Fluffbuff

Wednesday started off with a trip to the Honda dealer for more repairs to the old lady. Then, while my car was getting a new oil pan gasket (whatever that is), I had a couple of minor medical procedures, one of which turned out to be more substantial than anticipated. Ten external stitches and a bunch of internal ones to remove a mole from my back. The result is a row of dark blue stitches that is too long for any easily available band-aid, so protecting the wound is an exercise in creativity. Some logistic problems also with showering and tying my shoe laces plus some crabbiness 'cause I'm not reacting well to the antibiotics or getting much sleep.

On the good side of things, I have a new project on the needles. We've had temperatures in the 80s and 90s in Southern California, but I dont' let no stupid weather get in the way of my knitting. So here I bring you my new WIP: a glove. Hey, it's winter somewhere on the planet, I'm sure.

The yarn is the Habu cashmere I bought a few weeks ago, used double so I don't go crazy and also have good hopes of finishing the gloves before next winter. I've only knitted a pair of gloves before and it's been at least three years. I am using that old pair as a starting point, but I had to frog and start over three times because I couldn't figure out whether to use the yarn single or double and the best needle size for it.

I'm making things up as I go and I am thinking of not knitting the fingers but rather continue as a tube, probably like the cuff, so that I have the choice of covering the fingers or fold back the tube. Okay, that didn't come out very clear, did it? Hopefully the next pictures will show what I mean.