Have I Said Lately That Elizabeth Zimmermann Was A Genius?
Well, she was. I'm doing her mitered mitten pattern and you know what that little bit of white is? It's her "thumb trick." When you get to where you want the thumb, you take a scrap piece of yarn and knit 1/2 the number of thumb stitches with the scrap yarn, then put those stitches back onto your left needle and knit them with the main color. When you're ready for the thumb, pull out that scrap yarn & you have the live stitches to pick up for the thumb. NO CUTTING INVOLVED! I have survived steeks and will eventually steek again, but it's hard to voluntarily cut one's knitting. It's just wrong and while I know EZ would never tell me to do something that wouldn't work, let's face it--the woman was tougher than I am. She seems to have faced steeks undaunted. I, on the other hand, am completely daunted. I have spent a large part of my life trying to make sure that my knitting and sharp objects never get a chance to meet, and ...