#and that was when she was trying the mitt on (i.e. i hadn't even started the second one at that point)

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I made my friend some fingerless gloves with a mitten bit and she loves them!

(Under the cut: more pics and a (long-ish) story time.)

Backstory, at school pick up there's three of us who stand and chat: me, C, and S (C and S have kids in the same years, mine are inbetween theirs). Recently, the weather has been Weathering, so I've been wearing my wrist warmers/fingerless gloves, and that day C had her pair on (her partner knitted hers and they are Stunning). S said she wanted a pair, and had looked everywhere, and on Etsy, but there was so much choice, and what material were they using because she wanted wool (better for the environment as its biodegradable) and it all got too much and she'd click away. So I asked, what colour? Do you want a thumb bit? And she realised I was offering to make her a pair.

(I don't offer to many people, as they don't recognise the time/effort that goes into making things by hand, but she does. I made her a hat a few years ago too.)

A few days later, she messages asking if it was a genuine offer and if so, could she have a mitten bit? Yup, I can do that. She buys me the yarn and off I go, making it up as I go.

I forget how nice it is to work with proper, 100% wool. She got a ball of the West Yorkshire Spinners Colour Lab yarn, aran weight, a week ago Wednesday (it would've been the Monday, but the good yarn/craft shop doesn't open until Wednesday). Got to work that night.

If you're making for someone, get their measurements. I didn't, and S is super slim, so I couldn't put them on my hand to test size/length/what have you. Anyhoo, by the next Monday (so start of this week) I had something she could try on.

She was so excited! We chatted about making them a touch longer on the wrist, and making the mitt bit a bit more curved, but apart from that she loved them!

Finished the first one. Started the second. Part way through the mitt I lose yarn chicken. 🙈 Next morning I send her a message, asking if she could get another ball (because I'd mentioned previously, "Oh, if I need more I'll buy a ball," and she point blank said, "No, I will.") and she does.

I gave them to her today. She was so excited she actually said, "I'm going to put them on now!" with so much glee in her voice. I then had to explain I put some toggles on to keep the mitt bit down. The happiness when she saw the flowers! I said, "I spun that yarn, and I'm pretty sure it's wool, I did a burn test and yeah." I got a hug! She was over the moon. XD

It's the same golden brown I used on the edge of my massive shawl. :)

Nice part has been C asking for updates too (sometimes she can't do pick up), so she knew before S about the flower appliqués (because I wanted them to be a surprise).

Next pair to finish will be the ones I'm making my dad. It's nice to have my crochet mojo back, if only for a little while. :)