Sometimes it's the easy projects that I struggle with, they lull me into a false sense of security. I decided to make Caleb mittens. I have made dozens of pairs of mittens in my life, this isn't hard. After ine false start that I mentioned last week I got going, the first mitten was turning out well when I noticed I was about half way through my ball of yarn. They're tip-down so that's not a huge problem, I wanted a stripe at the edge anyways, it just might be a bigger stripe. I cast on the second mitten using the other end of the ball of yarn and got to work, figuring this way I can use up all of the yarn without worrying that I've used too much or too little in the first mitten.
The mittens have an airplane on them, but as I was knitting the second airplane looked funny. I finally realized why; it was upside down. (When knitting from the tip down the entire mitten is upside down so you need to turn the chart you've drawn upside down too, I missed that step on the second mitten). I ripped back, slightly annoyed but figured I'd carry on. I turn the chart and started again, but things still looked funny. The plane looked off-centre. Apparently I had done two extra increase rounds. I've started again and am sure I have the right number of stitches.
They're going to be so cute when they're done.
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