WIP Wednesday: A wider thumb gusset on the Symbol Gloves!

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Hello, and welcome back to WIP Wed!  I haven't been doing much knitting this week -- those who follow me on Social Media may have already seen that I was out in Ottawa with friends!  I actually didn't get any knitting done at all over the course of the trip! But, it was fun!

But, I did get some knitting done before and after, and the only thing I worked on is my Symbol Gloves.  Sadly, there's not a lot of difference to show between last week's post, but, the thumb gusset is, in fact wider.   I've still got a good bit of increasing to go before it gets to where I want, though. 
A double-knit mitten on double-pointed needles, knit in contrasting colours of green and brown yarn. There are two dolphin charm stitch markers on the needle, marking the increases for the thumb gusset.
Yarn is the same as always,  *Northbound Knitting Superwash Merino/Nylon Fingering, in "Littoria" and "Espresso"    This isn't the softest sock yarn, but I don't want soft for these, I want something that can take the abuse of being gloves, and this yarn should work very well!  
Needles are *2mm HiyaHiya needles.  Now, usually, I'm not too particular about my needles (except for the fact that I can break thin wooden needles).  But for this project, I'm glad I'm working with my HiyaHiya's rather then my Aero needles.  The Aeros are a bit less slippery, but the Hiya Hiya's have way sharper points.  I can't imagine doing the m1p increase for the thumb gusset with the duller points of the Aero needles.

The *dolphin stitch markers are awesome finds from 
*EfficientSense's Etsy Store.  These are the lobster-claw style ones (I much prefer the claw style stitch markers, I can't accidentally knit them into my work!), and they're marking the thumb gusset. 

Now that I'm not doing either ribbing or colourwork, double knitting is settling into a nice rhythm.  I find I quite enjoy it, but it is still quite a bit slower then 'normal' knitting.  But, I can now work on these while doing something else, like playing computer games (Fallout 4 at the moment) or watching Netflix (I'm getting caught up with the second season of Jessica Jones). 

Well, here's hoping I can take advantage of a quieter week this week.  For those in the Toronto Area, I'll see you at The Great Toronto Yarn Hop this weekend!  I'm a team captain for Team Angora, and there's still one spot available! (P.S.  I've also got a new design launching concurrent with the Yarn Hop, so feel free to check that out as well -- it'll be free for Yarn Hop participants!)

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