We've had some truly weird weather in my little corner of the world in the past few weeks. There have been temperature swings from one day to the next of 35 degrees F. It's nuts. One morning this week I left the apartment to go to work carrying a light jacket over my arm. It was in the 60's and the air had a tropical sticky feel. By that afternoon I was wishing I'd carried a much heavier jacket to the office....and a hat.....and a scarf.....and MITTENS!!
The next day involved bundling up to the max before going outside. I poked around in my "scarf and mitten" drawer and was mortified to find that all my hand-knit mittens were in dreadful condition. It's unbelievable; I'm a KNITTER and I don't own a decent pair of MITTENS??
So when I awoke this morning and looked in my UFO basket beside the recliner (I always knit for a little while on Saturday mornings. It helps me get ready to face my household drudgery and keeps my downstairs neighbor from hating me for vacuuming and doing laundry too early on a weekend. *LOL*), I thought "So maybe I need to knit mittens for myself instead of working on this stuff this morning."
I'd purchased the Yarn Harlot's "Cloisonee" pattern a year ago along with some Knit Picks "Swish" worsted specifically intended for knitting myself mittens, but for some reason had never knitted them. So today is the day.
I admit to a bit of trepidation; I've never knit a pattern by a knitter as accomplished as Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. I hope I have enough skills. I'm getting ready to cast on, so wish me luck!
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