Yarning...Things Created, Things Learned

My newest project is pictured above. I had made them for my oldest son to wear as he walks to the bus, but he really did not like them. He wanted fingerless GLOVES!!! Fingerless Gloves are a little more complicated than the easy fingerless MITTENS pictured above. So the middle son has happily adopted these!

They did not take long to make, but I did make a terrible mistake very close to the end & had to wait to fix it til I saw my mom. I normally would just rip out the whole thing & begin again, but gosh darn it, I had 2/3 of it done when I made the error. So I took it with me when we visited Mom over Thanksgiving weekend. I was, of course, hoping she would fix it & off I would continue, but NO NO NO. She made me fix it my self. YUCK. Those mothers...do they ever run out of lessons? :-).

Now, whilst knitting the 2nd mitten, I was trying to watch TV. But soon discovered there was nothing on the 600 channels available to us that was keeping my interest. How can that be??? 600 channels & nothing to watch??? Is me or is it the Cable Company???

So, I resorted to other entertainment while knitting. I FORCED my 2 youngest boys to read some of the book, 39 Clues, aloud to me. I have heard good things about the series & picked it up while we were visiting Mom...figuring we'd need something to do on the 4 hour ride home ...which BTW turned into a 7 hour ride. Guess where I got to sit? Back seat...in the MIDDLE...had to keep the peace...OMG!!!! (Did not read the book as Dad picked up a DVD player & 2 movies for the ride home while we were in Syracuse).

Well, the youngest read first. My...that boy reads with passion! Stumbles over words he probably shouldn't, though, at his age. But the enthusiasm made up for that, at least in my eyes.

The other reader, read every word perfectly, but in m o n o t o n e. Now, I did take him away from computer game. Maybe that had something to do with the enthusiasm or lack of :-)

Funny, isn't it? The things that can be discovered while knitting a simple pair of mittens!!!

Reminds me of boxing & the adventures I always have whether it is a simple drive by (although if you Box with CritterLiz or Chef Lulu there really is no such thing as a "simple" drive by..LOL) or a 3 hour hike... all allowing me to spend time with some of the best people on earth!