I have finally finished the second mitt! The first one took four days, the second took two weeks. Darn second mitt syndrome...lol
So on to the Pattern Notes:
Needles and Yarn: Fingering weight yarn and 2.25mm (US size 1) DPNs
The patterns calls for "4 pins No. 15 and 4-thread fleecy". It didn't occur to me until later, but "4-thread" obviously means "4 ply" which is still a term for "fingering weight" in many places. I mean, it was obvious anyway, but I'm surprised I didn't put that together.
Thumb Gusset: The shaping is very straightforward. I would say the only potentially confusing part is were it says to "work the pattern on the thumb". I say potentially confusing only because the stitch count on the thumb changes and you have to pay attention to where you're putting your purl bumps. I ended up charting it out to where you put the thumb stitches on a holder.
Changes I Made (and assorted "could go either way" decisions):
- After placing thumb stitches on holder, I cast on 8 instead of 7. This was to keep the stitch count a multiple of 4.
- I counted the cast on stitches as the start of the next round instead of the end of the previous
- After picking up the 8 stitches and 14 held stitches for the thumb, I needed to either add or lose 2 stitches to keep a multiple of 4. I chose to decrease where the held stitches met the picked up stitches, thereby decreasing 2 and preventing gaps in one shot.
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