I finished mitten #2 on the bus ride home yesterday. I was paranoid I was going to run out of yarn to finish it, so I extended the center color an extra row (you really don’t notice unless you’re looking for it. which might happen if you’re bored and trying to line them up side-by-side. so when you get these, I don’t recommend that. ;) ) well, I made it to the end and probably have a yard of yarn to spare. whew!
I haven’t started the thumbs yet. I don’t want to try and pick up stitches on the bus, and well, Last Comic Standing and L&O:SVU really don’t lend themselves well to concentrated knitting projects. I’ll get them finished before I need to gift them though, promise!
Since the mitten only took about half the bus ride, I picked up Fetching for the remainder. and I learned an important lesson - don’t ignore that last purl stitch on the needle when doing the cable row. the needle jumped out at the end of the first cable round - after a bit of digging for the right crochet hook (this one’s too small, that one’s too big. darn it, where’s the medium one?!) all was put right. I’m a lot more careful now to make sure the stitch is securely on the needle while working that last cable now. Fetching progress continued on this morning’s bus ride - I’m about to start the last cable row before the straight stretch. I love how fast these are working up.
