I opted to do less stitches on the thumb rather than more. I figured the decreases would do well to hide and wonkiness from where the knitting met the picked up stitches, and it seems to have worked
I followed the instructions for the ribbing length exactly, even though I was a little worried about the length of the thumb - I've had to shorten thumbs in the past. But my fears were ungrounded and it's just about perfect.
I still have to knit a second one, but here's my thoughts about this pattern at the moment:
- What are the odds that I'd find an ancient pattern, sub in yarn and needles I happened to have handy, and end up with something that fits perfectly?
- This is the sort of thing that if I'd seen a picture I probably would have passed on as uninteresting. I'm actually glad this pattern had no picture.
- The stitch pattern seems so bland on paper, but when knit up like this is actually really nice. I'm adding it to my "simple but so awesome" mental file, along with ribbing, seed stitch, and garter stitch. Sometimes simple can also be perfect.
- I confirmed my dislike of singles yarn while knitting this, but I love the result. It's warm and soft...and will probably pill like crazy. Oh well, I knew that going in. :P
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