My mittens have thumbs!

Yes my friends my mittens are finished with their knitting and sewing in of loose threads! Now all I need to do is wash them, let them dry and produce photographic evidence to you of how they turned out.

I told the ladies I work with that the mittens will make their debut on Monday. I also told them to lie to me if they are ugly. Tell me they're the most beautiful mittens you've ever seen. I don't think they will have to lie but I wanted all my bases covered. My knitting ego is very fragile.

D tried to hum the Olympic theme music to me but he misfired and had to really concentrate to get it back.

One thumb down one to go

I have a beautiful, wonderful mitten. I also have another beautiful, wonderful mitten that still needs a thumb. Last night I finished the thumb on the left mitten. It fits and looks good!

I'm sure it is not up to perfection standards but it sure as heck blows first attempt standards out of the water. Yes I am feeling very proud, thank you for noticing.

I don't have pictures but when I do man watch out. I really like that they are so pointy as they should be. Who knew I liked pointy mittens? I should have suspected because I like pointy boots so much, I just can't make my little 2X4 feet look normal in them. My hands encased in woolly pointedness look fabulous.

We had a huge snow storm come through and man did I want my mittens! Next time snow I will be prepared.

Just keep knitting, just keep knitting!

Olympic Knitting

Ok I admit it I could not hack staying up late enough of cast on my project when the Olympic flame was lit. I went to bed, and I'm glad I did. So I cast on the next morning February 13th instead.

I did remember to take a picture later that day.

I've been working on them since then. I've been fighting my natural tight knitter instincts and have learned to stretch the fabric every 4 stitches or so, which should help keep the fabric from puckering up. (like dis)

The mittens and I decided today would be a good day for a picture field trip, or yard trip as our case was. They got a bit of snow and a bit of the late afternoon sun too.

The mitten on the left I had not worked with yet Olympic wise. I'd started the decreases to form the pointy top on the right mitten.

I finished the tips of both mittens tonight. I must remember to turn them inside out and take some pictures as the inside is as cool looking as the outside. So now all they need are thumbs. I hope I will be able to make it but this seems like the truly delicate color work starts now.

Happy knitting

I am still here.

I am proud to say that I spent part of Valentine's Day watching my Hubby compete in a timed triathlon at the local YMCA. A timed triathlon is where you try to go as far as you can in a certain amount of time in each event. It was 15 minutes each for a swim, stationary bike ride and run. I wish that I could tell you how far he went in each but unfortunately he told me while I was making dinner and I did not suck the info very far into my memory. Darn you attention sapping Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili.

It seems that being a spectator is much harder than competing in our house as I was the one that needed a quick nap later. Yeah, I can not even blame my cheering activity, since I really don't cheer that much. I am a bad wife but a good cook.

My Olympic knitting is running along smoothly. I don't seem to have any snags yet. I keep telling myself it is because I'm doing the same pattern portion for the 5th time. I keep stopping myself and stretching the knitting so it does not get too tight and pucker. (Did anyone else hear the little crap from "The Little Mermaid" say "You gotta pucker up your lips, like dis"?)

I think the mitten looks good so far and that is all that matters. Man I hope they fit me, I want to keep this project. More to come later.

I meant to say little crab from "The Little Mermaid" not little crap, although I assume crabs have little craps since they're so small. Well at least I hope the do, for their sake.