I often don't do gauge in my knitting patterns. Shawls rarely require gauge and the sock pattern I wrote ended being very stretchy so it could accommodate many sizes ( I think, I've never been told otherwise).
Every knitter comes to term with gauge, and sometimes I utterly fail at getting correct gauge - or even doing a swatch before starting the project. Recently I began the carousel socks on knitty.com. I did the entire calf of the sock before I tried it on.
It wouldn't pass over my heel. Gargh! I didn't do a gauge swatch, obviously.
So, the creative hat came out ... I thought a bit, asked some knitter friends ... And received the marvelous suggestion to turn these slightly wonky sock into mittens or fingerless mitts!
So I left 1 inch unattached when you would normally do the heel, for the thumb, and them knit to the end of my fingertips.
Now I can synch the end of that together and create mittens instead.
Of course I need some thumbs ... And to finish the other mitten. But I shall now I have mittens to replace the first pair I ever made years ago.
So, thanks Rebecca from MInnesota knitters guild! Great idea, and they are fabulous mittens.
Be excellent to each other!
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