Finished Mittens!

My Minions,

Prepare to do some beholding for I have finished the Empress Mum's mittens!

The Heir was impressed by my mad mitten making skills.  He said he thought I was making socks (shows how observant he is!  I must have tried them on a dozen times in front of him!).  He also then asked where his new mittens were.  Huh?!?  I reminded him that he had never requested mittens.  He corrected that oversight immediately which lead us to a conversation about what color he would like his mittens to be.  He said red because red is a "manly color" and he wanted it to "match the buttons." I informed him that the buttons could be made in any color he wanted and didn't have to be red, but he said he didn't want me to have to make new ones (so I guess the Empress Mum is expected to have button-less mittens?).  He then added that his red mittens should not be in "fuzzy girl yarn" like the Empress Mum's, but in "boy yarn".  I got out my meager stash and asked that he please show me some "boy yarn."  After trashing said meager stash and casting aside the baby llama, superwash merino, alpaca, and silk yarns, he handed me a scrap of Aran weight neon green acrylic yarn from Hobby Lobby (from one of his many school projects), proclaiming "This is boy yarn.  But I want it red."  So I guess I have to make a trip to Hobby Lobby.

I did end up having to go to the yarn store and get more Angora Haze to finish the mittens.  Lucky for me, they had a skein in the same dye lot as the yarn I had.  And lucky for my Fairy Godchild, I have enough left over to make her a Ski Bunny Headband of her own!  She was overjoyed by her good fortune and then pressed her luck by adding to her order a pair of mittens to match the Owl Hat her Mimi just bought her.  It is made from "boy yarn" and she would like her mittens to match.

I blacked out for a bit while at the yarn store and bought some Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend to make a friend some mittens and some Lorna's Laces Honor to make a different friend some ear warmers.

Both were intended to be Christmas gifts when I blacked out and bought the yarn, which happened before The Heir and Fairy Godchild put in their own mitten orders. Nothing like deadlines to ensure wool skirts won't be finished anytime soon!

Until next time,

Jessica, Empress of the Universe