So my knitting has been interrupted with a persistent 6-year-old boy voice in my ear (literally, people, I'm not on the hallucinogens - yet) asking for "fingerless gloves". Now I can usually sidestep the requests, but this voice has been repeating the same mantra for months: "When are you going to knit me some fingerless gloves?" My standard answer has been "this summer when I'm off". Well, summer is coming to an end and I have finally caved in and cast on some easy fingerless gloves. Using some Mission Falls 1824 in a pumpkin colour from my stash, so they will be quick, cheerful, and cheap. All of the necessary ingredients for a gift for a rough and tumble kid.
On the topic of gift knits, I ran across this diagram at
The Panopticon's blog. Definitely worth checking in occasionally, as he is very witty. Case in point:
He writes:
My personal rule for deciding this couldn't be simpler. I ask myself these two questions regarding the potential recipient:
- Are you a close blood relation with whom I am on speaking terms?
- Are you providing me with high-quality free sex on a regular basis?
While this is not a "special occasion", I figure I should knit the 6-year-old some gloves before he's too cool to rock the handknits and I'm dropping an obscene amount of money on snowboard gloves that will make a serious dent in the grocery budget. Now, off to finish glove one and start glove two before I get a case of "second sock/mitt-itis" and abandon the whole project.
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