To Hell with it All!

Once again I have realized that improvisation is not for knitting. I've been working on these mittens for myself with a cute green and pink watermelony stripe pattern. The pattern said to use size 6 dpn, but I only had size 8. I figured I'd improvise. Then, midway through my first mitten, I realized that I hadn't joined the rounds, and I was knitting like you would on regular needles.

So I could have just started out on size 6 regular needles, but noooo! Last night I completed my second mitten, put it on, and realized that the thumb is way higher than it should be. I could wear these mittens if I had webbed hands, but sadly I don't. Now I'm considering whether I should just totally start over, or if I should just work the fingertips more. Then I'd have long mittens, but I'd have them sooner. Oh well.

Other projects I'm working on are a scarf with a great pattern that makes it look reversible and a blanket for a Christmas present for Casey's parents. I definitely need to stop at the yarn shop before I go to Minnesota this weekend. I think I'll do that on Thursday! Yay!

I'm going to bring the mittens to MN, and hopefully I'll have the patience to fix them on the ride.