After two years of "easy" knitting, I decided to challenge myself to knit something more complicated. Last winter, I began knitting Fetching from www.knitty.com. The gloves are fingerless and in Chicago's brutal winter, are useless. However, I fell in love with them and decided to make them anyway! When you knit gloves, you work from the bottom up. All was well until I had to create a space for the thumb. I read (and reread) the pattern and couldn't figure it out. Instead of asking for help, I left my incomplete glove in my knitting bag for over a year. I recently took the glove apart and started from scratch. After revisitng the pattern, something clicked and I was able to navigate through it. So far, I've only completed half of the pair. Completing this glove is a HUGE accomplishment for me. My next big challenge - socks!
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