Yarn Along

This particular pair of mittens was made in record time for a very special lady in my life. My soulmate, my Gramma, hinted about having a nice pair of handmade mitts after seeing the blue pair that I gifted to my sister for Christmas.

I got to work straight away as soon as the yarn came in the mail. (I even ventured to shop online for the first time to find just the right thing for her--a slightly unnerving experience for someone who loves to examine colors and feel textures of the wool.)

Knowing my Gramma well, I modified the mitty pattern so that it was just a little snug on me and then I crossed my fingers hoping that it would be just right.

It only took me two days to finish this project and when I finally got to present them to her two days later they fit perfectly! It felt great when she commented (because it's a rarity with her thin hands), "They even fit!" *Proud!*

My Grampa called me this afternoon especially to tell me that once she was resting in bed this afternoon she requested to have her mittens to wear and that she was even wearing them in bed last night, too. (Their house isn't cold, it's just her cold hands.)

The stack of books: Redeeming Love is a retelling of a biblical story set in the 1800's. It was recommended by a friend who had it recommended to her by a priest. It's well written, but it's heavy. I've stopped it for now because it's so awful and I can't take reading it. We've been reading Plum Creek for months now, it seems. And the others are nice knitting books. I'm currently working mitties for the boys from a pattern in Knitting For Baby. They're getting fiddled with, though, because the pattern size is "up to 24 mos."

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