Let's Talk About Knitting

...maybe that will take my mind off this infernal word game that I can't seem to stop playing. It's so bad that I completely spaced knitting group this morning. Sorry, guys, you can give me 30 lashes with a wet skein.


I started these mittens last summer as airplane knitting — a very simple stranded pattern that wouldn't overtax my jet-lagged brain. I am still behind on my, um, I'm calling it winter knitting, but it's in time-out at the moment while I muster the strength to tink several rows. So I pulled the mittens out earlier this week and, having finally untangled the yarn and sworn to myself never again to do two stranded mittens (or socks) on two circs, I've warmed again to their spotted simplicity.

I've been asked for the pattern, and it will be forthcoming, but first I have to play more get some sleep. (It's a humbling experience, I tell you true. The game is basically online Boggle, with a somewhat different scoring system. I used to think I was pretty good at Boggle, but most of the time I'm happy with half the top score.)