Nacho Libre meets sock monkey

Yay, OK I'm really proud of this one. I started it yesterday and finished knitting it today. I guessed it would have taken me a week to knit. It is the "Lucha Libre" pattern (a Mexican wrestler mask slash ski mask for winter) from the book "Son of Stitch N' Bitch"(Debbie Stroller). I used size 4 and 6 double pointed needles(I knit it in the round even though the pattern is flat). The yarn i used was the lion brand yarn, fishermen's wool, in colors "natural" & "nature's brown".

posted about finishing this on craftster

His and hers fingerless gloves

I checked out the book Son of Stitch N' Bitch from the library to see if there was something i could knit for my hubby. I found the pattern "beer gloves" to be fairly easy and fast knit. I started to knit a pair for myself too. For my husbands pair i used needle sizes 6 & 7 and for myself 4 and 5.

The white pair I'm using lion brand yarn, fishermen's wool, color natural.

In response to some questions people had about knitting this pattern i posted the info below in a craftster.org post here.

I wrote out a chart of the pattern to help me remember where I was in the pattern. Just use a stitch counter to keep up where you are. I didn't use circular needles, I don't have any. I used double pointed needles.

Cast on 40 stitches place a marker before the first stitch you cast on, and a different colored marker after the 20th stitch.

[What it says in book]

Whale spine cable stitch:

Rnds 1 & 2: k12

rnds 3: slip first 3 stitches onto extra needle and hold to back, knit next 3 stitches, knit stitches on extra needle, slip next 3 stitches onto extra needle and hold to front, knit next 3 stitches and then knit the 3 stitches on the extra needle

Rnds 4-8: k12

(In book: cuff title):

K2, p2 for 2 1/2" (2 1/2" = 15 rounds)

(In book: Body title):

Chart = whale spine cable stitch (in eights)-row number-palm chart (1-15)

1-16 [needle 1 (palm),*p2, pfb (purl front and back of one stitch), p2; repeat from * to end. needle 2 (back of hand), p2, pfb, p3, *k1, m1 (make 1= pick up bar between stitches and knit through back loop), k1; repeat from * 3 times more, p3, pfb, p2-(50sts:24 on needle 1, 26 on needle 2.]

2-17 [needle 1, purl. needle 2, p7, work row 2 of whale spine cable stitch over next 12 sts, p7.continue in rev st st(purling)and cable stitch as established until glove measures 5"(=30 rows)from beginning]

3-18

4-19

5-20

6-21

7-22

8-23

1-24

2-25

3-26

4-27

5-28

6-29

7-30 (5")

(In book: palm chart title)

(The palm chart is in the book, I didn't know how to write that here and wasn't sure how much of the pattern I was allowed to post, but I left out the palm chart chart, the fingers and how to change it to the right hand)

8-31-1 [needle 1, p4, work row 1 of chart over next 11 sts, p9. needle 2, continue in pattern as established until glove measures 5 1/4"(=32 rows) from beginning]

1-32-2(5 1/4")

(In book: thumb opening)

2-33-3[work to last 7 stitches of needle 1, with an extra piece of yarn p7, slip these 7 stitches back onto the left needle and purl the 7 stitches again but this time with the yarn you are knitting the gloves with; work to end of rnd. continue working in pattern as established until piece measures 7 1/2"(= 45 rows) from beginning. place all stitches on holders]

3-34-4

4-35-5

5-36-6

6-37-7

7-38-8

8-39-9

1-40-10

2-41-11

3-42-12

4-43-13

5-44-14

6-45-15 (7 1/2", place stitches on holders)

Then you just work the fingers as the pattern says in the book.

I believe where it says "Rep rnds 1-12 for patt." is a misprint and is supposed to say repeat rounds 1-8 for pattern.