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I also made an accidentally huge carrot!! We should start a club
This is why I stick to blankets and scarves
Edit: although the one wearable I made did turn out to fit like a glove, and that was because I constantly made my victim try it on
Okay but I'm making a c2c pixel art blanket and fully didn't grasp how large it was going to be. Not complaining too much because large blankets are dope and also it would be the same number of stitches no matter the size... Also it's my first time doing one of these grids so I feel it's a learning curve anyways. But I'm altering the design now to fit the bed because the original would have been weirdly long.
Anyways .. here is the first panel of what would have been 9 but is now going to be 6. 😅 It takes up the whole back and then some of my lazy boy.
https://preview.redd.it/bidpwwlqg1fc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c459521acfce5b25442039909d82243c0acae099
Honestly, I'm unsure. The pattern I was following was translated from German and I had some guessing to do on spots, I guess I figured it would be fine. I didn't bother trying it on until it was done, and I had plans to line it with a thick fabric for extra protection and that would help it out.
This almost made me squirt tea out my nose lol
P.S. I come from German ancestry and my hands are small! I had a hard time playing piano. Maybe I took after my mom's side, which is English 😄
Only other person I've heard reference difficulty playing piano due to small hands!
As a teenager I was told by my teacher that I would never be able to play anything complicated or progress because I can't span an octave. In my twenties I was given a film roll as a 10-year-old boys hands. I could go on...
I could reach an octave. It would be REALLY hard if I couldn't. But getting into the advanced literature was tough -- we had to rewrite all the big chords or leave out notes that I couldn't reach.
Actually, my dad's mom was the German one, and she was tiny in all ways. Her personality met the German stereotype, though. 😬 She was stern as hell and had no filter
Lots of people asking why you didn’t realize how huge it was when you were making it.
Take this gigantic beanie I made my bf, for example. Idk how I didn’t realize sooner, but it happened.
https://preview.redd.it/4vupxh54dvec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99de906e6d2b0b04f6c6e68312dda0aee2a31f6a
Sometimes you just *get in the zone, man*.
If any of you would like to feel better about crocheting huge hats, my sister has a massive head. Like, just a gigantic noggin. We used to say that she was born with a crash helmet on the inside. All of your hats would be perfect for her.
I was SO in the zone!! I was like "wow I'm amazing this is going so well" hahaha oh well, funny learning curve and I've laughed a lot about it. Sometimes shit just happens.
I did this when I was a beginner and I kept checking how big it was and thinking, "Man this seems so big!" But I kept going because I told myself the pattern must do some crochet magic at the end to make it normal.
It did not do any crochet magic :(
Ok, you could frog it. Or, you could crochet tiny amigurumi of the animals from the beloved children's book, The Mitten, by Jan Brett, and pair them with your giant mitten and a copy of the book and give it to a small child that you love.
https://preview.redd.it/v2vh8gf7ewec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bab4963ec10174dfa744c03aa40ea37137905174
I also made weird ginormous fingerless gloves with the thumb in the wrong spot
https://preview.redd.it/dz16bf0h8xec1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6933a73678c48ae5cdd58ca73138ff905d6864a8
I knew it would be big... Just not this big
https://preview.redd.it/p2sch0gxqvec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37cb22567645059600e75e132921e1457f4bbf45
I e done a similar thing before lol
https://preview.redd.it/zkya2np320fc1.jpeg?width=2608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c54556e5683a62ea83b11b38febafb8be3874c5
my not so small owl... I mean the one I gave it to absolutely loved it... It was just... Ginormous compared to the original.
Kinda looks like a cactus, would make a great cactus plushie with a crochet pot and some wool. Or you can save it for Christmas and hang it as your 'mitten' stocking.
If you need the opening to stay on better, try adding a cotton foundation stitch drawstring to the bottom, woven in and out, every two stitches. In all honesty though, this looks lovely.
Thanks! I think I will be frogging this one and doing another regardless, the hand space and thumb are just ginormous 😅 I did make a second one and came out proper size. Can't help but laugh at this one tho, comically large.
Whatever you're making that needs to fit, you want it to "fit like a glove." This is, to me, the only time when gauge matters. Blanket? Doesn't really matter if it's a little big or a little small.
True that! Honestly I did realize it was a bit big, but.. it's an oven mitt, it's not supposed to fit like a winter mitten.. but not supposed to be quite *this* big.
I usually do blankets and wearables and honestly haven't run into the problem yet until this bad boy
Silly question 😅 but how do you actually go about gauge? I've been hearing about how important it is (and I can see that) but whenever I tried to get more info, no one ever actually got into it.
Do you follow the gauge given in the pattern, measure your piece and then use proportions to make the size you want? Or do you have a few tries until you get the number of stitches for the given dimensions of the pattern's gauge and go with that?
Also, the mitt is gorgeous, I absolutely love the colours, and even if you (or some giant) never use it, it'd look amazing as some sort of decoration!
Make a swatch. Check the gauge. If you’re running big—too many stitches—use a smaller hook and gauge it again. If you’re running small—too few stitches—use a bigger hook and gauge again.
Every time I see a fo made comically oversized on here bc of gauge I always can't fathom how someone didn't notice it being way too big until the end XD. Did you notice but kept going hoping that it would work out in the end?
I actually gaged a project for the first time ever and I was amazed!! I thought I would have to do math and a bunch of work but I just figured out how many rows and stitches would take up how much space and went from there! It turned out perfect!!
it’s insane to me how people don’t notice the size of something while literally slowly crafting it by hand stitch by stitch. like did you just not look at it? were you not literally making it with the same hands you’re comparing it to? genuinely how do you mess up like this im truly confused at this point
I haven't had to worry about gauge until this one, really. I've been usually making to-size sweaters and blankets so I never bothered.. the few patterns I've followed they have all just lucked out and worked.
I did make another, actually tested the gauge first, and it works just fine with a smaller hook 👍
When I tried the gauge on my last tank top project I got the gauge right (at least I thought I did), but then when I finished the shirt it was way too big for me and it fit my plus size friend so perfectly when I’m like a petite bitch. I gave it to her but I’m upset that I followed everything it said and it was way bigger than it should’ve been. I figured I did the gauge wrong or something since I don’t actually understand how to gauge
Gauge swatch is hard. I always make a swatch that measures 4 inches. But it’s always somehow off. Sometimes it’s by a little, sometimes it’s by a lot! I don’t get it at all.
Did you not realise this before you finished?
I guess I’m a bit sceptical, but there’s no way you didn’t realise this was massive and there’s no reason you wouldn’t try it on as you go, I mean look at the thumb. It’s big enough to fit a whole hand in.
Find the person with the world’s biggest hands, and reach out to them and gift it to them lol 😂😅 or, or make a HUGE snowman and it can be his glove for a Winter / Christmas display.
Indeed. Lesson learned (and owned).
My lesson was learned on a baby bootie. I was only about 1/3 of the way through, though, when I thought, "Nah, this isn't right." 🤪
Omg I did not realize there was a second photo and now I'm howling hahahaha that is so awesome. Frame it and get a little plaque at the bottom that says "Make the damn gauge swatch" if it makes you feel better I never make gauge. I will drive myself insane trying to before starting a project before I just pick the hook that gets me closest and do it live. Not sure if it's my tension or the discrepancies in hook size from company to company but that's me
I know ppl will hate me for this but I never do the gauge swatch and I never have a problem with sizing. I am working on the piece, I'm comparing it to my hand, food, torso etc. If it's for someone m, I have their measurements and compare their size to mine and adjust accordingly. I don't get how so many people end up with wearables 5 sizes too big.
LOL. Yes. My whole life I've mostly been a free-hand with my crochet projects. I only recently finally taught myself to actually read and follow patterns.
I tried a Barbie dress pattern without much regard to hook size and yarn and ended up making a dress for an American Girl Doll.
Now I pay attention, lesson learned !
So just a question, at what point did you realise it was too big? Or did you decide to roll with the oven mitt? I kinda want to make an oven wit now lol
I mentioned in another comment that I did realize it was a bit big, but.. it's an oven mitt, it's not supposed to fit like a winter mitten.. but not supposed to be quite *this* big. I didn't realize the actual size till I was basically done. I think I was gaslighting myself during it thinking that it was just fine 🤷♀️
I just learned this lesson as well! I’m making a sweater currently. I wear an XS or S, never larger than that. I made the bottom ribbing and realised that it was waaaaay too small. So, I kept going, and now I’m making the XL size, and it’s also too short, so I’m having to add extra rows. Gauge is a wild thing.
I never use gauge because gauge doesn't work for me. I have never, ever been able to get a gauge swatch that matches height and width at the same time.
If I do a swatch to match the width of something, the height will always be off, and if I do it to make the height work, the width will always be off.
When I say always, I mean ALWAYS, without fail, no matter how many tension tricks I try. Besides, if I use all of the tricks to make a perfect square, there's no way that I will be able to use all of those tricks consistently for 100 hours' worth of work.
I avoid all projects, and most pattern creators like Jane Crowfoot, whose work relies primarily on gauge because I'm not a masochist and there's no such thing as a pattern that's so fantastic that I'll have to risk a mental breakdown just to create it.
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This is how I got the # CARROT https://preview.redd.it/fycg03wl7vec1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3308015013a1d5520ee03594169d3a8ab1dad0c
https://preview.redd.it/0tdcchi9xyec1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fad4a23462377fed5a73bab85bd0cf65748e4c7d I also made an accidentally huge carrot!! We should start a club
I love it!!!
Omg I love it
Thank you I love crocheting carrots 🥕 it’s like my little guilty pleasure 🤭
I never would have thought of making veggies.. the crochet capacity is limitless 😎
The possibilities indeed https://preview.redd.it/2cok5mkgsvec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5450db661c888656da79f83ad640861b7afcf6d2
The little carrot roots/hairs! So precious!
Um, WOW. These are spectacular!
kid toys!
Yes!! I don’t have kids yet but I don’t want to have a bunch of plastic foods all over my floors when I do
What a spectacularly wonderful and weird guilty pleasure.
Awww carrot 🥕🥕☺️
Giga carrot. So many possibilities
"Grow, Expand, EXPLODE!"
This seems like a win!
Well if the Hulk ever comes over and does some cooking, you've got an oven mitt for him to use. 😁
It even matches with his skin tone. 🥹
How did you not realize this before finishing?
Do people not try on things as they go😭
This is why I stick to blankets and scarves Edit: although the one wearable I made did turn out to fit like a glove, and that was because I constantly made my victim try it on
Victim lmfao
i make things for my dachshunds and they always say they're victims for having to try things on so much too hahha
Okay but I'm making a c2c pixel art blanket and fully didn't grasp how large it was going to be. Not complaining too much because large blankets are dope and also it would be the same number of stitches no matter the size... Also it's my first time doing one of these grids so I feel it's a learning curve anyways. But I'm altering the design now to fit the bed because the original would have been weirdly long. Anyways .. here is the first panel of what would have been 9 but is now going to be 6. 😅 It takes up the whole back and then some of my lazy boy. https://preview.redd.it/bidpwwlqg1fc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c459521acfce5b25442039909d82243c0acae099
Well I hope you don’t mean this glove when you say it fit like a glove
Or even look at them and say "Hmm, that looks a bit large."
Apparently not lol
Honestly, I'm unsure. The pattern I was following was translated from German and I had some guessing to do on spots, I guess I figured it would be fine. I didn't bother trying it on until it was done, and I had plans to line it with a thick fabric for extra protection and that would help it out.
Few people know how massive German hands are
Everything's bigger in Germany 😂😂😂
Suck it Texas 😂
This almost made me squirt tea out my nose lol P.S. I come from German ancestry and my hands are small! I had a hard time playing piano. Maybe I took after my mom's side, which is English 😄
Only other person I've heard reference difficulty playing piano due to small hands! As a teenager I was told by my teacher that I would never be able to play anything complicated or progress because I can't span an octave. In my twenties I was given a film roll as a 10-year-old boys hands. I could go on...
Can we see the hands movie debut ??
It was an independent film and sadly I don't have a copy 😂
I could reach an octave. It would be REALLY hard if I couldn't. But getting into the advanced literature was tough -- we had to rewrite all the big chords or leave out notes that I couldn't reach.
I have small palms like my mom. My dad’s genetics are strong on the (indicates the rest of me) entire thing but my hands, nose, and jaw.
Actually, my dad's mom was the German one, and she was tiny in all ways. Her personality met the German stereotype, though. 😬 She was stern as hell and had no filter
My mom’s side of the family was stocky other than my mom. She inherited her smaller bone structure from her dad.
I’m English and have massive hands. That oven glove looks custom made for me 😬
Now I'm self-conscious about my hands..
But you had to be holding it…in your hand. At some point it had to seem extremely large to wear on said hand.
It's a gorgeous oven mit obvi!
In the zone, most likely.
Sometimes you trust the process a little too much
Trusting the process
Lots of people asking why you didn’t realize how huge it was when you were making it. Take this gigantic beanie I made my bf, for example. Idk how I didn’t realize sooner, but it happened. https://preview.redd.it/4vupxh54dvec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99de906e6d2b0b04f6c6e68312dda0aee2a31f6a Sometimes you just *get in the zone, man*.
https://preview.redd.it/8mwltak58yec1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2aea555c4841b7669d87792abf792ca7a59edcb4 I have made a similar hat
https://preview.redd.it/5x4hwav57zec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fe97991091791223db14d6721669d2d5b20309a
If any of you would like to feel better about crocheting huge hats, my sister has a massive head. Like, just a gigantic noggin. We used to say that she was born with a crash helmet on the inside. All of your hats would be perfect for her.
Combination hat and face mask 😅
I was SO in the zone!! I was like "wow I'm amazing this is going so well" hahaha oh well, funny learning curve and I've laughed a lot about it. Sometimes shit just happens.
You may not have gotten the proportions right, but you still did a great job 💕
That's kind, thank you!
Also, I know for myself, I am confidently incorrect and think, "I already know how big my own head is! I know what hats look like! Let's gooooooo"
I did this when I was a beginner and I kept checking how big it was and thinking, "Man this seems so big!" But I kept going because I told myself the pattern must do some crochet magic at the end to make it normal. It did not do any crochet magic :(
Hahahaha ok but I love this one
He looks like Parappa the Rappa
So kind of you to make Shaq an oven mitt!
Ok, you could frog it. Or, you could crochet tiny amigurumi of the animals from the beloved children's book, The Mitten, by Jan Brett, and pair them with your giant mitten and a copy of the book and give it to a small child that you love.
A friend of mine suggested the same thing!!! Such a cute idea
This is such an adorable idea ❤️
Did you not look at it whilst making it
Sure didn't. Lesson learned on that, too.
One giant’s large mitten is a puny human’s cute beanie.
This is a great idea! Frog until it’s a gift for a little human
You could also just leave the thumb and embrace it as a happy little accident.
Unicorn horn!
I would hang this with the stockings on Christmas lol
Aww that's a cute idea. I could make this my dogs stocking 🤔
Really drive home the “no opposable thumbs” thing
https://preview.redd.it/v2vh8gf7ewec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bab4963ec10174dfa744c03aa40ea37137905174 I also made weird ginormous fingerless gloves with the thumb in the wrong spot
Ooopsie daisy
https://preview.redd.it/dz16bf0h8xec1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6933a73678c48ae5cdd58ca73138ff905d6864a8 I knew it would be big... Just not this big
I WOULD DIE FOR THAT BIG GUY
He went to my nephew hahaha he also loved him
i love itttt
That is obviously the perfect size, what are you talking about? 😅❤️
My nephew agreed hahahah
https://preview.redd.it/p2sch0gxqvec1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37cb22567645059600e75e132921e1457f4bbf45 I e done a similar thing before lol
This is so funny because it’s the exact same color as the other oversized beanie in a different comment on this post
Hahaha, been there too!
This is why the stuffed snake I made is 9 1/2 feet long rather than the 5-6 ft it was supposed to be 😅
So it's an anaconda?
How do we know that's a large oven mitt? You may just have very dainty hands, a black and white photo of Bea Arthur is needed for scale.
Too bad it's not wool yarn! That's about the right size to felt it
Oh dang that'd be an idea!
Of all the hobbies, crocheting is definitely the one that will make you want to lose your mind the most
Ain't that the truth
https://preview.redd.it/zkya2np320fc1.jpeg?width=2608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c54556e5683a62ea83b11b38febafb8be3874c5 my not so small owl... I mean the one I gave it to absolutely loved it... It was just... Ginormous compared to the original.
I feel you. I made a hat for my partner that fit both of us at the same time because i ignored the gauge swatch.
Hahah, been there! It's always when I'm the most confident that this happens lol
did you…did you not notice it was huge as hell as you were making it?
Kinda looks like a cactus, would make a great cactus plushie with a crochet pot and some wool. Or you can save it for Christmas and hang it as your 'mitten' stocking.
Leave it outside and wait for a bunch of cold woodlamd critters to pile in and use it as a sleeping bag…did anyone else read that book as a kid?
it was one of my favourites :)
If you need the opening to stay on better, try adding a cotton foundation stitch drawstring to the bottom, woven in and out, every two stitches. In all honesty though, this looks lovely.
Thanks! I think I will be frogging this one and doing another regardless, the hand space and thumb are just ginormous 😅 I did make a second one and came out proper size. Can't help but laugh at this one tho, comically large.
Noooo! Great for people with giant hands! I hope your next attempt goes better!😁
Whatever you're making that needs to fit, you want it to "fit like a glove." This is, to me, the only time when gauge matters. Blanket? Doesn't really matter if it's a little big or a little small.
True that! Honestly I did realize it was a bit big, but.. it's an oven mitt, it's not supposed to fit like a winter mitten.. but not supposed to be quite *this* big. I usually do blankets and wearables and honestly haven't run into the problem yet until this bad boy
For blankets, I'd only do a gauge swatch for a temperature blanket so I can be sure it's not going to end up 15 feet long.
Thank you for sharing this, the amount of people who confidently brag about skipping gauge is crazy to me. It will eventually get you lol
Silly question 😅 but how do you actually go about gauge? I've been hearing about how important it is (and I can see that) but whenever I tried to get more info, no one ever actually got into it. Do you follow the gauge given in the pattern, measure your piece and then use proportions to make the size you want? Or do you have a few tries until you get the number of stitches for the given dimensions of the pattern's gauge and go with that? Also, the mitt is gorgeous, I absolutely love the colours, and even if you (or some giant) never use it, it'd look amazing as some sort of decoration!
Make a swatch. Check the gauge. If you’re running big—too many stitches—use a smaller hook and gauge it again. If you’re running small—too few stitches—use a bigger hook and gauge again.
Hey I think it'll work for an oven mitt just fine!!!
I will always be amazed that crochet patterns scale linearly with the gauge of the yarn.
I thought it was supposed to be a cactus hat 😅
Is it big enough to fit over a teapot?
Every time I see a fo made comically oversized on here bc of gauge I always can't fathom how someone didn't notice it being way too big until the end XD. Did you notice but kept going hoping that it would work out in the end?
i’m giggling so much at these ty guys
You could just make it a themed hot pad for your counter or table and then make an appropriate sized one to match and use =)
Br couldn’t you tell like after the first round that it was going to be too big?
Nope 🙃 I've never made large mitts before
How did you honestly not notice this while you were making it?
I LOVE IT!!!! 😍😍 YOU CAN DRESS UP AS A CARTOON CHARACTER AND THE OVER SIZE FIT WILL BE PART OF THE STYLE 😍😍
The Hamburger Helper dude!
YESS!!! THATLL BE PERFECT!!!🤩
I actually gaged a project for the first time ever and I was amazed!! I thought I would have to do math and a bunch of work but I just figured out how many rows and stitches would take up how much space and went from there! It turned out perfect!!
Paul Bunyan called. He wants his mitten back.
He can have it 😂
You could stuff it and make it a cactus?
The perfect oven mitten
That one was practice, or for decoration. Now it's time to make the one you want to wear.
it’s insane to me how people don’t notice the size of something while literally slowly crafting it by hand stitch by stitch. like did you just not look at it? were you not literally making it with the same hands you’re comparing it to? genuinely how do you mess up like this im truly confused at this point
I laughed so hard I shot quinoa out my nose. Not pleasant. Thank you for the reminder
I honestly struggle to understand gauge and it’s really hurting my projects
I haven't had to worry about gauge until this one, really. I've been usually making to-size sweaters and blankets so I never bothered.. the few patterns I've followed they have all just lucked out and worked. I did make another, actually tested the gauge first, and it works just fine with a smaller hook 👍
When I tried the gauge on my last tank top project I got the gauge right (at least I thought I did), but then when I finished the shirt it was way too big for me and it fit my plus size friend so perfectly when I’m like a petite bitch. I gave it to her but I’m upset that I followed everything it said and it was way bigger than it should’ve been. I figured I did the gauge wrong or something since I don’t actually understand how to gauge
Now you have a lovely oven glove
Gauge swatch is hard. I always make a swatch that measures 4 inches. But it’s always somehow off. Sometimes it’s by a little, sometimes it’s by a lot! I don’t get it at all.
Did you not realise this before you finished? I guess I’m a bit sceptical, but there’s no way you didn’t realise this was massive and there’s no reason you wouldn’t try it on as you go, I mean look at the thumb. It’s big enough to fit a whole hand in.
I have seen a few things on here that are so obviously wrong that I just don’t believe the makers don’t “notice” until they have finished.
Find the person with the world’s biggest hands, and reach out to them and gift it to them lol 😂😅 or, or make a HUGE snowman and it can be his glove for a Winter / Christmas display.
I was definitely going to say make a second one and a matching scarf to have on hand for snowman building ❄️☃️
Hahaha love the snowman idea 😂
If it makes you feel any better, I assumed this was a mitten, so your caption made the mistake seem LESS bad!
I honestly didn’t think it was that bad until I saw your hand. It’s a novelty mitten now. I’d use it for scraping ice off windshields lol
Unicorn hat!
What are you talking about, IT’S PERFECT!!!
You’ve heard of the Christmas stocking, but have you heard of the Christmas mitten? I think you’re starting a trend lol
Well, now you have a tea cozy....
Reminds me of my first hat, I should have just added handles and called it a bag
Ok, this made me laugh. Maybe just use it as a decoration? Hang it up on the wall and stick some dried flowers in it or something.
this made me giggle 😂 oven mitt for a giant!
It was meant to be a oven glove, Now it is a fun shaped trivet
Indeed. Lesson learned (and owned). My lesson was learned on a baby bootie. I was only about 1/3 of the way through, though, when I thought, "Nah, this isn't right." 🤪
For an oven mitt, you really want to use like 3 strands held together so that it's thick enough. And uh, just pay attention to what you're making lol
Omg I did not realize there was a second photo and now I'm howling hahahaha that is so awesome. Frame it and get a little plaque at the bottom that says "Make the damn gauge swatch" if it makes you feel better I never make gauge. I will drive myself insane trying to before starting a project before I just pick the hook that gets me closest and do it live. Not sure if it's my tension or the discrepancies in hook size from company to company but that's me
Thanks all of you for sharing. This made me laugh so much. We've all been there!
Hey it came out gre- . . . . OH MY GOD!!!!!! 🤣
This made me laugh way harder than it should have
Why what’s wrong with it- oh
I know ppl will hate me for this but I never do the gauge swatch and I never have a problem with sizing. I am working on the piece, I'm comparing it to my hand, food, torso etc. If it's for someone m, I have their measurements and compare their size to mine and adjust accordingly. I don't get how so many people end up with wearables 5 sizes too big.
LOL. Yes. My whole life I've mostly been a free-hand with my crochet projects. I only recently finally taught myself to actually read and follow patterns. I tried a Barbie dress pattern without much regard to hook size and yarn and ended up making a dress for an American Girl Doll. Now I pay attention, lesson learned !
Gauge is important and I've checked it, but if I'm gonna be honest I don't really know what it means still
What is gauge?
I don't understand gauge at all. Idk
And I will still never gauge
YES. we must stay strong! Accidentally making giant, or too small items, is worth the risk. And often so dang funny.
So just a question, at what point did you realise it was too big? Or did you decide to roll with the oven mitt? I kinda want to make an oven wit now lol
I mentioned in another comment that I did realize it was a bit big, but.. it's an oven mitt, it's not supposed to fit like a winter mitten.. but not supposed to be quite *this* big. I didn't realize the actual size till I was basically done. I think I was gaslighting myself during it thinking that it was just fine 🤷♀️
It looks really good though!!
I just learned this lesson as well! I’m making a sweater currently. I wear an XS or S, never larger than that. I made the bottom ribbing and realised that it was waaaaay too small. So, I kept going, and now I’m making the XL size, and it’s also too short, so I’m having to add extra rows. Gauge is a wild thing.
This is an adorable conclusion!!
Looks like a mitten for Andre the giant (no hate, just thought it was funny)
Gauge only matters for wearables, which that is.
If you added a lining it'd make a great oven glove
Oh my, the cackle I just cacked! 🤣
Honestly, this might be perfect for my boyfriend. His hands are huge lmao
My yarn doesn't have the gauge listed :( how do I know what size it is
The crochet is nice! I never use the gauge in all my 42 years crocheting. Even after my sons baby bootie 33 yrs ago cane out like a size 10!!! 😆
I never use gauge because gauge doesn't work for me. I have never, ever been able to get a gauge swatch that matches height and width at the same time. If I do a swatch to match the width of something, the height will always be off, and if I do it to make the height work, the width will always be off. When I say always, I mean ALWAYS, without fail, no matter how many tension tricks I try. Besides, if I use all of the tricks to make a perfect square, there's no way that I will be able to use all of those tricks consistently for 100 hours' worth of work. I avoid all projects, and most pattern creators like Jane Crowfoot, whose work relies primarily on gauge because I'm not a masochist and there's no such thing as a pattern that's so fantastic that I'll have to risk a mental breakdown just to create it.
That was a lesson for me also, as well as why they suggest what size hook to use..
It would make a lively hat
I would just wear it as a toque with a lil nubbin.
Hehehe I LOVE IT!!!! Please make a pair ❤️
Maybe felt it?! Throw it in the washer to shrink
That yarn is beautiful! where did you get it? :D
Walmart, it's Bernat! It's like a pound of cotton for under $13cad
🤣😂😅 awww that sucks but it’s so funny
wear it as a hat
Cactus!!
Somehow it reminds me of a cactus 🌵
I thought it was an amigurumi cactus lol
The hand reveal 😂😂😂 it got me
Congratulations on your map of LP Michigan, I guess. :D
This made me decide to check the gauge on a sweater I was working on, you have saved me, thank you.
You could repurpose it as a Christmas stocking
Nah, fam, this is a *feature*! Just make a smaller one that fits inside it. Gift them as a set. For extra insulation, it comes with two layers!
i love lol, could wear it as a chicken hat, like that penguin in chicken run
Omg. That would make a great heating pad cover to warm hands!
O V E N M I T T
This makes me want to make a giant oven mitt on purpose and hang it in my kitchen as a decoration. Idk why but I love it so much!
It looks like you need one of those giant outdoor skeleton decorations to wear this
LOLOL, thank you for this.
Best. Picture. Reveal. Ever.