When I was newly married (21 years ago for those who are trying to peg my age bracket) I had visions of evenings full of love, conversation, dinner to rival gourmet restaurants, Me-time as well as exercise time. I specifically imagined myself jogging. Oh, my sides hurt with the mirth that brings me now. Me?? Jogging? I just didn't know myself well enough yet. I had high hopes. But the point is that I envisioned hour after hour of contented family time to fill in.
I wonder now where those hours go to. I have a certain amount of time in a day but it seems to rush by with only a fraction of my mental to-do list getting done. I think that if, by some miracle of time shift happened and I was given an extra hour every day, it would somehow get jam packed full in a split second.
So, I started a knitalong. And I do not regret it, but I should have had a plan in place to deal with the knitalong business. I still do not. Have a plan. And me being html challenged that I am, I have a desperate help call out to my guru. So, for now, I will list the participants here.
Without any further ado, here they are, in no particular order,
Warm Hands Participants!

Becky, who has a great blog name!
Adelle Lisa, who has a pretty cute pooch!
Dympna, who has started Norwegian mittens
Jessica, who has already finished a great pair of mittens! And they are handspun! Fastest Knitalonger right here!
Luvtocraft, who seems to be knitting a chicken wing! :)
Shara, who has yummy food on her blog!
Leena, who has some GORGEOUS mittens started, and a history lesson of them too! Check it out!
Ann who is already done one mitten!
Jen, who has finished socks galore! Warm feet!
Laurie, who sheepishly needed a kick in the mitten to get started!
Vicki Will she knit chicken mittens to match her hat? :)
BearKnits who has a family with cold hands!
Dena, who has a great list of free mitten patterns!
Donna, Miss Booshay, who counts mittens as one of her favorite things. A girl after my own heart!
Blogless Debbie who has started mittens from the book Mighty Mitts & Flap Caps, which is a great title, no?
Danielle, who needs mittens as a Christmas gift. No time like the present to start that! (she knitted some Red Sox!)
Wendy who dyes beautiful yarn!
Blogless Paula, who must be knitting something!
Blogless Leslie, who has never knit mittens. Imagine that.
Amanda who is getting the first SNOW that I know of. Cold hands!
Janice who has knit some beautiful lace!
Dawn who apparently is looking for another hole in her head. (another knitalong)
Eva who had to go to her LYS specially to buy mitten yarn. Poor thing! We can all sympathize! :)
Ina who has lots and lots of wound up yarn that would be perfect for mittens!
Lisa who is a fellow muppet lover.
Another Lisa who has some Steadfast Fibers yarn in "rainforest" coloway waiting to be a mitten.
Billie-Jean who has made oodles of thrummed mittens for everyone but herself! Cold hands!
Sarah who is cute as a button and made a great sweater!
Amanda who is also cute as that button and ALSO has a great new sweater! And a pug! One of our many double dippers, in both this and the Peaceful Palms knitalong! Proving of course, that there are never too many knitalongs!
Kim whose hands NEEDS mittens. She can SEE the snow near her!
Isela has only knit fingerless mitts. You know what that means? COLD HANDS!
Cathee who has some beautiful mittens in the dream stage!
Emmy Who is new to mitten making! Welcome!
Liz who is eyeing the new Knitpicks colorwork wool. Can't wait to see them!
Mary whose children has cold hands!
Jillz who is not feeling well, but will knit mittens anyway! :) Feel better, Jillz!
Kat, whose blog I cannot visit right now, for some reason, is knitting for a "gwfgwf" knitting list. Anyone know what this is? Hmmm?
Kristen who needs a reason to knit mittens. Consider me a good reason. I need company!
Nicola who has finished one FANTABULOUS looking Gotland Island mitten! Go see it!
the Knitting Kit who is knitting a pair of Dad mittens! Dads need warm hands too!
Melissa who has finished several pair as of late!
Aubrey, blogless and thrumless. Get Going, Aubrey! Your hands will thank you!
Gina the mitten knitting Auntie!
Margene my friend and inspirational knitter!
Katy has a 2 year old with Cold Hands!
Neglected blog Jackie, pseudo blogless, has an almost finished pair of Estonian mittens! YES! It counts! 5 more to go, Jackie!
Kathy who has nieces and nephews with Cold Hands!
Beth S. I lust after her Hermione mittens. And yes, Beth, it's time to do a stranded pair! :)
Kate (the mysterious) I almost met her. ALMOST! How's the thrums coming along?
Jackie, who is dying to try some Latvian mittens. You know what I say? Just do it! (Jackie, is the address you left really a DNA testing site? )
Ruth who has a severe case of Mitten on the Brain!
Carole who, thank goodness is a follower!
Ma Hatfield who was waiting for some kind of excuse to learn to knit mittens. Consider yourself "excuse-d"
Maureen who I know to be a mitten maniac like myself!
Cara who has some magical yarn that has MITTEN written all over it.
Norma who cannot resist a party. This is a Mitten Party! :)
Jo in Boston who knits great socks.
Gibs who I know will knit some unique, wonderful mittens! Welcome home, Kim!
Rob who has one gorgeous mitten finished and one on the way! She also has some beauties planned!
Susan who needs to lighten up on herself and give herself a little break! No Charlotte's Web is not the end of the world. However, Miss Susan, NO MITTENS IS the end of the world. Get knitting! :)
Linda her first knitalong EVER. How about that?
JSC who is itching to knit some mittens. She has come to the right place!
Laura who is almost done mitten number 1 ! Already!
Julie who knits AND bakes. Yum!
Kim When somebody mentions the word Latvian mitten pattern to me, I listen! Go Kim!
AmyDe who's kids hands will not be cold for long!
TeriP who is joining me to knit mittens AND show's me her sky! Thanks TeriP!
Jessica It's never too late to join MY knitalongs. Did you read the rules? (October 17th entry)
Kristen who suggests that she may be deranged for knitting fair isle mittens. Hm..She's in good company!
Cold hands Samantha She has more than Cold Hands. She has FREEZING Hands. We know how to remedy this, do we not, knitters?
Blogless Lisa, knitting thrummed mittens!
MaryBeth who has a lonely Malabrigo mitten waiting for a mate! :)
Kathy the Knitagator who is perfectly delightful and I'm sure will knit perfectly delightful mittens!
Beth, who mentioned my favorite word, "LATVIAN MITTENS". Technically 2 words, but my favorite nonetheless!
Wendy Author! Author! :)
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Phew! 72 mitten knitters! Let me know if I missed you! Want to join the fun? Read the RULES on the October 17th entry and then let me know if you can adhere to the strict set of guidlines I have set up!
Have fun!