Warm Woolen Mittens

A couple weeks ago (geez, almost a month) I took a mitten-knitting class at the local yarn store. The thought was to make Bill some mittens to match the double-knit hat I knit for Christmas. After all, I had leftover yarn from the stripe in the hat; why not put it to good use?

So I began the mittens. It soon became apparent that I was not going to have enough yarn to do two. Either Bill was going to have to lose a hand or I was going to have to procure more yarn. And then dark Thursday occurred. At a doctor’s visit, the hat was misplaced, swiped by some sticky-fingered, greedy undergrad, and never seen again. Sad. But I could make a new one. After all, I had to go back to the store and buy more yarn already; why not knit a hat (and second mitten) to match a lonely mitten?

Unfortunately, the store no longer had either the stripe/mitten color or the original hat colors. I think to myself, the hat colors aren’t such a big deal; I can pick new ones and make a whole new hat! Just with the same stripe color to match the mitten. And if I special order the stripe/mitten color yarn, I can buy new hat yarn today to get started. After all, I have two weeks before I can do a stripe or a mitten; why not do the bottom half of the hat in the meantime?

Here they sit, waiting to be finished. I am to the stripe location on the hat, and the mitten is starting to feel very lonely indeed. I need that yarn! So now I’m without knitting project. I have an easy pattern for a laptop case that I can whip up in no time. After all, I’m just sitting around, biding my time, yearning for brown yarn; why not be productive while I wait and wait and wait?

Now I really am in trouble. No stripe/mitten yarn, and a finished laptop cover. Guess I’ll have to spend my time looking for somewhere to live in Boston starting this summer. Or something.

Project #4: Pending