I had this great idea that I would be able to finish a pair of fingerless gloves on my 10-day trip to Australia. It is particularly cold in my apartment these days and my hands often get so cold that I can't knit. Something had to be done, so I used the leftovers from some endpaper mitts to start a pair in a "simpler" herringbone pattern for myself. But turns out my gauge was slightly off. So I fiddled with some stitches and was all set. I did a little bit of knitting on the trip, but I kept feeling carsick or I wanted to enjoy the scenery. Then I forgot to increase for the thumb soon enough and, oh hey, something looks funky with the pattern in a few places. Maybe I did some bad math? This is not very uncommon in my knitting. Things always seem to be just slightly off! I'm not really sure worth it to do all the fiddling necessary to save these when I just need to keep my hands warm. I have to address the issue this weekend... to rip or not to rip? I'd better go fill my hot water bottle while I think about it.

It made my week when this picture arrived from my good friend and recipient of my first endpaper mitts (in the same colorway as above). They fit well and she loved them, yay! And even enough to get her coworker to take a picture of them for my blog (she's not even a knitter or a blogger of any kind). Talk about friendship!

Speaking of friends, here is some birthday yarn from my pal on this side of the world. It's Nature Spun worsted that I want to use for Bird in the Hand Mittens, one of these days. Thanks, Lauren!!

That's my random update for tonight. It's been a long time coming and not much to it. But I'm at the start of a long weekend with nothing but time to relax and recoup from my busy start to the year. So maybe things will start picking up around here again.