Note to self: this was not good logic.

I got some Nashua Handknits’s Julia yarn (wool, alpaca, and mohair) for making some mittens. Do you know that little mitten pattern that comes in your junk mail? It’s printed on a little, folded paper about the size of a postcard and there’s a lady on the front photo who models some striped red and yellow mittens. I saved the pattern and it’s been sitting on an end table, so everytime I see it I start to think about knitting mittens. I got two colors of the Julia yarn, teal and sour apple green, to make mittens. I love the teal, but I’m not sure which pattern I’ll finally decide on.

I also got some cute itty bitty tools. First I got some itty bitty scissors for air travel. They are 1⅜” (3.5 cm) long! I have been using that Clover throwing star cutter, but it has given me problems with airport security (in Munich in particular), so I’ve been on the look-out for a better solution. Surely these itty bitty scissors will pass TSA inspection, right?

I also got an itty bitty circular needle. When I first spied it, I thought it was a dollhouse knitting needle toy, but it turns out to be a needle for knitting one sock in the round, a Clove 9″ circular bamboo needle (size 0 / 2mm). I have a crosswalker sock-in-progress that’s been sitting untouched for over a year because I can’t stand working it on DPNs as the pattern called for. This itty bitty circular needle would be perfect for getting my sock moving again. I brought home the dollhouse needle, then knit the sock onto it. It is quite fiddly to work with; the inflexible, wooden needle parts are so small that you almost have to pinch them with your forefingers and thumbs. After knitting a few rows, I got more comfortable with it. For me it will be fast than knitting with DPNs, plus it makes me laugh.