When my girl was very little, I knit her a pair of mittens, in purple yarn, and she wore them to nursery school where, one day, another kid put them on and said they were his. I kind of thought it was great that he wanted some purple hand-knit mittens that much, but when I pointed out that it was very sweet that he liked them but that the mittens actually belonged to my daughter, the boy’s mother said, with a straight face, “Nope. Those are Jeffrey’s mittens.” This was a long time ago now, but thinking about it still makes me feel indignant, and I don’t mind telling you that I totally helped her steal them back from him.
There can be no confusion here. These mittens do not belong to Jeffrey. I think Mrs. Weasley knits her monograms right in to the fabric, intarsia-style, but I cheated and used duplicate stitch to put the N on these. (There’s a great article on the difference here, if you’re interested.) Pretty cozy, huh? Now I’m imagining my whole family in monogrammed mittens, each pair a different color, just marching down the street covered in hand knits like a bunch of Weasleys headed for Diagon Alley. Better start knitting.
hi kristen,
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Very nice mittens! Mittens are on my long list but a new hat is first which can only be made after I finish my hot water bottle cover and blanket.
ReplyDeleteWhat outright theft! His mittens indeed. A little girl once pilfered my daughters toy troll doll and kept it. I said it was hers, she said it wasn't. I didn't want to call her out on being a thief so I left it. My now grown up daughter still thinks I let the side down. So well done you for getting your purple mittens back!
I wouldn't say it's cheating as duplicate stitch is pretty tricksy stuff too. Something that I for one have not yet mastered.
Sara
FUNney!!!
ReplyDeleteThey are perfect and I love this story. There are so many Mother's out there that would rather say their kids are right than to do the right thing and correct their children. I wonder what ever happened to that little boy......
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I am glad you got the purple mittens back! It's always a bit of a shock to me when adults have the same ethics as two-year-olds. Just have this mitten owner be careful around people whose name begins with N ;)
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought intarsia was a spell name. I could picture Hermione pointing her wand at mittens and yelling "Intarsia!", and a monogram would appear.(sigh) There is so much about knitting I don't get. Anyway, Mrs. Weasley ain't got nothing on you sister. Love your cozy mittens. Jeffrey needs to back off.
ReplyDeleteHa haa! Good for you for getting you own back :-)
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