Working On: Fuzzy Pink Mittens
October 3, 2012 § 4 Comments
Nevermind all that I said about spending time sewing this month. I’m knitting something so cartoonishly knitterly that I feel like a look-at-how-kooky-this-girl-is sitcom actress:
CAROLINE sits down at the café table across from NIC, pulls a fuzzy pink half-knit mitten from her bag, and begins working.
CAROLINE: So, how was the show last night?
I mean, this actually is what I did on Saturday afternoon.
Anyway, I’ve stumbled into a newfound but very real love for angora. I haven’t ever worked with it, since it always seemed to be too much for me. It’s not my taste. But I think the qualities I used to find so jarring– it is undeniably fuzzy– are now maybe what draw me to it. Angora cannot be ignored. It does not apologize for itself.
I will leave you with this shocking thought: I’m thinking a good bit about a day-of-the-week set of angora-lined pulse warmers. Lord have mercy.
Before you go overboard and fall for a sweater, be sure to test drive those mittens. Lovely as they are, Angora is wicked hot to wear! You will have toasty hands this winter!
It can also cause your nose to itch uncontrollably!
If you ever have a baby girl it’s mandatory to knit up one of those angora kitten hats.
Lol, I just bought some robin’s egg blue angora to make myself a pair of mittens. Now if only I had the time to knit for myself…
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