mitts

i made these for a friend to pass on as a gift. i love the idea of the fingerless glove, or mitt! i porbbaly won't be able to make this exact pattern again (i don't always record my "patterns" very well, but i think the idea is a definate keeper! warm and soft, and perfect for driving a car with a cold steering wheel, texting/phoning in winter, pushing a stroller into the wind, and dozens of other situations...

christmas begins with mittens

so i've had tons of things i've been wanting to post, but i've been putting them off til after Christmas so as not to ruin any surprises... clearly these would have been the favorite of anything i could have made... or maybe not, but either way, my favorite brother got some nice manly wollen mittens for Christmas... welcome to Chicago little brother! i hope they're warm enough, i know the wind is a biter there, so they may not be quite enough, but i thought they would be a better fit than anything you can find on the shelves (my brother has skinny man hands). and there will be a bunch more Christmas gifts up on this blog soon, ideas for the winter season or even for next year!