Slow progress

While Tim is pushing ahead full steam, I'm slowing trekking up the hill. Not only is he a faster knitter, but he's also more focused. Well done, Tim!

But I do have a bit of progress to show off so far...

Yesterday at lunch, I finally made it to the thumb separation. And the good news is that it seems to fit me so far. A good thing considering I picked the colors to match my winter coat. You can see in this photo how the garter stitch hem keeps flipping up. I'm not convinced yet that blocking will fix this. At this point, my options are to just flip it to the underside and stitch it down or to cut it off and knit some sort of other hem. I'm leaning towards the second option because then the hem border could be in the purple yarn.

Anyway, I made more progress last night after work while watching Star Trek: The Next Generation (streaming now on Netflix!) and cringing at the sweaters that they put on Wesley. I'm just starting the first flower on the back of the mitten in purple. The colors contrast so nicely and I'm much happier with his yarn choice than my original pick.

So, a little bit of progress to show for my time. Time to stick to my knitting for a bit and get more accomplished!