Happy birthday to me

Just finished these fingerless mitts (this pair's for me) last night. Today is my birthday, and the weather is supposed to be cold tonight, when the b/f & his father take me out to dinner. How perfect is that?

BTW, it is seriously difficult to take a picture of your own hands. However, here is my best effort at a closeup.


I modified the pattern from one I found in a WWII knitting pattern book. The original was made with sock yarn on two needles. I had a skein of hand dyed Fisherman's Wool that I wanted to use, and I didn't want to seam them up. Here is the resulting pattern. I did a pretty good job of estimating yardage; I had about two yards left from my 110-yard skein.



I'm still knitting mitts for CIC. The blue pair was also made from the WWII pattern, but I made them a little larger and longer than mine. I worked the cuff for three inches before the first decrease. Then I increased in 4 of the K3 ribs about an inch before working the thumb hole. I used some Germantown wool that I bought on eBay a while back; took about 125 yards. The two-tone garter stitch mitts are about 3/4 done; when I finish them, I'll probably pack up everything I have for CIC & ship them off.

I'm paying the price for all my fun in the garden on Saturday; I ache all over. Anyone know where I can score some really good pain meds?