So, I was talking on the phone with my sister this afternoon, spinning some thick, bright teal merino singles onto my Suzie….

(I have to use this stuff up! I’m buried in it and I don’t like it. So I’m trying to do a Manos del Uruguay type of thing with the thick, uneven single and then I’ll overdye it to see if I can end up with something cool. The Majacraft bobbins are plastic, and they say you can dye and/or set twist right on the bobbin. I’m not going to dye it that way, but setting the twist on a single without having to take it off the bobbin sounds like a great idea to me. And incidentally, I have to keep reminding myself to be uneven. It’s so easy to zone out in the rhythm of the draft and petal and make an even yarn. So mine’s going to be inconsistently inconsistent. And it’s kinda cracking me up).

Alright, so I was spinning on the Suzie, talking on the phone when Nate…

(that’s another thing! I can spin on the Suzie in my comfy chair! I don’t know if it’s because of the double treadle or what, but when spinning on the Clemes, I had to be on one of our dining chairs to be comfortable. With the Suzie, I can snuggle back into my regular chair

and comfortably spin. Endlessly I’d imagine.

Ok, right, so, I was spinning on Suzie (do you think I should give her a different name?), talking to my sister, when Nate came in with the mail and dropped these on the couch next to me.

How exciting! Lots of mitts!

As it turns out, the box was from Cookie Lee, but the rest are mitts! Wonderful, beautiful mitts!

They’re to die for.

So, um, yeah. I have this weird medical condition, and, like, I have to wear gloves all the time to, you know, keep my fingers from freezing and falling off. So, uh, do you think you might, maybe, like, wanna knit me some mitts?

:-).

Thanks guys, you’re totally awesome. I’m so happy we’re doing this for her. I think I’m waiting on one more pair, I need to check with my internet-shy-friend who’s keeping track, but then we’ll be done and we’ll dish out prizes, and we’ll all get a fantastic dose of Karma.