So I just knitted 2 RIGHT mittens. Q$%&! I wanted one for myself but not like this. I was following the directions which said knit as right mitten until the gusset but got to the gusset and forgot to switch to the left instructions. I was scared to frog back, it had been one of those days. *Sigh*

Now confess your ooops.

So my washing machine is well and truly deceased. I will be getting another in the next day or two. I know that front loaders are considered more economical and water saving, but I've heard that you can't felt in a front loader. Is this true? And for what reasons?

So, I am back to knitting again, and have been getting on fairly well with ribbing (now that I know how to purl correctly) but I am finding that when I go from knit to purl I'm getting ladder type gaps. Yet purl to knit is a smoother, non gappy, transition.

Is there some mind blowingly easy solution to keeping your stitches even (without being too tight)? If it makes a difference the ribbing I've been using is k2,p2 and k3,p2. On different garments mind you. And in the round. On a circular.

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I somewhat dislike using double-pointed needles to knit in the round - I'm much better with circulars. I decided to try my hand at some baby leg warmers, but even my shortest circular needle was way too big, and the magic loop method wouldn't work because the "needle" parts were too long. SO! I grabbed some plastic tubing (you can buy it in fish stores as an aquarium supply) and molded some pointy bits in Sculpey. After baking the Sculpey, I glued the pointy parts into the ends of the tubing and shaved the tubing down a bit at the join to make it a smoother transition from tubing to point. And it works! I now have a circular needle about 5" long that it just the perfect size for tiny projects! Yay!

This FO makes me smile. If a shot glass cozy isn't your cup of tea, it doubles as a napkin ring.


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