Apparently I have fat hands.
Or so says whoever wrote this pattern! I made the small size because the guy in the picture was supposedly wearing the medium…and now that I have one whole glove done, I realize I should have either gone up a needle size or made the medium. They’re so tight and uncomfortable! Hopefully they’ll stretch a little if I get them wet. I really don’t want to rip them out and redo them…besides the fact that we all know that that SUCKS to have to do, I’ll waste all the yarn I used on the fingers.
At least it’s pretty! I guess I’ll try to stretch it and if that doesn’t work I’ll suck it up and re-knit it in the medium…


ETA:
Stretching didn’t really work. I made another glove but added five rows of plain stockinette after the end of the cuff ribbing, before the thumb gusset shaping…voila!

It isn’t too tight since I went up a needle size this time, and the extra rows keep the ribbing/cuff from riding up onto my palm, which was driving me nuts. Now I just have to rip out the other one down to the end of the cuff and redo it…
February 5, 2008 at 2:29 pm
They are really pretty. I love that yarn. I think I might go buy some more Araucania, maybe in a weight that doesn’t require size 1 needles.
February 10, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Ufff da…it’s so unfortunate when that happens! The yarn is a great fit for those mitts–OH and pretty sure you don’t have fat hands lol!