prodigal mitts

These have been in hibernation for years. Years! I remember that I bought this yarn at Stitches West the first and only time I went in February 2020. Post anxiety attacks, pre-covid. That was a long time ago. I remember feeling very brave for even leaving the house and going on my own. But yarn is a great motivator. Ravelry says I started them the summer of 2020, so I wasted no time in getting started, but they have sat tucked away while many other things have been finished before them. 

When I picked these up again, I will admit that I had the yarn and wip tucked into a travel makeup tote that had so many pockets (it makes an excellent project bag) that I forgot I already had one mitt done. I had this cuff done up to the second braid and was looking at the yarn thinking "Hmmm I should probably do the body of the mitt in pink and blue because I certainly don't have enough brown to do TWO the way the pattern is written. What was I thinking?" 

Well. You'll notice that the body of the mitt is in fact pink and brown. I got an inch or so into my blue and pink solution before realizing the second mitt was tucked in an apparently secret pocket of the bag. I was chagrined. I am however proud of myself that I did not hesitate to pull my needles and frog back all the rows I had just knit. There were many and it was annoying but here we are now recovered and on our way again. 

It's not an easy knit for me to read as I go which makes for slow going but I think I am going to love how they turn out. I still might not have enough of this beautiful fawn brown to finish, but I do have other fingering weight brown that is probably close enough. These are for me, and you probably won't be able to see the difference just walking past. And my friends and family won't judge if they do notice because they'll all think it's magic that I even made them. :)