Knitting, crocheting and general craftery

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HellsBells Nov 2022 9:30pm, 4 Nov 2022 29,893 posts	0 HellsBells Sorry, re-read directions KK M1 KK M1
EvilPixie Nov 2022 9:30pm, 4 Nov 2022 37,208 posts	0 EvilPixie Oh Thanks 😃
Kittenheels Kath Nov 2022 11:43am, 9 Nov 2022 3,404 posts	0 Kittenheels Kath It's silly question time, I'm afraid. Posting on here as this is a safe space, and I won't see any eye-rolling! This is the chart for the mittens I'm knitting, I'm on the thumb of the first mitten at the moment, and the silly question is: how do I adjust the thumb for the other mitten so that I don't end up with two left-hand mittens? Would reading the chart for that side of the mitten backwards do the trick?
EvilPixie Nov 2022 11:57am, 9 Nov 2022 37,314 posts	0 EvilPixie gosh that looks complicated! There are cleverer people than me on here but if it was me I would do as you say!
Velociraptor Nov 2022 1:20pm, 9 Nov 2022 60,850 posts	0 Velociraptor I'm looking at that and thinking, I could do it but I couldn't explain it.
Kittenheels Kath Nov 2022 2:30pm, 9 Nov 2022 3,405 posts	0 Kittenheels Kath Here's an attempt to explain what I have in my head: So I would start knitting in the direction of the green arrow, then when I get to the mid point orange arrow, I would start from the other side and knit in the direction of the purple arrow. Does that make any sense at all?
Silvershadow Nov 2022 4:14pm, 9 Nov 2022 1,634 posts	0 Silvershadow Would flipping the chart mirror image do the trick?
Kittenheels Kath Nov 2022 4:22pm, 9 Nov 2022 3,406 posts	0 Kittenheels Kath Ooh, how did you do that? That makes more sense, because the pattern on the back of the mitten doesn't stop at the mid-point, but continues past it. If I can't work out how to flip the image, would it work the same if I just knitted from right to left instead? It would do my head in, probably!
Kittenheels Kath Nov 2022 4:33pm, 9 Nov 2022 3,407 posts	0 Kittenheels Kath I waded through dozens of websites, and found the answer: you just read the pattern from left to right, to make a matching mitten and not an identical one. Until I see that work out in practice, I will be prepared to rip it all out and start again!
HellsBells Nov 2022 6:24pm, 9 Nov 2022 29,931 posts	0 HellsBells Does it not tell you in the pattern somewhere how to work the second mitt?

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