Mittens for 2009?

One of the nice events of this holiday was going across the street for Christmas Brunch at the neighbor's house.  What started out as a holiday without plans and without any idea of what would be happening in our lives turned out really nicely with the possibility that a couple of new Christmas traditions have been started.  

One neighbor had mentioned previously that he had learned to knit when he was in school in Norway (do I remember correctly???) but had not knitted for many years.  He was thrilled to have gotten a copy of Selbuvotter for Christmas and was thinking about starting some mittens.

I mentioned that I had the book and had been thinking about mittens but hadn't knitted one yet.  Now I am thinking that it is about time I did.

Oh, I was all eager  when I got the book, and shortly afterwards, when Marji  was working on her beautiful mittens.  But my incentive got misplaced somewhere, probably in one of the piles of things I failed to conquer in this soon to be past year.

Now after shoveling snow and ice last week, spending what seemed like hours warming up cold frozen fingers, and having pulled the book off the shelf to read on Christmas eve, I have visions of mittens dancing in my brain again.  Besides I told the neighbor that I knew someone who could help if he got into trouble (are you reading Marji?) so perhaps I really should start knitting those mittens soon.

I am really, really tempted by some of the gloves, but I have never knitted mittens or gloves, except for fingerless mitts, which don't count as they are missing the fiddly parts, so I think it is better to start with mittens.

Comments

[materfamilias]

Hmmm, I've been thinking of gloves or mittens myself -- I've knit fingerless mitts (with thumbs, so some fiddly parts, and they're not hard), but not gloves. I'll have to watch how yours progress and see if I get inspired.