knitting

Between skating, birding, walking, mooning (I was not going to pay attention to the moon this year but I can't help but do so), painting and the usual life's happenings, I have been fitting in time for knitting. The craft is bringing much joy and fulfillment.  It's keeping my mind busy and my fingers nimble.  I will share here what I have accomplished so far this year.  

The large mittens on the left I knitted for myself and completed them before year end.  The pair beside them were knitted with the left over yarn. They will be dropped off somewhere with a few other items.  I debated whether to do so because they contain a few mistakes which I did my best at correcting. I believe these small mittens could be put to use.  

These are fingerless mittens!  They are for birding, I can wear small gloves underneath them so I have the use of my fingers to operate my camera.  They aim to keep my fingers and hands warm and happy.  I find warm gloves too bulky to be snapping shots at a split second.  The pattern for these was a mish-mash of two other patterns with a little bit of my own idea thrown in.  

while birding with black gloves underneath

(need muted shades so not to scare the birds)

while out chasing the Wolf Moon 

(it's actually well before sunrise but my flash went off)

I have yarn left over from when I knitted the blanket a year ago.  One mitten is complete and once the other is knitted, this pair will also be dropped off somewhere.  Size-wise they land in the middle of the two pair in the first photo at the top. 

When I knit the blanket a year ago, I originally started with this yarn then realized it was too light weight for a blanket.  It is becoming a scarf that along with the mittens will be dropped off.  A few more rows and it will be a perfect size for a youngster.  The blue yarn in the middle is marking a hole that I need to go back and fix.

I am waiting on delivery (early next week) of the proper knitting needles!