Chai-and-Fibro

  A 7-page PDF for these is available for free on Ravelry . The PDF has all notes on size and spoonie tips and charity knitting ideas. I wear some kind of fingerless mitts almost year-round. In summer, I wanted something a little lighter to protect my hands where the hand and wrist connect. When air conditioning or even just a fan hits here, it can be quite painful. These were my answer to the problem. This is a quick knit and would be a great gift or charity project. The cozies pictured above are the Loose Fit on size 7 needles and they have about an inch of give as I don't like anything that fits closely near my wrists. I can no longer wear bracelets.  These came out too loose on my testers so I made a close fit pattern, too, and also tested them with size 6 needles for a smaller fit. The great thing is that these are such a quick knit, you can make several sizes and donate or give away the ones you don't like. They would also make a great spoonie gift.  Yarn: worsted w...

  My grandmother taught me to crochet when I was maybe 7 or 8. I didn't know anyone who knit growing up. Then, I moved to China and nearly froze to death my first winter and decided I needed to learn to knit socks. Youtube knitting videos weren't what they are now back in 2001 and I had a single booklet on how to knit socks and that was it, but I managed to teach myself to knit through the back loop. Chinese knitters would snatch my knitting out of my hands and tell me I was doing it wrong and "show" me the right way by knitting several rows as fast as they could. I started telling them that I knit the American way so they would leave me alone and then I'd rip out their knitting and do it my way.  Later, a kindly Canadian took very sweetly observing me knitting my first sock inside out delicately declared that there was nothing wrong with what I was doing, but if I wanted to knit my sock with the cable on the outside, I might want to consider knitting through the ...