I posted that dog/booty pic on a family messenger group .... I don’t give them crochet/knitting any more (except for one person), but I mentioned I’d knitted 50 pairs of mittens .... maybe I should “diversify” this year?? That got a few LOLs, but I think some of them are going to hide their dogs when I’m around :-)
Currently, I am working on a pair of arm warmers for an elderly friend - I modified a pattern I’ve made once before. Lying in bed last night, I was thinking ‘knitting’ - I hate it when I’m knitting/crocheting in my head and can’t sleep. If I take yet another pattern, I can have the cable “coming out of” the ribbing on the cuff around the hand & it will go the length of the warmer & disappear into the cuff that is around the arm. I just looked at the arm warmer I did last night - wish I’d had this idea then. I could frog it back to the cuff, but maybe I’ll go ahead & knit a matching arm warmer. For the gift pair, I’d like to get a softer yarn - her favorite color is purple ... the yarn I have is Dusty Rose (Vanna’s Choice - not the softest yarn). A trip to Hobby Lobby is not possible today.
Here’s a link that shows the cable stitches coming out of the ribbing .... I can do this .... would only do one cable down the middle of the arm - not enough room for multiple rows of cable.
https://www.handylittleme.com/lallybroch-fingerless-mittens-knitting-pattern/
Original “plain” pattern that I’ve modified:
https://www.handylittleme.com/simple-knit-arm-warmers/
I am currently renovating an unheated, mid Atlantic zone house. I take old long socks with holes in heels, cut off the foot and use them as arm and leg warmers. Don’t care if I get paint, or caulk, etc. on them. When messed up enough I use them for cleaning rags, lots of really dirty floors and other spots in that 100 year old house.
Last night i was watching Antiques Roadshow. A woman had lovely filagree gold ring. One side lifted up on a hinge and there was a fine braid of human hair. The inside was engraved with the name and date of death of a famous woman author. I think it was one of the Bronte sisters, so the appraiser was pretty sure it was the deceased author’s hair and kept by one of her sisters. Sometimes when I am crocheting a hat I realize one of my long gray hairs has been crocheted into the hat, but I don’t think I will start saving hair for that purpose. ;-)