a wee update to Episode 24

So.  Those Maine Morning Mittens that my sister scoffed at? 

The ones she said couldn't possibly be useful, since what was the point of having mitts that didn't cover your fingers?

The ones I decided I couldn't give to her for Christmas, because what would be the point of giving her something she wouldn't enjoy having?

Well -- I made a pair for my niece for Christmas instead.  I used the MMM pattern, but substituted Noro Silk Garden Lite (DK weight), and I dropped the needle size.   I shortened the lengths suggested in the pattern, and I even did something I never, ever do -- I pulled out only those sections of the ball of yarn that would give me -- well, not *matching* mittens, because honestly, that's impossible with Noro -- but two mittens that at least had some of the same colours in them.

(If I hadn't done this, I would have had one pink and purple mitten, and one black.  I decided two pink and purple mittens would be more pleasing to the ten-year-old recipient.)

So.  Yesterday?  I'm talking with my sister, and she sheepishly asked if it might be possible for me to make her a pair of the Maine Morning Mittens, as she'd realized that on a cool but not very cold day, they would be useful for adding just a little extra warmth and still leave her fingers free to, say, give the dog a treat or somesuch.

My husband and I broke into hysterical laughter, and then told her the story, and that there were actually a pair of the MMM sitting in my knitting bag that I'd made and hadn't given to her.

Now, that's a happy ending, don't you think?

Comments

[karen]

when will they learn that sisters might actually know what they are talking about? That is so funny?

[katherine]

Yes, but to be honest, I prefer that she came to the decision on her own, and actually *asked* for them -- that mean she really wants them.

Had I just given them to her anyway, she would have been unhappy for a moment, and I don't like to do that to people.

In the end, it worked out rather well :-)