the stitches, then bind off the whole round (picking up stitches along the edges of the flap to finish the edge)
• Tacked down the roving around the thumb holes with thread
• I also accidentally did only two plain rows between thrum rows on the second mitt up to the thumb hole (which is where I realized what I’d done), resulting in a much fluffier left mitt. Husband says he likes this, though.

I still intend to pick up stitches to add the flap to the right mitt, and Husband has asked me to do something (maybe a few stitches of another color or something) to help him differentiate between the two mitts. But they’re basically done.

Now he wants a second pair. Sigh. Daughter also mentioned wanting some, but it might have been a one-off “oh that sounds cool” more than a request in earnest.