OVER…
…and done. Kinda. Well, I mean, look:
Two handsomely-cabled gauntlets of equal length, on the arms of the recipient. Done, right? Umm….
Yeah, I Sasha Cohened it. Strong compulsories, gorgeous short program and then wham! Flat on my ass in the finals. I don’t know what happened. Well, I know lots of things that happened: the dim-dammed needles kept falling out of the stitches and I may not have picked up all the right loops; my backward-loop make-one was all over the map; I left insufficient tails on the fingers of Thing One (now known as “Ol’ Holey”); the gauntlets were tried on right after coming off the needles and before end-weaving, which might have helped a too-short end wiggle free. I know the mistakes I made, I just don’t know which one caused THAT. And I don’t think it’s an easy fix; nope, this is a “Ladies and Gentleman, in tonight’s presentation, the role of Tinkerhell will be played by Kaizerin” kinda thing.
Grr. Argh. Bronze?
I would like to thank my lovely and gracious hostess, the Knittiot, both for getting me involved in this insanity, and for providing the space to blerg–uh, BLOG–about it. You are THE BEST, Ms. K, and this has been great fun! See you all in Beijing!
February 28th, 2006 at 1:24 pm
Very sexy! Very sexy indeed! And in the fine tradition of getting all glammed up to go out clubbing, what glam outfit is complete without a hole or two?
That’s what safety pins and tape were invented for, right?
Great job, can’t wait to see the projects for the next Olympics!
February 28th, 2006 at 1:53 pm
Kai, those totally rock!
February 28th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
Thanks, friends! Linnea, I find your approach of “Call it a feature and be done with it” VERY appealing, indeed! The model and owner is pretty old-school New Romantic, so maybe I can talk him into wearing them as is. Whatcha think, hon? Feel like working the trashy-pretty angle?
February 28th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Wow! Those are so way neater than I had envisoned! Handsome hand model, too. Definite Bronze, my dear. Too bad about the lil hole, but that just adds character, AND, keeps them from being mistaken as another’s guantlets from the coat, hat & mittens pile after a night out!
March 1st, 2006 at 9:56 pm
Good-looking gauntlets. About the hole: if you find that it gets bigger, remember Swiss Darning. It _is_ possible to ’swiss darn’ in pattern to fill a hole; I’ve done it on an afghan. And anyway, what kind of person would crouch down, stare at the hand, and say “Hey lady, there’s a hole there”? Not anyone whose opinion you care about.