Fetching - Photos finally!

I finished these last winter (!) but finally, here they are, resized to fit my midget hands.

And here is Dahlia - much as I love the original design, I'm so pleased I chose a bright colour. It reminds me of strawberries, which I think is fitting as they're in season at the moment and I'm eating so many! I love the puffed sleeves already, and I can't wait to get onto finishing them.

I'm a graduate! (nearly)

An update....I've just finished my degree. I got a First, and the 4th highest dissertation mark in the year, yay!

Anyway, the immediate effect of this is that it leaves me, finally, with loads of knitting time. I've just started working on my own version of 'Dahlia' from Knitty Winter 2007. The original version is purple but I've decided to go for really bright red as I seem to own too many purple things already. At the moment it's going ok, although I've had a few glitches with the ol' stich count on the raglan increases. It seems to be shaping up nicely though.

Here's a few (very bad) photos of Heather - I'll get some decent daylight ones as soon as it's cool enough for me to go outside wearing it!

Heather

'Heather', my first attempt at sweater design, is finally finished! I'm so proud, I thought I'd never get the neckline to look right. Photos soon...

On the difficulties of having very small hands...

Well, I finished my first glove in an evening! The DPs were easy after a few rounds, as were the cables...I can't believe I was scared for so long. The yarn knits up beautifully, and I am incredibly pleased with myself for managing to fit two knitting firsts into one item. So, I hear you cry, what is the problem?

Well, it's just too big for poor little me! I feel like I have to keep my fingers spread out in case it slips off, and my hand looks dwarfed by it. I feel like a kid wearing her mum's gloves. It's an issue....

Soooooo....I'm going to try reducing the number of cast on stitches from 45 to around 35, make the other glove smaller and see if it works. If it does, I'll unravel and reknit the first glove to fit. If not, well, I'll cry and throw things, because I love this colour so much and I want to show it off before spring comes!