I’d like to send a little shout out to the Bellagio for inspiring my Camillas color choice. Here’s a pic I took when TH and I were in Vegas circa 2007.

Hi, my name’s Katie, I’m weird, I take pictures of walls.

In other news, I had a hard time convincing myself that I wanted to spend thirty-six dollars on yarn for mittens. A THIRTY SIX dollar pair of mittens? That’s a lot, but the mini mochi was really making me crazy, and really, I’d be paying to be entertained whilst knitting and I could subtract six dollars for the free pattern from SpillyJane….so, it’s okay, right?
Wrong! Really wrong! These mittens weigh less than an oz. a piece. That means that out of the seven oz of malabrigo, I can make seven sets of mittens which means that they actually cost around five dollars a set! That’s much more palatable. Now, I think we all know I’m not making seven sets of black and cream or cream and black mitts, but still, it is nice to know one could make seven sets without spending two hundred and fifty dollars.

Step 1. Start mittens. Decide the black yarn (mini mochi) is too fuzzy and doesn’t jive with the lovely cream malabrigo. Buy black malabrigo.


Step 2. Get new black yarn and wind it into a ball.


Step 3. Start mittens again. Realize I started them with a black pattern on cream background and I wanted the reverse. It would have been a lot more convenient to realize this the first time. In the end, I’m happy with how it looks (these pics are pre-blocking), but my thumb-making skills could use some fine tuning. Luckily, there’s a second mitten to practice on.

It seemed appropriate to share pics of one of my blankie babies today. This cutie was born in 2010. She’s growing up so fast; I was glad to get her a blanket while she was still little. Her mommy is a dear friend and was kind enough to send these pics of baby K on the Raspberry blankie! Thanks for sharing, L!
She’s a good sport about the pics!
Look at those eyes!
Gotta love their tiny little toes and fingers….makes one believe in miracles.
Happy Valentine’s Day!