Fingerless gloves

Finally! I finished my get well mitts.

For the second time. I thought the additional yarn I got was close enough in dye lot to the yarn I had already used, but in certain lights, it definitely was noticeable. Being a perfectionist, I couldn't stand for that, especially in a gift. I started to rip back to take out one pattern repeat, figuring if I took out one pattern repeat and a few rounds of ribbing, I'd have enough of the original. Then things got screwy with the thumb increases on the second mitt, so I ended up frogging them both and starting from scratch. The second time around it only took a couple fo days! They'll be off in the mail Monday I hope.

And I decided to do some Christmas knitting this year...I have plenty of stash to work from and not so much cash, so it made sense. I started another set of fingerless gloves in what will look like a familiar yarn. (Just a different dye lot!)

I love cables, so I'm feeling pretty motivated right now. I actually used knitting as my reward for cleaning today, and it's finally that time! My teas from our house in Montana arrived, along with my sweaters...never mind that it's 80 degrees here today. I'm ready for a Bay Area winter. The mornings and evenings are already very cool.

So a cuppa it is, some trashy TV shows on Netflix, and lovely, soft merino, and cabling.