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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Grey Gloves - Crossing Stitches

You may remember that the mustard gloves were an experiment to not make little holes when the stitches split at the thumb/palm and in between the fingertubes.  For these gloves, I'm trying the crossed stitch technique I found on TECHKnitting.

Yeeessss!  It totally works.  The only problem is REMEMBERING to do it.  I did a lot of re-knitting on these.  Thank goodness there isn't much knitting in these in the first place, right? :)

Here is a close-up of the thumb cross-over.  I decided to have the palm-stitches be on the outside and the thumb stitches be on the inside.  

Here is a close-up of the fingertube cross-over.  You can see the un-highlighted cross-overs on the right and left, too.  For the fingertubes, I put the stitches for the one I was knitting on the outside and the saved stitch was cross-under-ed.

This in my girl-hand in a boy-sized glove.  You can see the little swish at the place where the fingertubes connect with the glove.  Not a huge biggie.



This is a shot of the edge of the long tail tubular cast on for 1x1 rib that I love SO MUCH.  Seriously, I love this cast on.  If you look at the outside rib, then turn to the inside rib, there is no break in the stitches.  They wrap around the cuff-edge flawlessly.  It's like magic.
16 Comments leave a comment


kylydia said ...
It looks like just a one-stitch cable sort of thing?

I love the color of the gloves and the cuff-edge! I definitely need to try that.
12/21/2011 1:08 PM

futuregirl replied ...
kylydia ... Yes, I guess it is! :)
12/21/2011 3:25 PM

Seanna Lea said ...
Good job on these. I love Tech Knitter!
12/21/2011 1:43 PM

Mel said ...
I knit into the back of my stitches when doing a grown on thumb - it twists the stitch and gets rid of the hole ! I'll have to try the crossed stitched method though!

Also, fingertubes!
12/21/2011 5:44 PM

futuregirl replied ...
Mel ... Twisting the stitches would definitely tighten up the yarn right there, but the stitches are still getting pulled in different directions, so you're still at peril of getting a gap if you're a loose knitter. (fingertubes!)
1/8/2012 5:21 PM

renee said ...
Hi lovely don't do knit'ers crochet'ers yes but its still nice renee
12/22/2011 9:20 AM

Gwen said ...
Man I wish I could knit!
12/22/2011 9:34 AM

Kim A. said ...
These are beautifully designed.
12/25/2011 11:14 AM

Those gloves look awesome! I love the edge of the cuff as well, the way it finishes is stunning. =) -Kristen
12/27/2011 2:45 PM

I love knitting, but I never learned - just learned to crochet. You have a wonderful talent. These are beautifully done. Mostly, I want to comment on your photos - you did a great job displaying your item, wonderful detail. I'll be back. Thx!
12/31/2011 9:58 AM

Diana said ...
I admire folks who can knit. My granny and mother were great knitters, but I never mastered that skill. Your gloves show such great talent.
1/1/2012 9:24 AM

Manualidades said ...
Great craft, you are for me a inspiration!! hehe thanks u !
1/2/2012 8:34 AM

Karina said ...
Very cute!
1/5/2012 6:21 AM

Sarah said ...
Love this idea! They look so warm! :)
1/9/2012 9:45 AM

TECHknitter said ...
I put a link to your glove fingers from the original TECHknitting post about crossing stitches :)
1/31/2012 10:06 AM
 
futuregirl replied ...
TECHknitter ... Wow! I'm starstruck! :) Thank you.
1/31/2012 10:58 AM

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