I've not been knitting a whole lot lately. There's the beanie that never ends, but progress on that is dull. And I've got two sweaters going but they are top down raglans and not past the yokes. So I decided that maybe what I needed was an instant gratification project. I settled on hand warmers. I actually only have one pair but I've knit lots - they make excellent gifts because they take so little yarn and time. I knit this one yesterday. I plan on casting on the next one today but taking my time with it. There is no pattern, I cast on a couple times and ripped out until I got what I wanted. I like my hand warmers on the snug side as they tend to loosen up a lot with washing and wearing. I knit them on sixes and used a worsted weight alpaca/lambswool blend for the yarn. I don't know the brand as I've long lost the ball band (I know it's not Berroco though). The yarn started life as a beret that I knit around six months ago. I kept pulling it out of my knitting bag, putting it on, sighing, and putting it back. I figured since I had yet to weave in ends the yarn was not intended for a beret.
Originally I was going to put the cable down the back of the hand but I didn't like it that way and then I figured on the side might work. It does, though I'm thinking I might sew a few mismatched buttons on the stockinette section. I'll see once they're done.
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