I’ve knit them for lots of other people, but never for myself. I want to make myself long ones with cables.
For those who haven’t knit wristwarmers before, I suggest learning the magic loop method for knitting two tubes simultaneously (there’s stuff on the web about knitting socks that way). That way both turn out exactly the same at the same time—no need to remember what quirky changes I made to the pattern as I went. And knit them from the fingers up to the elbows so that you can use all the yarn you want without worrying that you’re going to run out.
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i need to finish cutting the knots on the inside and weave the last few ends in and then i’m all done! yay!
i got another 2 stripes of color on while watching the first half of harry potter and the goblet of fire last night. yay!

