One Small Hand

I have managed to knit and purl my way through one mitten. I searched and found an easy knit pattern, grabbed a ball of leftover yarn and sat down determined to knit. That was over a week ago. It was simple to figure out the easy pattern. I was thrilled when the top of the mitten started to take shape. Then the thumb became easier to visualize as I knitted. Then cut the yarn, pull it through the remaining stitches and the top of the mitten was completed. Now on to the part I don't like. Sewing the seams. This step had me worried as I did not want one to see where the seam was sewn. So what did I do? I put that little mitten back into my knitting bag and walked away. Unnecessary delays due in part to a lack of confidence in my abilities.

Sunday night, that determination hit me again, apparently because I failed to bake up a storm with only 5 days left before Christmas! Needle in hand, sitting in front of our fireplace, I sewed. I took my time and sewed. It did not take very long to stitch the mitten together. The outcome put a smile on my face. I love when a finished project makes me smile.

Then the reality of this project hit me. One needs two mittens to stay warm. Little or big, I need to make two. That’s the problem with sock and mittens, you have to make two. Anyway, I did not let this realization dampen my enthusiasm. Monday morning, in the rush to get ready and leave the house, I grabbed my knitting bag. I spent my lunchtime starting the second mitten. Thirty minutes later the cuff was knitted and I was ready to knit the thumb area so perhaps, with 30 more uninterrupted minutes, I can finish the second mitten. I’ll have a pair. My first pair of mittens! These will be too small for anyone in our house so I will gift them to a friends’ child.

I managed to bake a sour cream pecan-cinnamon coffee cake last night and while it cooled, I knitted. They are so cute...



Aren't they adorable?



I'm smiling and today I bought the double pointed needles I need to start a pair, yes a pair, of socks for the love of my life.