Learning to knit a hat in the round on a 16 inch needle is a piece of cake. Learning to knit on a set of double pointed needles is like having a piece of cake but not having a fork or even fingers with which to eat it - it's awkward. I prefer knitting on two circular needles and have given students the choice to learn this style or use the double pointeds. Even knitting on two circular needles takes some practice and care to avoid twisting the rounds. After a bit of practice on small rounds students learned to or, using diagrams, taught themselves to cable. It is a surprisingly easy process and they all seem to have caught on quickly. Now the swatching for the mittens begins. Students are making flat swatches with a bit of the ribbing they will use for the cuffs, a bit of the cable they have chosen from a couple of the stitch dictionaries I have provided (referenced at the right), and the stockinette stitch they will be using on the palm. Both Liz and Chris are at this step.
Erin, probably my most experienced knitter, is well into the knitting of the mitten, which matches her two-color hat.
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