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Oh, blast!  My tecnological idiocy surfaces again.  I tried to put an animated smiley face on here but can't get the animation.  So picture me jumping up and down with a giddy girly grin all over my face.  Why?  Hee - I finished my first mitt.

Palm side is 2 x 2 rib cuff, stockinette hand.  And yes, that's my thumb turning blue so there will be ripping and adding a couple more stitches. 

                                   And the fancy side, feather and fan stitch.

I loved this process!  I love the result, both on my hand and in my head.  Warm fuzzy yarn I designed.  Basic pattern structure firmly planted in my brain where no crashed hard drive can remove it from my reach (oh oh - did I just invite the wrath of Goddess Irony on myself and beg for dementia?).  Besides choking my thumb, the mitt cradles my hand in silky soft warmth that kicks my Raynaud's Syndrome right in the butt.  I'd really love to dive in and cast on for the second one immediately, but sittin' and knittin' to the exclusion of movin' does not agree with my skeleton.  This is where the frowny face would be.  Even without Molly and Gypsy hogging the bed, I slept miserably, waking to aching everywhere.  Today, I must renew a commitment to walking.  Even in the rain.  The coffee shop is still just a mile away and I can sit n knit over a cuppa then walk the mile home without dying.  Ain't it grand the way knitting so easily comes along for the ride?

Comments

[Christine]

The mitts are lookin' good!! I'm with you on the walking -- however, there's fantastic barbecue joint at the end of my walk. It's sits on top of a hill, so after we eat it's easy to just roll home.

[Laurie]

The mitts look great! There is no truer phrase than you lose it if you don't move it. I see it day after day after day in people of many age groups.

[DebbieB]

Feather and fan - what a nice touch! I have that nasty RS too, and my fingers are always bloodless. I knit two pair of mitts over the past two days while traveling to see family, and neither were for me. That must be corrected forthwith. And thanks for the motivation - I shall walk today.

[Robbyn]

Congratulations! Do the happy dance girl - those are wonderful!

Ain't making it up your-own-self a kick in the butt? Fun doesn't begin to describe it :)

[Anne]

It came out great! I'll bet it feels wonderfully warm on your hand too. :)

[Kelly]

The mitt came out great!

[Michelle]

Great mittens. Happy New Year ahead!!! :) :) :) :)