Continuing on with the discussion of how I never finish anything why don’t we discuss these mittens.

“Why they are finished!” You say.

They were a Christmas gift for Juli’s husband LAST YEAR. At that point in time we had one mitten that was not sewn up. Juli and Chad came to Boston in early June (where the picture below was taken.) Juli received both of her finished mittens (that were a Christmas gift) and I gave Chad the one mitten and told him the other would come soon.

We have a loose definition of soon over here. It is kind of like “or so” time. Like, I’ll see you at 4 o’clock “or so”. The “or so” gives you at least a 30 minute window on either end. Which is very important when you are married to a SOUTHERNER and is apparently very important when you can’t finish anything. Come to think of it, I used to be a Finisher. I would finish the pants off any body any day. Now, not so much, the only thing that changed?

The start of a relationship with a Southerner who is very slow and not always direct about getting things done.

Hmmm, coincidence?

For those of you interested in the knitting:

The pattern is Kate Gilbert’s. The link to Kate’s site and the yarn info is on my sidebar. The stripe pattern corresponds to Chad’s birthday. Eleven strips of one color for the month, one strip for the day…etc. This is a fun way to personalize a knit, get a little variety in your strips, and (best of all) still have some logic involved.