Finished mittens!

Ken and I watched Gran Torino this evening and I couldn't knit through most of it. It was too good and too visual to be able to knit. However, that said, my hands were not happy to have nothing to do! I finally gave in to them and picked up Olivia's mittens. I ended up finishing them--including a cord that connects them so that she can thread them through the sleeves of her coat--and not lose them! I'll post a photo tomorrow along with my own mittens, which I used today when I walked the puppies. For some reason I don't think that the yarn that I used is as thick as worsted weight yarn that I used last time that I made mittens. I think that Galway is a fluffier yarn than either Cascade 220 or Northampton. Maybe a little felting will make them feel warmer.

I'm going to take the mittens over to give them to Olivia and to measure her head for the matching hat. She has a big head, but I don't want to make the hat too big!