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1 fingerless glove :) (media.piefed.social)
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(Left image is outside of glove, right image is it flipped inside out).

I know it's only 1 glove but this was my first project beyond a standard knit (which I now know is "garter" stitch) scarf with fringe.

I learned Right Side (RS), Wrong Side (WS), how to do a purl stitch and that alternating it with knit is called stockinette, and this was my first attempt at doing a "mattress" seam! Which you can see I struggled with, especially for the stockinette part, but I'm hoping I can do a better job on the next one, and I'm happy with how this lil glove came out overall for a first attempt! :)

If anyone does have tips/suggestions, or "tried and true" resources for learning how to do seams, I'd be grateful!

I used the pattern, yarn, and needles included with this kit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1441750462/diy-fingerless-gloves-knitting-kit

1 fingerless glove :)
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[–] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

It looks great! Mattress stitch is fiddly and can take some practice to learn to do neatly, but I bet you'll see improvement on the second mitt. You can also always undo the seam on the first one and redo it if you're not happy with it

VeryPink Knits is a great resource for video tutorials, including seaming/grafting. She also has slow motion videos of a lot of techniques that are specifically geared toward beginners. She's been my first stop for years when I need to learn a new technique for a pattern.

My best advice overall is to take each new technique as it comes. A lot of patterns seem intimidating on first look, but even the fanciest, most complicated-looking stitches are (almost always) just knits or purls at their core.

There are tons of free tutorials and resources out there, and lots of online and in person fibre arts communities full of lovely people. Ravelry is a fantastic place to start for free and paid patterns (Etsy has a lot of AI slop scams), and I hear their forums are pretty good. If you're a Discord person, feel free to DM me and I can link you to a fibre arts server I joined a few years ago as well (not sure what the rules are here for linking to those sorts of things).

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    You're so kind, thank you sooo much! VeryPink & Ravelry seem like exactly the kind of "tried and true" resources I was hoping to find! Honestly there's so much out there it's a bit overwhelming, so I appreciate it! And your overall advice is very reassuring, too, I was so intimidated by the purl stitch for a while, I feel like I've unlocked a whole new world now! Haha.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    No problem!

    Ravelry has been around for a long time and is hands down the best resource for finding patterns (apparently ~700,000 have been uploaded). Their advanced search is fantastic if you're looking for something in particular, but the sheer number of filter options can feel kind of overwhelming at first. If you're logged in while looking at a pattern, you can see other people's projects, which often include helpful notes and photos. Rav also has solid user tools, including ones for tracking your own projects and yarn stash (which will build up if you stick with knitting), and a huge yarn database that I mostly use for finding photos of yarn colours in various lighting before I buy them online.

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