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Glove Interrupted

We stopped gloving today, because the mailperson brought our latest knitting thrill: the coveted Mary Maxim No. 472.

Yar, knitting-mateys! It's The Pirate!

We cannot begin to describe our joy at having this vintage patttern. The sleeves have skulls and crossbones, the fronts have pirate ships, and the back, well, the back is quite possibly the best and goofiest thing we've ever seen in knitting:

While the details may escape you in this photo, that's a pirate, complete with mustache, eyepatch, and standard-issue pirate hat. Yo HO! This is SO much better than the Oil Derrick Sweater, and you know we loved that!

Who wore these things? More people than you'd imagine, going by the well-used copies of these patterns I'm acquiring. Each of the ones I've received have margin notes and obvious signs of loving use. Terri, our favorite knitfiend, posted a darling photo of herself and her sister wearing handknits with motifs from 1968 (on her 26 Feb entry). I love it. I love it that her Gran knitted it for her. And I love that she's obviously pleased in the photo to have it on.

Pups

It's Friday! Mike Jack and Della say Run in Circles! Dance and Shout!

And because it's Friday, a gratuitous link! Happy day, and happy weekend!

I Don't Know How to Glove Him

I suppose it had to happen. I've found a glove in a photo that scares me. Does he glove you? (I *don't* wanna know.) From a vintage Beehive publication, the Ascot Gloves, with matching scarf:

Yikes! Is it just me, or does this guy look serial-scary? Dr. Caligari-goes-to-your-prom-scary? And P.S.!!! The gloves are mohair...ewww! Scary!

Easy Glover

Things are moving right along on Herringbone Glove No. 2 since I used the graphics program that does not allow its name to be used as a verb to flip the chart. Yep. Apparently knitting from left to right is not one of my many, many talents.

Just a few increases away from a completed thumb gusset. After that, it's all downhill! Or uphill, I guess, to the fingertips. I can't wait to wear these gloves. I'm going to start saving up now for my air conditioning bill, because I'm going to wear them in spite of the weather here.

This Ain't a Glove Song

But it looks like an interesting book coming down the knitting path.

And this, in fact, it has nothing at all to do with gloves. But it's very, erm, animated.

Pups

Thursday? Mikey says the grass is always greener on the other side of the dachshund. Happy knitting to you!

Speaking of Gloves

I'm just knitting along now on the second glove to the Herringbone Gloves. I love this design, and I'll admit at this point that I've been having a little trouble reversing the charts and such for the second glove. I kept confusing my knitting direction, and overcorrecting, visually or mentally (take your pick!). This afternoon I had the bright idea (probably already obvious to many of you) that I could import the problematic charts into a graphics program, then flip the images. Yeah Baby! This works because the chart mirrors; I've printed my flipped-out chart and have been cruising steadily along, right-to-left, ever since.

Still Bugging over BugKnits

I was e-corresponding with miniature knitter/artist Althea Merback about her awesome Peacock Gloves, and she kindly took the time to write back about her love of knitting gloves. She also sent this link. An entire gallery of 1:12 scale gloves, including several dime-sized Estonian gloves and mittens; how did I miss this before? Merback's miniatures are marvelous; take a look, you won't believe your eyes.

Pups

Little Jack notes: Dachshundness is better than beauty.

So? What's your Wednesday knitting look like?

Gloveless

Nothing I can say about knitting will please you so much as this pop/rock video featuring knitting as you've never seen knitting before.

Crank it up on Windows Media, RealOne, or Quicktime and watch the wool fly. Meet the band here but not the knitter. Thanks, Metafilter!

Pups

Tuesday. Little Jack says A Rolling Dachshund Gathers No Moss.

Woof it up! Happy Tuesday!

There is Glove

Time free to spend knitting this weekend allowed me to finish Glove One of the "Landra's Gloves" from Folk Knitting in Estonia. I like the fingertips on these gloves very much. I'll knit up the mate, and I think ultimately I'll make this pair again, using the called-for four colors instead of two. It's a beautiful design. However, you'll never find another glove like mine.

The cuff is nice in blues and white.

But I want some gloves like Nanette's now.

Dr. Strangeglove, or How I Learned to Tell Right from Left

I had time to work on the mate to the Herringbone Gloves pair, and worked nearly up to the little finger before realizing that I was knitting another left glove (just like the first one!). I forgot to reverse the chart. Silly me. Ripped and reconsidered what we can learn when we truly glove.

Isn't She Glovely?

Amber kindly sent this link to me over the weekend, and it's marvelous. Thanks, Amber! Bugknits is an extraordinary paean to all things miniature. The artist, Althea Merback, also knits what she calls "full-scale" knits. And guess what? Three of them are very beautiful pairs of gloves. I'm crazy for the one with the peacock. Do take a look about halfway down the page.

Pups

What, Monday? Already? Della says: Dachshunds speak louder than words.

Be all that you can be with your knitting today.