Not quite perfect

I love my new River Twist gloves. Love the colors, love the way they fit. But I noticed yesterday that they aren’t quite perfect:

not quite the same

Can you see this mismatch? Despite counting rows and taking notes so the gloves could be identical, I somehow managed to create cuffs of different lengths: the left is longer than the right. sigh

Did I miscount? Did I misinterpret my own notes? Either way, the difference will stand. I could snip a strand above the shorter cuff, knit a couple more rounds, and graft everything back together. But I figure that the difference will make it easier to distinguish left glove from right glove. How’s that for rationalizing?

Besides, I’m already planning some improvements for the next pair, to be knit out of Twisted:

• I want to tweak the thumb gussets slightly. Normally, when I knit gloves, I don’t increase immediately after completing the cuff to the number of stitches I need for the hand. Rather, I work those increases along with the thumb gusset increases. But this means that the increase lines are kind of long: one runs into the palm, and the other runs into the back of the hand. The gloves fit well, but the increase lines look a little weird. So, for the next gloves, I want to alter the placement of the increases so they curve around the base of the thumb instead. We’ll see if that looks any less weird.
• I want to put some short rows across the knuckles. Usually I knit gloves out of feltable yarn, and rely on felting during everyday use (or, better yet, raking leaves or cross-country skiing) to felt the palms down and provide a snug, anatomically-correct fit. But I’ve been meaning to try a more knitterly approach for a while, and now seems like a good time.

With any luck, the cuffs will be the same length too.

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