I
love knitting gloves! But, to be able to get the details
that make them so interesting you have to have many stitches
per square inch. To achieve this in so small a scale,
ridiculously thin knitting needles are required. I make
my own knitting needles out of stainless steel wires that
are so thin (.001") that they can accommodate more
that 80 stitches per inch. The gloves I make are 1/12th
scale which means that 1 inch =1 foot in the "real"
world. That means a finger the size of a grain of rice
would be about the right size to fit inside a pair of
my gloves.
You'll
notice that occasionally I knit complex geometric patterns
into the gloves, and sometimes I'll attempt more difficult
designs such as people and figures which are a challenge
for me and are rare. A particularly complex pair sold
at auction for $600.00 (the proceeds went to a worthy
cause). I continue to make gloves, loving every second
of it and experimenting with new techniques. |
