Mitten Monday, September 25th, only 3 more months until Christmas, which is a good excuse to give mittens!

Time for our first Mitten Monday! Send your updates to areyourhandscold@gmail.com
~Beth has finished her first ever mitten, a nice looking pink one! Way to go, Beth! One warm hand!
~BethS is almost done a mitten! So soft looking!
I know there must be more!
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Mitten ideas:
Kate Gilbert's Gifted
Easy mitten pattern by Claudia Krisniski
Kathy's mittens
Easy Striped mittens
Yankee Knitter hat and mitten pattern
Alison's Plaid Mittens: a bulky yarn pattern
Knitting pure and simple super bulky mitten
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Feel free to leave a pattern resource in the comments to share with all the others!
Happy Mitten Knitting!

People who are knitting to get rid of cold hands!

Here's the list of Mitten knitters! (remember, I use the word "MITTEN" generically. You may be knitting gloves. Or fingerless hand covers. Or you may be wrapping yarn around your hands and calling them warm. It's all the same to me!

Check this list often, this is where I will add new names as people join in!~~~~~

A FEW THOUGHTS!
1. It is never too late to join this knitalong. Remember, we are just knitting to warm hands. Not get prizes or fame. Okay, maybe fame. But no prizes. Join anytime. There is no time limit!
2. If you leave a comment to older posts on this blog, they will not show up until I approve them. This does not mean that you cannot comment, just know that they won't appear right away. It's a stab at spam control. It's not the best system, but it's in place and it's hard to adjust!
So, comment away!! GO AHEAD! What are you waiting for?

~Paula who I thought had a giant ball of yarn or a tiny basset hound (sept 8th entry)
~Pat who not only knits beautiful things, but quilts beautiful things!
~Keri who knits sweaters that are WAY too big for her!
~Dave who ran the Bitchin' Mittens knitalong. Now, he can just bitch about mittens.
~Cookie, who plans to knit fingerless mitts ala Norma style. Don't be alarmed, but her blog will tell you to shut up. It's not you!
~Leah who has some of the most beautiful sky photos ever. And you know how much I love that!
~Kathleen who plans to knit mittens for charity and a pair of fingerless mitts for her icy hands at the office. I guess the workplaces keep it so cold so we won't be tempted to nap. Too busy shivering!
~KathyB has never knit a mitten and she's written a little poem about it in the comments to the last post. Check it out! it's time, KathyB to put an end to those cold hands!
~Jane who is not plain by any means, has not knit a mitten since 1985! It's time, Jane, it's time!
~Janet who may need help to post buttons on her blog. Anyone care to help her out? That will make a warm heart!
~Cathy says she lives in MItten Country! Minnesota! (for some reason, I can't land on Cathy's blog, my browser crashes every time.)
~Karen who thinks she can live with the strict rules and knows she will soon indeed have cold hands! She also has the cutest pup who just had surgery! Get better, Riley!
~Jan who saved time in the long run by keeping last years button up! She's planning on knitting latvian mittens this year. I can't wait to see them!
~Kimberly not only has some of the cutest bunnies around, she has family with cold hands in Oregon and Toronto!
~Ann who is knitting socks and scarves. She has warm feet and neck but some cold hands!
~Paula plans on finishing up mittens from last years knitalong! She's got cold hands!
~Sue who's blog taught me the word Plonker. It's nice to learn new things.
~Nancy who already planned to knit a pair for her son who has cold hands!
~Chris who also has some of the cutest bunnies around, is ready for her knitalong motivation. GO CHRIS! :)
~Kim who coincidentally has some pretty cute bunnies (and alpacas waiting for the loo) is ready to warm her hands!
~Mini is throwing in the mitten at trying to knit thrums. I can't let this happen. But she is knitting a pair of cabled mittens, making me feel better!
~Maryse, who has the very attainable goal of making something fantastical. I don't doubt that she will!
~Lisa who has helped warm everyone else's hands, leaving hers cold.
~Darlene who is a new knitter and never felt "good enough" to join a knitalong. You've come to the right place, Darlene! Just do it, is my motto!
~Mandy who has never knit mittens before! And she has a cute baby who might have cold hands!
~Tonia who has knit gloves, so mittens should be a breeze. A family member has requested mittens in green. How can a knitter resist??
~Kathy has also never knit mittens and thinks this will be the push she needs. Cold hands will do that to a person!
~Sabine is our first knitalonger from Germany! Kälte reicht! (I hope that Free Translation has told me correctly that it means COLD HANDS!)
~Ruth who is trying to keep the size of her stash a secret from her hubby. We won't tell, Ruth, cross our needles!
~Maureen plans to knit mittens when her poor injured arm is better. No knitting. Can you imagine? Heal quickly, Maureen! I bet she has cold hands!
~Tiffany who made this year's adorable knitalong button, is planning to make a pair of fleece artist mittens. While going to school. And being a mother. And wife. And staying sane. I think she can do it!
~Blogless DebbieB who has a yen to knit mittens in good company. You've come to the right place, Debbie B!
~Norma, my Norma who is joining but making no promises. She has big plans for something green that she is working. It's okay, Norma, mittens can wait. Cold hands may not!
~Saffity who plans to make a bunch of mittens and gloves. That means bunches of hands will be warm!
~Yvonne who has a warm heart because she is knitting for charities with cold hands! Any computer literate knitter can head on over and help her out with blog buttons! She's sending up the knit sign!
~Liz who plans to knit mittens for the masses. Her masses all have cold hands! Glad I found your blog again, Liz!
~Brigid has a blog named Thumb Gussets. She was made for this knitalong! She's in the planning phase (which is the favorite part, isn't it?) and she's been swatching! SWATCHING! Isn't she cute?
~Amy Boogie is joining in because not only does she clean and cook like crazy, she wants to eradicate the cold hands around her!
~Melanie's husband has cold hands. Don't worry! She'll take care of that!
~Ulrike has never joined a knitalong before! I hope she can adhere to the stringent rules here! :)
~Santa Claus has cold hands. Okay, he is not actually in our knitalong. I was just trying to see if you were paying attention! Are you reading? He may, indeed, have cold hands, though!
~Ang is planning to knit fingerless gloves for Christmas and Birthday gifts! The gift of Warm Hands! I submit that it is the perfect gift!
~Erica is planning her holiday gifts and some lucky people are getting mittens!
~Deb has visions of grey and white estonians! I'm with you Deb! You knit, girl!
~Linda (blogless?) has mittens on the brain lately! Not just any mittens, two color Norweigan style like her Grandfather used to knit! I probably am not alone is saying, I hope we can see pictures of Grandfather's mittens!
~Kate has mittens planned and that means someone will not have cold hands!
~Sprite has orange alpaca and she knows how to use it! Her hands are cold! So are her sweetie's. Sprite knows what to do!
~Angie is a very new blogger (go ahead and welcome her to the blogworld!) and already knows that cold hands are NOT welcome here in Blogland!
~BethS has lots of mittens planned! No cold hands at her place!
~Lolly has new books at the ready to guide her mitten making! She's itching to try some colorwork. And warm some hands in the process!
~Genia is a joiner! She knows cold hands!
~Meg is planning to dive into her stash to warm her hands!
~Kelly is joining in with big plans to stamp out cold hands. She has the most adorable bunny named Bob who wears a sweater. I'm not kidding. Go see!
~Beth has a sister with dreams of hand knit mittens for Christmas! How can a knitter resist?
~Christy has a theme to her holiday knitting this year: MITTENS!
~Bobbi has so many people with cold hands, she has had to give up knitting socks for the time being! 3 months left, Bobbi!
~Maggie is looking to start her Christmas mitten knitting! She's come to the right place!
~Kiara is looking to knit a pair of knucks for a friend, proving once again that I am hopeless and square because this is the second time I have heard the term KNUCKS used and both times it was here. Learn something new. She's in the sock wars, but mittens are waiting their turn!

~Julie loves to knit mittens. You are in the right place!
~MissyJoon is one of return mitten knitters from last year! Making a habit of knitting mittens. That is a good thing!
~Maud has some drop dead gorgeous flower mittens on the needles! Check them out! Warm and stylin' hands at her house!
~Elizabeth has some mittens to make. She has some cute cute kids, can't let them have cold hands!
~Maia lives in a mild climate. She does not get cold hands. But she knows some people that do. So, she will be knitting mittens for Dulaan! Yahhhh Maia!
~Marisol has a blog with a great name! And cold hands. Good thing she is joining in this knitalong!
~Kelly is a girl after my own heart. She likes mittens better than gloves. I'm with you, Kelly! (no offense to glove lovers. For Kelly and me? Our hands are still cold in those gloves!)
~Debbie has a son going to school in Utah. I think having mittens is law there. I do.
~Rebecca has had snow already! COLD HANDS ALERT! Is she the first to have snow this season? So far!
~Tracey recently moved from Upstate NY to Central Pennsylvania and is upset that some people say she may never need another mitten again. You call THAT a place to live? I predict some cold hands for Tracey. Knit away! (anyone with wordpress please head on over and help Tracey with buttons! PLEASE!!)
~Hannah has one beautiful, inspiring fair isle mitten almost done. (She also has a partner who knits. I love him too, and I don't really know him!)
~Maritza not only has fingerless gloves on the needles, but a pair of mittens planned in her head. She belongs here!
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More knitters with cold hands, added Sunday, October 1st!
~Blogless Christene has a veritable Goldilocks type family with cold hands. One small, one medium and one large set of hands!
~Nasheikah wants to join a knitalong for mittens. Her hands must be cold!
~Camilla has cats who unravel her knitting. She'd better knit some mittens quickly so her hands are warm. Rumor has it that her house is a bit drafty! Mine too!
~Driventoknit (blogless?) has never joined a knitalong! Good thing this is her first! Her son is in need of mutant mittens. I know! A mitten that I have not heard of? Apparently it is for mountain climbing. Which I guess explains why I have not had a need for them!
~Leslie lives in Buffalo, New York. You know what they get a lot of in Buffalo? SNOW! And you know what that means???? COLD HANDS!
~Sarah knows that necessity is the need of invention. Or something like that. She is designing her own cuffed mitten! Check it out!
~Jen lives in Chicago and does not have one pair of mittens yet. Tsk Tsk. She's going to have very cold hands if she doesn't get started!
~Amanda was hoping that it's not too late to join in! Is it ever too late for warming up those cold hands? I think not! Knit on, Amanda!
~Brigid who I would swear upon a stack of bibles (knitting bibles, that is) that I already added her name to this list is knitting away on fair isle mittens. Her blog is aptly named THUMB GUSSET. She is a mitten knitter after my own heart!
~Agneta lives in Sweden. I have never been to Sweden, but I imagine it to be a place that mittens are needed. I love having an international knitalong!
~Blogless Felicia claims she is one of 2 people left on the face of the earth that does not blog. Huh. I did not know there were others! :) She has never knit mittens or gloves but is enamored with the pair of fingerless mitts! People without blogs have cold hands too!

added October 7:

~Whitney is currently working on a pair of Estonian mittens, my kind of warm hands!
~Meg has Mitten plans for Christmas giving! Is there anything better than the gift of warm hands?
~Annmarie must have some cold hands, because she is joining in!
~Jennifer just finished a pair of fingerless gloves but has plenty of little fingers around that need warming!
~Lillian has some Noro Silk garden just longing to become mittens. Who is she to argue?
~Franney who is the first to say a rousing HIYA to me! So, HIYA, Franney! She's almost done a pair of hand warmers from Rowan Biggy Print! Mmmm. Rowan biggie print!
~Earin has cold hands and a cold lap. She's got the blanket on her legs and mittens on the way! She knows what to do!
~Joni has a whole family of people with cold hands. What's a knitter to do, but knit mittens and gloves for that husband and those kids.
~Dympna has one lonely mitten waiting for it's mate. One cold hand needs attention!
~Sheila not only has one pair already done, she has plans for more! Cold hands be gone!
~Claudia began knitting mittens and then promptly lost the pattern. I have been there. She has a new pattern in hand and is resuming mitten knitting!
~Suz is in the planning stage. That's the most fun part. Other than the wearing part!
~Becky is a joiner! She must have cold hands!
~Heather O is a busy knitter. She's working on 4 pairs of fingerless gloves. At least one pair is for her!
~Siri is gearing up to knit the squirrel and oak mittens. You heard it here first. It's the year of the squirrel mitten!
~Elizabeth has 2 thrummed mitten kits and cold hands.
~Kimberly who is a wonderful, caring person, has been shaken by recent world events. She's taking a short (I hope) blog break. Knit mittens, Kimberly. It helps. xo
~Kelly must have cold hands. Why else would she join us?
~Amanda may have a busy life, but she needs mittens for those cold hands!
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More added October 30th:
~Tiennie proclaims that she has wanted to knit mittens for forever! It's time, Tiennie! I bet your hands are cold!
~Elizabeth, perhaps blogless, has finished 2 pair of mittens. One pair a sort of lichen green handspun, going to Afghans for Afghans. Another pair, oatmeal colored Bartlett-type wool with spruce green ljus [as the parent of a grade-schooler, she refuses to say lice!], going to the Irish Ewe’s Mitten Fence, in Norway, Maine. Great job, Elizabeth!
~Pricilla is an inspiration as she makes hats, scarves and mittens for the Salvation Army! A warm welcome to Pricilla, who warms others!
~Pippi claims to need mitten inspiration, she has come to the right place!
~Gwen, who did not mention a blog is joining in the mitten fun!
~Billi-Jean sits in hockey arenas all the time, cold hands for her!
~Elizabeth has noticed her hands getting cold as the weather turns! Time to knit mittens!
~Macarena has already got fingerless mittens on the needles and more in the stash bag! Warm hands coming up for her!
~Kath poor, forgotten Kath ( I would have sworn upon a pile of mittens that I had added her name here! It's not to be found. It must have been in the times that I LOST THE #$*&^&^%%*^*&%$$%^#$^$ entry) Pardon me. Kath has some URGENT knitting to get off of the needles and then is starting some warm hands knitting. I can't wait to see!
~Cindy started knitting along with us even before she knew about us! Now THAT is dedication!

ROOM FOR MORE!!

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So far we have 108 Mitten knitters (including myself)! That is at least many many (math wiz I am not!) soon to be warm hands!
Did I miss you? Leave a comment here or email me at areyourhandscold@gmail.com Be sure to let me know if I got any information wrong. Or if I've forgotten you. I've probably forgotten you. I'm unorganized that way!

New button

Tiffany made a new button! Another choice! Can a knitter have too many knitalong buttons? Thank you, Miss Tiffany! I miss you!
So far we have 21 warm hand knitters! That's at least 42 hands that will be warm soon!

Warm Hands, 2006-2007~

After much begging, (okay, okay one person. And they didn't beg, they suggested. Same difference!) I do believe it's time to have a Warm Hands Knitalong again. Even though today is 80 degrees, warm and sunny summerlike, the fall nip is in the air and the thought of cold hands can't help but creep into the psyche.
So, do you want to knit mittens? Along with lots of others? I am not going to run a contest, just so you know. This is purely to get hands into mittens.
Let's stay with last year's rules.
Here's the rules in case you are thinking of joining. I'm a stickler for rules ;)
1. Knit mittens
2. knit them now
3. or later
4. just knit them
5. You must finish them
6. Or not. Your call
7. Share your progress with me
8. I know that Tuesday is Knitalong day in some worlds, but here it will be MItten Monday. Sunday would be a good day to email me with updates.
9. Be happy and have warm hands!
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Wanna?
please email me at areyourhandscold@gmail.com and you're in! Be sure to leave me your blog name and email address!
If there is anything I can't stand is COLD HANDS!