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mittens in progress
About a third of the way through my first mitten :D It's a bit scary; I'm just about approaching the point where I'd stop if it were a fingerless glove. So far it's been pretty similar though.
I need to see if I can find some soft wire to use as a stitch holder. That way, I wouldn't need to dig out a tapestry needle in order to thread scrap yarn through the stitches to be held. And I think (though I haven't tried) that it might be easier to transfer the stitches from wire back to a knitting needle, rather than from a soft yarn -- plus you can scrunch it out of the way while knitting the rest of the mitten.
The wire ties that you can find for bread or to organize cables almost work but I'm a bit nervous that the flat edges will rub against the yarn, weakening it. So, next thing to do is to find some spare wire somewhere *handwave*
I need to see if I can find some soft wire to use as a stitch holder. That way, I wouldn't need to dig out a tapestry needle in order to thread scrap yarn through the stitches to be held. And I think (though I haven't tried) that it might be easier to transfer the stitches from wire back to a knitting needle, rather than from a soft yarn -- plus you can scrunch it out of the way while knitting the rest of the mitten.
The wire ties that you can find for bread or to organize cables almost work but I'm a bit nervous that the flat edges will rub against the yarn, weakening it. So, next thing to do is to find some spare wire somewhere *handwave*