More on Axel

Done with the left. Halfway through the right. The yarn substitution is good. I am seeing that having a set of size 10 double pointed needles might be good in the future, since I tend to knit looser than gauge. Because I am using a dark and a medium blue, you cannot really see the cabling in the photo. It is there, it looks nice. The nice feature of this particular set of gloves is the long fingertip portion -- you can fold it down for more exposure, or unfold it to keep your fingertips covered.

Axel update

Axel seems to be good with my substitutions. Yay for no ripping out! Before I started Axel, I had tried Nagellack, a pattern sent to me from Berrocco Knits. Good concept, but it did not work for me. Much too large for anyone's wrist -- it was a gauntlet without ribbing. I cannot imagine wanting to wear gloves over the top of something. Too weird for us. But Axel is good. I'll get a pic up later.

Done, New

The 'dashing' gloves are finished. I am now attempting 'axel' fingerless mitts for my other son.

I am attempting to double strand a couple yarns and use larger needles. The yarn-- I am not very worried about. Both are blue, so the cables will show. The needles -- I am not sure. The gauge comes out right with I use size 11 rather than size 9 needles. We'll see. It looks like a quick knit, so if I need to rip it out, I won't feel like I lost too much time.

Side note: I feel odd because the boys are not full grown yet, but they are bigger than me. At least in the wrist department.