Woohoo, guess what I finished last night (well, early EARLY this morning)?
The first half of my first real design! 🙂 That’s fun to say. I love it, all that tinking was worth it. It’s a tiny bit tight on my forearm because I have rather large arms, but I was NOT about to frog the whole thing back and start over… again. I’m going to just go with ‘my arms will shrink soon’ and really, nobody wants a loose armwarmer anyway.
But seriously, how pretty is that ribbon? When I saw the color of the yarn in person (Zaftig, Fierce Snake) it made me think of ribbons and lace and corsets and Victorian things. Thus, this gauntlet/wristwarmer/whatever was born. It would be pretty simple to de-ribbon it, too, if you didn’t want the extra prettiness. More pics when I write it up and publish it.
Also, from now on whenever I start to feel bad about this whole yarn obsession thing, I’m going to remember this:
Woolen Diversions 
Yes, knitters will definitely never look that silly LOL!!!!! In fact we need the light of day to see our pretty yarnz!!!!
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I am madly in love with the sneak peek of your design. I know just who to gift it to.
LOL on your Fiasco's blanket.
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That ribbon is just gorgeous!! Can't wait to see the final project!
And that picture is priceless. Just. priceless.
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@Mcknitgirl
I know, right! And he played like that for quite a while.
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@Eleanor
Thank you, Eleanor! *blushes* The pattern should be available on Ravelry shortly.
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@IrishGirlieKnits
Thanks, Carrie! I'm planning to keep that picture forever for future blackmail purposes. He's going to be a teacher someday, his students would kill for material like that.
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