More Fun!

Hmm.. I'm having a great Saturday too. First, Dexter and I were off to the dog park. We stayed for an hour because we were having such a good time. After breakfast, I've made a pot of rice and beans for tonight's supper. Jim's gone all afternoon to play games at a friend's house, so I'm going to bake. But before all that, I finished a pair of mittens this morning.

Helgi's Mittens by Nancy Bush from Knitting in Eastonia
Shelridge Farms Soft Touch
2.75 mm bamboo

I wanted to use the last of the yarn from my mom and dad's mittens and I was hoping to get one more pair. But these call for more stitches at a tighter gauge so I left the thumbs for last. As it was, I had to sub in some sock yarn for the last 8 rows on one mitt. You can't see it at all. Anyway, I was not at all confident I would have enough yarn, so I decided to leave the thumbs for last.

And then, inspiration hit! Sore thumb mittens!

Tee hee! These crack me up! I used some alpaca left over from Alex's socks so the thumbs are very soft and should be very warm. I can't do stranded work with a cut thumb, so I needed a yarn that could stand on its own. Jim wasn't too sure about the whole idea, but I'm really glad I went for it.

Now, off to bake. I hope your Saturday is fun too.