Bohemian Bluestocking

I want to like this pattern. Really. Really I do. For the most part, I like Knitty stuff. But this one is harder to love. There are a couple of things that I can't call quite knitter-ly.

1. The whole thumb thing. A gusset is not that hard to figure out. Come on, people! When I made these, finally, it went right in the purl "ditch."
2. That whole picot edge thing doesn't work. You want the picot eyelet to line up with the purl stitches, which is doesn't. But it does on mine....
3. And the stubby little thumb looks stubby. If there is a gusset, the thumb doesn't look stubby. End of story.

So here is my version of Fetching, looking much more fetching, I think. Though the photo is not great, I admit.