Finished! but no photos

Well, the mittens are finished, and so beloved that I can't get a picture of them because they're always outside with their owner. I'm starting work on a blue-on-blue pair for his younger brother.

Very small mittens

Disclaimer: I did not choose these colors. The intended recipient did, and seems quite pleased with them.

Details: my own pattern, using KnitPicks Swish Superwash DK in "Terra Cotta" and "Cranberry." Knit on KnitPicks wooden 16" circulars in size 5. Gauge is about 5.5 stitches per inch and 5 rows per inch.

What I've learned: the yarn is quite nice. The needles are a hoot - just looking at the colors in the wood always makes me smile. They're grabby, which is exactly what I need when working with something so fiddly as a child's mitten. My tension has gotten a lot more consistent with practice, although getting the thumb to look really good still eludes me.

I like the way the border goes around the thumb instead of cutting it off; it looks rather like a cookie cutter or a traced outline.

Mitten #2 is still under construction: same pattern and colors, but colors reversed and thumb on the other side, of course.

Poetry, a little late

She was beautiful,
Like a haiku written for
Another woman.

first picture?

Let's see whether this works: bad lighting, the camera on my laptop, and a 3-second delay. Plus trying to figure out how to upload said picture...

The mitten on the left is in Dale Baby Ull, on size 3 needles, and the mitten on the right is in Valley Yarns Superwash on size 4 needles.

Where's the knitting?

I don't recall deciding to turn this into a cooking/ranting blog, but the knitting seems to have vanished this month. Actually, the knitting continues apace, but the lack of camera is seriously irritating me - to the point where I don't want to blog about it if I can't show it. I'm on 2-color mitten #5 of my career, and this one (when done) will complete a pair. Maybe I can beg or borrow a camera with which to show off the completed work.

Non-Random Acts of Kindness

Today I earned my "nice human being" award for the week by helping a former student (note: not current student) prepare for a big test. He's a nice kid, and very grateful for the help, which makes it all worthwhile. I feel vaguely responsible for his plight, since I apparently didn't drill enough material into his head last year.

Ahh, dinner!

Just got back from a lovely dinner party hosted by my in-laws. Good food, good company, and a relaxed atmosphere where the kidlets could run around between courses.

On The Menu
Potstickers: rice, smoked mackerel, and dried apricot, or curried cream cheese with mozzarella
Honeydew Sorbet
Homemade pasta, eggplant-zucchini stirfry, fresh bread, turkey stroganoff or vegetarian stroganoff
Endive leaves with cherry-tomato salad on top
Almond pear pie