Last year my friend lost both of her parents in less than two months. I’ve been thinking about her and her pain a lot lately, especially as we are getting close to the anniversary of the death of her father. I decided to make her a pair of fingerless mitts to honor the memory of her parents.
I used the Grace Handwarmers pattern by EweKnit Toronto. I liked using the pattern because it was free, well written, and her dad was the pastor at Grace Methodist. I used my bullet journal to sketch out charts that reminded me of her parents. Her mom was a musician, so I used music notes for her mitt. I would have preferred to knit a violin, but I didn’t think I could make it work. Her dad often said “Bless your heart” so I knit that into her dad’s mitt.
The dark brown yarn is handspun from the farmers market in Lawrence, KS. The light brown is yarn my friend brought me from her trip to Scotland last year. Both yarns are undyed.
This was the project I had scheduled for February, so I’ve added a brioche cowl to the schedule for next month. Have you been knitting much lately?
mildlygranola 
The mitts are a lovely, thoughtful gift. My sure your friend will appreciate your tangible love:)
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Tangible love. I really like that phrase, and how I will describe important knitting in the future.
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Wow, that is such a thoughtful gift, lovely.
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Thank you. She is a really great friend.
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That is such a thoughtful gift, you are a great friend!
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Thank you. She is a wonderful friend.
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What a wonderful gift. I’m sure your friend will appreciate it
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She was very happy with them. I think they will get a lot of use.
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That is such a wonderful, kind idea, and they turned out beautiful! Your friend is going to love them 🙂 Looking forward to seeing your brioche cowl! I have been knitting a bunch – making good progress on the WW socks and my Dockside cardigan 🙂
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Thank you! I look forward to reading about your knitting. No more book reviews though – I keep adding to my Amazon wish list, thanks to you!
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LOL! OK, will try to keep it down 🙂
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Aw what a lovely gift.
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This is such a nice idea. It got me thinking about making a pair with my doggo’s name on them! I am always thinking about that dog!! We are at a balmy 8 degrees here in NY. I’m bundled, are you? 🙂
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You should make memory mitts for your doggo. It is actually 32 here! I walked in a fleece! Of course, we got about 4 inches of snow, so it isn’t all lovely.
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A beautiful tribute. You’re such an amazing friend.
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I’m blessed to have lots of amazing friends. Like you.
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This is beautiful. I love this so much. What a wonderful friend you are, and I’m sure these mitts will be treasured forever!
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Thank you. I really liked making them.
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Those fingerless put mine to shame! ! I love when the palm is a pattern like that! Im making a pair of fingerless for Allison per request. Today when I mentioned it , my sister asked for a pair because she now works from home and her office is cold! Actually, I was racking my brain as to what to get her . She’s very particular, but I think I can knit her a soft washable pair as she requests!
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It was a great pattern to knit, and the yarn being held double makes them warmer. I might need to make myself a pair.
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That is really lovely. I hope to get some knitting in today!
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Good! I’ve missed your posts.
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