But what to give? Miss Kid has shown interest in the fingerless mitts I've done. So we went to the yarn store and looked around. I told her that I had to make a pair of those mitts but the color was up to me, but I needed help in finding the most awesome color possible and I wanted it to be really soft.
She finally settled on a yarn and color that seemed awesome to her. Then we got home and the yarn was put away. Before I left, while she was at school and with her mother, I whipped up a pair of the mitts. I managed to get them blocked before she visited the Thursday before my vacation so I could get pictures of them.
She opened them Sunday and was 'very' happy to have her very own set of mitts, in the awesome color she picked out. There's a bit of yarn left over so I promised we could look into something to be made with it as well.
Pattern: Firework Mitts
Yarn: Cascade Yarns Ultra Pima
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I love when I can take my kids to the yarn shop to pick out yarns that will become their gift. I think they appreciate what I make them more when they have input in the color. It's funny to see them looking around the shop and commenting on textures. hmmm, future fiber artists?
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She was very adamant that they were 'her's' as her mother and I both love purple. She was also unconsciously petting them as she wore them so I'm taking those as good signs. I am often amused at how seriously she takes picking out the perfect yarn. It is a lot of fun to watch.
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