October 24, 2005
Warm Hands Participants
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?
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! :)
Hilary
Meghan who is a joiner!
Helen whose hands are cold when during rabbit feeding time!
Karen who is already done a pair for her cutie son! Don't worry, she plans more! We all know that once you have one pair, you must have more!
Jan who worried that she was forgotten. Well, she was, but not intentionally! :)
Cheryl who is on her way to New Orleans to help out in the disaster relief. Godspeed, Cheryl, don't worry, knitting mittens awaits you!
Kathy who gets my rules. And I appreciate that! Or not! ;)
Darra who takes sky pictures while she is driving!
Denise who has mittens on the knitting loom! Our first loom mittens? And she has a cute son who likes to "paint" the floor! Good thing he's cute, eh?
Vicki who has knit a LOT of socks. I do think it's about time her hands get some attention!
Lisa who is knitting CASHMERE mittens. AND giving them away. She is brave.
Blogless Mary V started a pair of convertible mittens. Keep knitting, Mary V!
Knittingnurse who is going to start her first ever pair of mittens. And we all get to share in her moment!
Helen who has 3 pairs planned! A girl after my own heart!
Blogless Nancy S, who has started a pair from the 365 knitting calendar.
Forgotten Carrie who has not one but TWO pair sitting unfinished from last winter. And it looks as if she's planning another pair too! In fact, she will be knitting the pair I will be knitting. Just seeing if you are paying attention! :)
Paula who is growing a pineapple! The first person ever that I have heard. And she is remembering to look up.
Kristin Mmmmmm..Koigu mittens!
Jenn who has 6 children with cold hands. One of them swallows pennies.
Sherry W who states that she wants a pair of handmade mittens for every day of the winter. I have to wipe tears from my eyes after that one. Why didn't I think of that?
Tara Nichole who thinks she can adhere to the strict rules. We'll see! :)
Tiffany, who is a Princess Dammit! How, oh, HOW could I have forgotten to put Tiffany on my list? She made some of the buttons! Feel better, Tiff!
Bernadette who is working on Christmas gifts. Only 60 days to go. Again, seeing if you are paying attention!
Diane who has a fair isle mitten kit from jamieson's. Am I drooling?
Genia who loves to mitt kittens. Can't stop giggling over this one! Genia, I am so glad we have met up again! She was one of my first blogpals!
Meg who is a newlywed knitting mittens!
Uli who has a family with cold hands!
Emma who asked very very politely! :) Go see cutie Oliver and his new bike! And while you are there, donate to Oliver's fund!
Reb who is going to knit mittens for the Dulaan project! Bravo, Reb!
Billie-Jean who has CRS disease. I am in good company. This is the true address to her blog. Not that other one I have listed.
Lisa, blogless no more! Besides starting a blog, she's already finished a pair of fingerless mitts! Warm wrists!
Michelle
who actually has a beer sniffing cat. Really. Go see!
Kimberly who is somebunny who is knitting multiple mittens as Christmas gifts. 60 days, remember?
Maggi who has a cutie pie Wee C with cold hands. Perhaps she will even make matching mom and daughter mittens. That would be our first. Go Maggi!
Mary not only is she my computer guru, she is wacky and loves mittens just about as much as I do.
Amber who has the fair isle mittens from Interweave knits all ready to go. Oh, sorry, I drooled on my keyboard!
Paula who did some questionalbe Rhinebeck knitting. Is that mitten abuse? :)
Lynette who needed immediate mitten gratification to protect her cold hands.
Cathy: Of course it's not too late Cathy!
Cynthia who has several pair planned! Warm hands for her!
Blogless Angie, who thinks she can follow the difficult rules. We'll see! :) Purple fulled mittens for her!
KathyB who awoke out of a sound sleep just knowing she HAD to have thrummed mittens. Who is she to argue?
Yes, Genia, you just missed your name.
Anne a girl after my own heart. Planning multiple mittens, including some Lativians. Knit girl!
Jenn who had to frog a pair. Never fear, knowledge gained is a good thing. Cold hands, though is not. Get knitting!
Helen who has so much knitting planned she won't be able to sleep for a while!
Jocelyn who found this knitalong just in time.
Blogless Mary who pledges to knit mittens. Or not. She belongs here!
Carola who lives where she has to have cold hands. She is knitting some mittens that ROCK. Go see!
Blogless Sandy
Blogless Mary Erdman who is ready to jump into mitten knitting for the first time!
Julia who is working on the Floral Fair-Isle Gloves. She is bound to have warm hands this winter along with her warm heart (she has an adorable baby girl, who WOULDN'T have a warm heart with a cute baby like that?)
Candace who has mittens all over the place at her blog! Go see! She's in the right place! (Did I already put your name on this list? I remember saying the words "tufted mittens" before)
Blogless Lucette is busy trying all kinds of new mitten techniques! Go mittens!
Blogless Linda who is a Johnny come lately and very welcomed at that! She is busy knitting mittens for every child in her family. Kids, neices, nephews. They all have cold hands!
Kara who was looking for trouble and she found it in this knitalong. She did not actually say the word "trouble".
Laura who is joining and finishing in the same day. Well, MY day, anyway!
Jane who is joining her first knitalong! Welcome, Jane! Better follow the stringent rules!
:)
Amy who needs a new pair. She deserves warm hands! She's got a new baby and a toddler!
Michelle who's weather is making her hands cold!
Lisa who is joining her first knitalong and knitting her first ever mitten! Go Lisa!
Bethieee who said she is making mitteny things anyway so it looks like she found a good place to be!
Nancy who is casting on in a few days!
Renada who is knitting her first ever pair of mittens! Good thing too, since she lives in Minnesota! Cold hands!
Diane E. who, I feel weird saying this, has the nicest looking eggs on her blog!
Lynette who's temperature is telling her it's time for felted mittens!
Cassie who I can't remember putting on this list, so I put her again!
Sarah who is a soccer chic needs warm hands!
Renada has the first frostrosen mitten finished already!
Liz who feels like she needs encouragement for knitting her first latvian mitten! She has come to the right place!
Stacey who has some orange handspun ready to be mittens!
Angel who has already started a pair!
Wanda needs warm hands. She probably thinks I forgot to add her, but I haven't!
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UPDATED COUNT!
That is now 137 mitten knitters! That is a lot of Warm Hands around the world!
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Phew! 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!
Posted by Mary at October 24, 2005 02:47 PM
Comments
Wow, Sandy, this is beeyooooteeeful! That Mary IS so talented, isn't she?! And now there's ANOTHER BUTTON from which to choose and I love this one the best of all. How does a girl choose? If I knit two pairs of mittens, or three or four, perhaps I can take several buttons to clutter up my page. Geesh.
Posted by: Norma at October 24, 2005 06:20 PM
hehe and i though i was the only one who found my way over here *waves to norma*
very nice page (and handy having a separate one for this thanks to you both!)
wahhhhhh it's not fair...i've got the two half pairs clamoring to be finished and you have to keep bringing up the latvian-mittens-that-i'm-dying-to-try-but-i-have-neither-the-book-nor-the-time-just -now...
i'll have to drool over everyone else's (figuratively i promise lol) til i can get a copy (and another 24 hours to each day!)
now where have those mitten orphans hidden themselves..... ;o)
Posted by: laurie at October 24, 2005 06:29 PM
Can I join the knitalong!? I can adhere to the strict guidelines!
Tara
Posted by: tara nichole at October 25, 2005 01:23 AM
Can I please join as well?
Posted by: Sherry at October 25, 2005 12:18 PM
me too, me too! I don't just knit leg warmers. Maybe this will inspire me to knit the mates to mitts already done.....
Posted by: geniap at October 25, 2005 04:59 PM
Um, I already forgot that I was to give you an update on Sunday. See why my blog is so neglected! No progress on those Estonian mittens but I'm going to try and get them done by Sunday so I can email you a pic :-D
Posted by: Jackie at October 25, 2005 05:02 PM
Ooh, OOH! ME! Count me in! I know I will have a hard time with your stringent guidelines, but I think I can handle it!
thanks Sandy!
Posted by: meg at October 25, 2005 06:14 PM
Hey Sandy,
Long time, no talk............ I need some "mitten-spiration" so I'd love to join if I'm not too late. Mittens for me....... mittens for the kiddo..... what about mittens for hubby? We'll see about that one.
Uli
Posted by: Uli at October 25, 2005 06:21 PM
I'm in a mitten frenzy, so am very glad to have the knit-along. There is also a Yahoo! group called the Mittenalong, for those of us who are probably permanently infected!
Posted by: Rob at October 25, 2005 06:46 PM
Don't I feel dumb, but I can't find your email addy to send pics!
Posted by: Melissa at October 25, 2005 07:29 PM
Whoooo-hoooo! Gorgeous! I picked my mittens and got my yarn.
Posted by: Ma Hatfield at October 25, 2005 11:10 PM
It sounded so sad to be called blogless Lisa - like I'm missing some essential thing that I really need. So, I'm trying this blogging thing out and we'll see if I'm good at it. In the meantime I finished a pair of fingerless mittens - I have a link to the pattern in my post. Don't have a digital camera yet, but maybe this is a good reason to get one.
Posted by: Lisa at October 25, 2005 11:47 PM
Wow! What a nice surprise - Mary did a superb job. I love the layout, how cozy!
Posted by: Tiffany at October 26, 2005 03:38 AM
Ooh, I like Mittens! Can I please play too?
Posted by: Michelle at October 26, 2005 11:11 AM
Love the Warm Hands knit along page! And the buttons are awesome too!
Posted by: Lisa at October 26, 2005 01:50 PM
I wanna play, I wanna knit some mitts! Will they be for me? Or the Wee C? Maybe matching mittens ~
Posted by: Maggi Tinsley at October 26, 2005 05:04 PM
LOL!
Thanks for the update :)
Posted by: Billi-Jean at October 26, 2005 09:36 PM
Ok that cracked me up....I have 3 children not 6....just 6 hands :-)
I am crazy now with 3...I can't imagine how insane I would be with 6 :-)
Posted by: Jenn at October 26, 2005 10:50 PM
I have the fairisle mittens from a few interweave's ago to knit, so count me in, I need to get those started anyway!
=)
Posted by: Amber at October 27, 2005 09:42 AM
Oh boy! I love the summary you wrote for me!
It's perfect.. Perhaps if I can only get mittens on those little mitts he won't be able to get them into anything else!!
Posted by: Denise at October 27, 2005 10:03 AM
Oooh- mittens! I am totally into the mitten knitalong. can't get enough of the handspun mittens!!
Posted by: paula at October 27, 2005 11:54 AM
I too wish to do mittens. My email must of been missed. I am doing the mittens from the 365 day Knitting calendar that uses sock yarn and mohair together. They should make a good wearing nice and warm driving mittens. 32 degrees this morning and I had to scrap frost off my car:(
Posted by: Nancy S at October 27, 2005 09:48 PM
I'd like to join the Mitten knitalong as well! Time for some warm felted mitties I think!--supposed to be 25 degrees tonight..yikes!
Posted by: Lynnette at October 27, 2005 11:20 PM
I'm want in, too! Tough guidelines, but I think I can handle it.
Posted by: Michelle at November 4, 2005 12:01 PM
My emails kept coming back...I've been trying to join for just ever.
Finished a pair of fingerless mitts (picture on my blog) and working on 6 pairs of handspun/handdyed mittens for my beloveds (not Christmas, just winter.)
Thanks for keeping track. It's a joy to see what everyone's making!
Thanks,
Susie
Posted by: Susie at November 9, 2005 11:28 PM
Thanks for your lovely comment on my little one:-) She does make my heart very warm!
My hands have a good chance to get warm now, I finally cast on for the left-hand glove, hooray!
Posted by: Julia at November 13, 2005 05:01 PM
I feel like it's rediculously too late to join but I just completed my Very First Mitten and found this knit-a-long and thought I'd take a chance. I just up it up today :-) I cannot wait to use them!
Posted by: Margaux at November 14, 2005 02:04 PM
Oh dear, I seem to have slipped off the list! I was there the first time. Would hate to miss out on the fun! Thank you for organising this knitalong.
Posted by: Brigid at September 25, 2006 05:45 PM