DANGIT! I've made two left mittens before---crap!! I hate it when that happens!!

They're so beautiful---and will be even moreso when there's one for *each* hand. :)

xoxo

I love those mittens. What a shame that you may have to unpick one of them.

Your poor thing. Two right mittens. Can't you graft the stitches held in place by the red yarn and then do an "afterthought" thumb a la Elizabeth Zimmerman's afterthought pockets, afterthought heels, etc?? That would save you from doing all that ripping.

How how pretty, Sandy!

I love the mittens....see I would do two the same lol. They still make me want to knit a pair of mittens!!!!

Love the rosebud photo.

Yep, I had a Harlot flashback too. :-) So sorry about that mistake! Try to think of it as prolonging the pleasure of knitting this particular pair of mittens. ;-)

The mittens are lovely. What you need is a friend with 2 right hands. Ok, so not helpful at all. I feel your mitten pain.

Sorry about the mitten....they are so pretty!!!!

i've done the same thing. feel your pain.

I know this sounds lame but...when I knit mittens, I make two copies of the pattern. I edit the thumb directions so that I have written directions for the left and right. I use whichever pattern is appropriate for the right or left mitten...and I make sure I put the non-working mitten pattern away so that I don't confuse myself. Sometimes I just want to knit without having to think, ya know??? ;-) Do you have enough yarn left that you could make two left mittens and then gift/donate a pair?

I hate when that happens!! So now what?

Sorry to about your mitten. I hate it when knitting goes wrong!

Dang!! I have done that before too. Great looking mittens though.

Wow, those are sure some bitchin' mittens. I've done similar, so I can't poke too much fun at you for it... (Two front lefts to a sweater. It wasn't pretty.)

Sorry about the two right mittens. I hate it when things like that happen.

Oh no! Not the dread TRMS (Two Right Mittens Syndrome)! The last time I did this I just forged ahead and made two left mittens for two complete pairs. :)

What'd ya get at the craft fair? What'd ya get?!

Or you could make two lefts.

/runs like hell

I seem to remember something like that happening to a certain Harlot a while back ..... at least you're in fine company.

Lovely mitten Pattern!!!! I agree with Jean do the EZ thing...no pun intended!!

Well that sucks. But not the release from daily mom duty. That doesn't suck at all. Does it?

Or, you could knit two left mittens, and have two pairs :-)

Yeah! We have mittens!!

So sorry about your thumb, I think we've all been there at one time. They do look great though!

I was looking through Folk Mittens last night. It is the knittin' mitten time of year again!

have fun at the craft fair!

Wait, wait, wait! You can fix it without frogging all that back. Do EZ's afterthought trick for the real thumb, undo the red "holder" for the wrong thumb and reweave in the right colors. I'm sure it would work. It'd take a little fiddling, but it'd have to be faster than reknitting all that and you'd have the satisfaction that you won! They're beautiful anyway, Sandy.

Brilliant solution: I was think about how to fake a left thumb opening and graft in the hole from the holding yarn. That would take me just as long as it would you to just re-knit the top. So smart with the mittens, Sandy.

Cripes. Don't you hate when that happens?! It happens to the best of 'em (I tell myself), so we're in good company. ; )

It's moving day for D#2 today! She's so excited -- which is both good and disconcerting.

Oh NO! I dread doing that. Almost as much as I dread locking myself out of the house. (Routine leaving house: hold keys in my hand. Look at keys. Lock front door from outside. Look at keys. Put in bag. Look at keys. Ok!)

Do you have enough yarn for two pairs, or would that just be too awful?