cool beans! 
Nice to have you along!
HeyāI just wanted to let you guys know I got my yarn and Iām about to start my swatch. I ended up with a substitue that seems like the same yarnāI swear if it werenāt labeled I wouldnāt be able to tell the difference!
I will be using Classic Yarns Cashsoft Aran. it has 3% more microfiber than the debbie bliss Cashmerino and 3% less cashmere. I bought it in red-The yardage is slightly less (3 less yards) so I had to buy an extra skeinā¦darn. I was so mad about it that I bought an extra skein (3 total of red) and two more in green. :roflhard: :rofling:
I also bought an extra pair of dpns in case my guage didnāt work out quite rightā¦
Iāl start swatching tonight.
okay, Iām at the point of where you use the waste yarn to knit the 7 stitches, problem is, Iāve never tried this technique of using waste yarn, what is it that I need to do?
I have long palms and fingers and I ended up adding 10 rows (or somehting like that) before doing the final cable section. That way I got it to be as long as I wanted it to be.
Unfortunately I forgot to bring my knitting with me today for a photo shot but Iāll try to remember tomorrow. Seeing the length of mine might get you an idea of how long you want to make yours.
Did you figure it out?
You take some waste yarn, knit the first 7 stitches of your round with the waste yarn (leaving your working yarn hanging). Then you cut your waste yarn, slip the 7 stitches back onto the left needle, pick up your working yarn and knit the 7 stitches (you knit in the actual āwaste yarn stitchesā) and then continue in the pattern of cable and purl stitch.
Did that make sense?
Later, when youāre about to knit the thumb, you remove the waste yarn at the same time as you put the live stitches on needles, on by one. Hope it works out!
I didnāt get any holes when picking up the double amount of stitches and then knitting those picked up stitches together two by two. Iād suggest you try that. Also, when starting the thumb, youāll attach new yarn, right? That will give you a free āendā to use if you need to close any holes that might have shown up anyways. You can stitch it up a bit by sewing from the inside.
okay, I think I see what you mean, am about to give it a shot, and Iāll let you know how it worked out. Thanks for the tip. 
Now Iām feeling really behindā¦I hope to get some knitting done todayāI didnāt finish swatching last night b/c I had to play w/ the cast onāitās wonky but I got it to work.
Listening to you guys talk about this pattern is scaring me! Hopefully I can get some serious knitting in today so I can see what you guys are talking about!
Hildieāhave you started yet?
Catownedanna, that tip worked out great. Speaking of which, I finished the left hand glove, and I have provided a couple of pics so yaāll can see how it turned out. I also embellished it a little on the thumb, instead of just having 4 St st rows, I have it so that I have small cables going the other way. I think it worked out well. Other than that, just going to steam block it and start the other hand and (hopefully!) finish today.
Btw Cristy, only reason I started so soon is because Iām going on a trip Wednesday, and trying to knit and drive at the same time doesnāt work out too well. :lol:
coolāthat looks awesome! I still havenāt gotten beyond casting onā¦whatever made me thought today would be a peaceful day!!!
My snb meets at 6:00 and I plan to take it with me.
Ohh I love that color Rorshach! Very nice!
Iām starting on mine today. I found the most beautiful color of Simply Soft in my stash and I have to make my sister a pair. She looked at the pattern before I printed it and she just fell in love :lol:
Nope I havenāt started yet. Iāve been a crazy woman with the christmas in july thing last weekendā¦ not I have a paper due on the 30th. :rollseyes: (I mean, itās been due on the 30th for about 6 weeks, but Iām just starting it, hehehehe). Anywho, Iām going to boycott knitting :shock: for the next 2 days, so I finish my paper. Iām going to try to start on Thursday.
Phew!
1st one done (Mandalay 100% silk yarn)
Thanks Anna for the tip about the extra stitches to close the thumb join gap - worked like a charm!!
Now, send me good vibes so I donāt get 2nd glove syndrome 
Thatās beautiful jamadian!
I started on mine and got done with the cabling partā¦ Now I have to do the body of it.
This is a picture of my left fetching.
Iām knitting my pair in Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk (colour sage). I lengthened the body with about 10 rows before starting the last cable section. I added a couple of rows on the thumb as well. I didnāt really care for the picot edge so I did a basic āpurl bind offā on both the thumb and the hand.
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And Iām glad my tips on picking up extra stitches when starting the thumb, and my explanation on how to get the waste yarn working, helped!
I love the idea of these. I actually threw together the half dome hat - I tell you I think theres an issue with that pattern. I followed it exactly and the numbers of stitches didnāt match up towards the end. Plus it seems a bit err odd - anyway Iād planned on doing these do they really only take one ball?
Can I play too???
I just started my Fetching over the weekend, then thoughtā¦ āMaybe I should see if thereās a KALā
Iāve never done a KAL before, so Iām excited about that, too!
Iāve practiced using DPNās and did well, but ended up frogging it because I wasnāt really making anything. This will be my first real project on DPNās.
Iām using cough cough [size=2]Red Heart Hokey Pokey - cheap yarn bought in desperation at Wally World at midnight lol [/size][size=3][/size] cough cough OMG! Iām turning into a yarn snob!!!
The color is ālt plumā, a variegated lavendar with a tweedy strand running through it. Quite a PITA to work with, the plys split apart if you look at them wrong. But it was a project that HAD to be started that day, NOTHING else I have on needles even remotely interested me, but I had some free time to knit!
This pair will be for me, so the yarn quality is not an issue. In the winter, I always wrap in an afghan while surfing, but my poor little mouse hand gets soo sooooooo cold and chilly! lol. I could have gotten away with making just one, until I realized that the one I started is the LEFT hand and I mouse with my RIGHT! (And Iām WAY to OCD to wear a mitt called the āleft handā mitt on my right hand! yes, I know I am sick. the little green pills help immensely!)
So, maybe Iāll dig up my dig camera so I can post my progress, Iām on my first one, about half way through the 14 rounds of ribbing. I may make it longer though.
Oh yeah, and Iām using size FOURS!! (I TOLD you I just HAD to start!) I usually need one size down from the pattern to hit gauge, and I didnāt have any 5ās so Iām using 4ās. Itās coming out a bit tight and narrow, but since my wrist is the ONLY thing I have thatās slender, Iām not worried about the fit.
Next pair will be a gift pair done with nice yummy yarn and the proper size needles, I PROMISE!!![size=1][/size]
Wow! Great work everyone, very āfetchingāā¦ :roflhard:
I havenāt yet started but my yarn has arrived now - hoooray! I went for the yarn the pattern suggested since I loved how soft the baby cashmerino feltā¦ yummmmmā¦ in [color=red]RED![/color]
ā¦ slightly off-topic, but I opened the package this morning only to discover itās the exact same shade and my [color=red]new shoes![/color]ā¦ just had to take a picture before work this morning to show youā¦
[size=6]WARNING:[/size] Gratuitous yarn/shoe porn below
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Will post some pictures when I finally get around to knitting this!
[size=7]OMG!!!
I love your shoes!!! [/size]
Yarn looks lovely too
Cute shoes!
The yarn is lovely too 
I love the shoes too!!!
I like the purl bind off, Catā¦ I wasnāt crazy about the picot edge either.
Toasty Now you have a whole little accessory scheme going on!