I made the Give A Hoot mittens (link to .pdf pattern) last year – a pair for myself and a pair for the lovely AnnieB – and upon wearing them again recently I’ve discovered that my knitting tension clearly isn’t quite what it could be. See -

The mittens are designed in the Scandinavian style with a pointed top and are knitted in the round on double pointed needles. I admittedly find it difficult to avoid the ‘jog’ when moving between needles but have largely resolved this issue over the last few years of practicing with them, but these mittens have confounded me. I’m really not sure how I’ve ended up with such large gaps – it could admittedly be because these mittens are knit using aran weight yarn which is therefore going to highlight any minor error – but I’m thinking it’s more likely to have been my knitting technique, so I ask of all ye knitters out there. Do you have any suggestions of how to avoid this for next time?

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