Now the funny thing about stress is that it doesn't actually slow down knitting, if it's the *right* knitting- easy knitting that's quick to pick up and put down. So when I sat down and took a deep breath yesterday, absentmindedly weaving in another set of ends to keep my hands busy, I was a little surprised to find myself with these:
Plain socks, Red Heart Heart and Sole, 70% wool/30% Nylon with Aloe, size 0 needles, 72 sts around.
These are (kind of) the Spruce Mittens from Robin Hansen's Fox and Geese and Fences. I have managed to screw up the end decreases in two different ways, one per mitten, and I'm still not sure what they're supposed to look like. But I decided that given that their eventual fate will probably be burial in snowbank by juvenile non-knitter, I can live with them as is.
And last and quickest:
Just plain mittens, but I really liked the yarn. I have no idea what it is- some kind of bulky weight acrylic that my mom gave me. But I thought this yarn looked like an explosion in a crayon factory. I took my standard adult mitten pattern, went down a couple of needle sizes (to make the fabric nice and dense), converted the pattern from straights to dpns and then took off a few stitches here and there to make more kid-sized mittens, and...well, they still look like mittens, so I think it all worked.
Next up, more socks, probably- I should have just enough time to pick out some yarn to throw in my bag before I'm off again! See you on the other side of the Rabbit Hole....
