Now I Remember Why I Don't Like Knitting Gloves

Because knitting the fingers is a pain in the neck. It's fiddly and awkward, which makes it difficult to maintain an even, tight gauge so you almost always wind up with gaps and holes. Maybe these would look better with the ends woven in and having been blocked but I doubt it.

I also remember why I don't like colorways with multiple colors. I don't like the way they look even when they don't pool. I like all of these colors individually and two or three of them would probably work well together, assuming they're complimentary but all of them together are too much. It might work in a stranded pattern with a neutral to tone it all down but on its own, it's just too much. I'm not wild about the spiraling stripes. They obscure the pattern and look rather coarse.

It hasn't been a total waste of time. I figured out how to calculate the stitch counts for the toes and I'll probably finish the second one at some point but for now I think I'll put these aside and start over with yarn that I actually like.