A Proud Moment In Time...

...like when I finish a pair of mitts in a week! (For me, a week is GOOD...!) Even better is if I would get around to posting the finished product! So behold, the lovely Envy Flower fingerless mitts designed by Syvia Harding for the "Seven Deadly S(p)ins" club by The Unique Sheep!

Can I tell you all how much I LOVE these mitts? OK, let me tell you-I LOVE these mitts! I initially thought-"Oh, I can be all clever and add the thumb." Of course, someone on the Rav list had mentioned wanting to do that, then Kelly of The Unique Sheep said that you could knit the pattern as is, then seam it down the thumb area.

In the long-run, I decided that if I were to fashion the thumb separately, it would affect the overall look/design of these mitts. And this is where I think Syvia did such a wonderful job on this design: it truly does look like and enviable flower knit as is. I feared ruining that look if I were to make a shaped thumb and I am pretty sure I was right about that! And Kelly is one smart cookie in that she figured that out, as well in that she suggested a simple seam. This idea, I think, would create the desired separate thumb area without compromising the blossoming flower look.

I'm glad I left it alone. I love the lotus-blossom look to these gloves and like the idea of being able to cuff them up when it gets too warm because if I were to remove them, I'd probably lose one or both!

And at long-last, a second pair of Malabrigo Loafers. In this case, not-Malabrigo loafers since I knit this using double-stranded Wool of the Andes for the soles and Mountain Colors Weaver's Wool, doubled for the tops. Finally finished to give to a good friend so he can be a good son and gift them to his mother! (Truly, a continuous gifting of Shisheido moisturizing cream, no matter how pricey, must get old after a while...I took pity. Probably more so on my friend's mom than him, since he seems to have no problem re-running the same gift idea in a continuous loop! Or maybe this was because I couldn't deal with the idea!)