One i-cord glove down, one to go!


Much better color here. Isn’t that gusset pretty?

I figure I should be able to finish them by the end of the knitalong, January 31.

I got the fingers on my i-cord gloves done, and in much less time than I thought they’d take.


That Meg Swanson is mightly clever — this method gets the most tedious, least looked forward to part of the gloves out of the way first, which is awesome.

By the way, this Koigu is not as orange as it appears. I couldn’t wait to take these pictures in daylight, so imagine the pink/purple/blue colorway they really are.

For my very first foray into the world of community knitting (I’m not counting Nona’s Peaceful Palms KAL, because, with the deadline fast approaching, I have knitted exactly zero (0) stitches toward my gloves/mittens), I have signed up for Sockapaloooza over at The Blue Blog. I always seem to be much better motivated when I’m knitting for someone else, and when I’m knitting on a deadline, so this seems to be just perfect. I can’t wait to get the information about my secret pal so I can start work on her (I’m assuming it’s a her) socks!

Update! I now have, indeed, many more than zero stitches done on my Koigu i-cord gloves! Having first written this post, I got to feeling kinda lazy about not having done anything, so I dug up Nona’s pattern and did the first two pinkies at the doctor’s office this morning. (1/25/06)

I had an amazing realization yesterday. I went to talk with a coworker about the furniture layout for her spaces when we return to our newly renovated building in about a year, and afterward, on my way out the door, we did some little chit-chat about random new job ideas I’ve been having. As I was leaving her office, it occurred to me that as much as I’ve been approaching this from the perspective of joint brainstorming, other folks are coming to me with their ideas and hoping for a thumbs up. I get to call the shots, set the agenda, drive the big picture, etc. That’s cool. And a little scary. And it also makes me actually feel like I’m actually my age.