So, the reason I only just finished the purple socks is because I spent a little too much time avoiding thesis work and a little too much time playing with string in my vice room with my Christmas gift recipient list in front of me. The end result was that I was almost done with one sock and then I decided I would use up some cotton yarn on a baby bib for my girlfriend, was inspired to make a hat for my cousin that matches her eyes, and decided I had accquired three skeins of this super soft brown yarn for the sole purpose of making my aunt fingerless gloves and a hat. I dug buttons for the welts out of my copious button stash from the Pendleton Woolen Mills outlet store in Portland and used the same pattern I acquired in Hawaii to make a pair of fingerless gloves for myself with locally dyed yarn. Now that I think about it, I never posted about that.....grad school strikes again..... My thought was that they would be awesome for cold (hahahaha) winters and that they would allow the wearer to still function, possibly even stitch, while wearing them. I think they would also work well for holding 'hot hands' in place, but it isn't quite that cold where she lives. This pattern knits up super quick and has easy to follow instructions. It was so successful I might even tackle a different pattern I got to go with some yarn I bought last year at MLK weekend when my girlfriends came up for a visit during a cold spell. Hey, ladies, we have another cold spell here, who's up for some knitting? If it warms up any we can ski too!!
If you're really lucky, I will look up the yarn label and pattern name and post them here.
