Best of Both Worlds

I like fingerless mittens

because

they give me the best of both worlds -

the world where my hands are 

warm enough

and

the world where

I can still use my fingers.

Pattern: Maize

Yarn: Martha Stewart

This is NOT a gift.

 I admire those who knit for the holidays,

but

I cannot join their ranks.

I will knit and do knit for others,

but

in my own sweet time.

 

I like to meander through projects,

giving soft yarn a squeeze

and admiring the stitches along the way.

Mistakes aren't a big set back.

With no looming deadline,

they can become part of the process.

I didn't always have this zen attitude.

I am embarrassed to remember

fits I threw at the sewing machine

as I tried to finish projects "in time."

Kind of took away from the finished product...

and I don't sew for enjoyment

much anymore.

So this hat wasn't knit as a gift.

It's just something

I felt like knitting (last month)

for someone

for no reason in particular.

Pattern: Be Kind

Yarn: Madelinetosh