The Great Mitten Swap of 2009
Posted in knitting on 24. Jan, 2010
In July of 2009, Heather had a brilliant idea. She thought it would be fun for us girls in our awesome little knitting group to knit up a pair of mittens and do a secret exchange for our Christmas party! We would have 6months to decide on a pattern and we could knit it up right away, work on them here & there through out the months, or wait to the very last minute like most of us did. Working best under pressure is how we roll.
Heather top secretly gave everyone a fantabulous little homemade project bag, and inside was an envelope that with the name of the knitter we’d be knitting for. We had all traced our hands at a bar over pitchers of Margaritas on my birthday (which is July 5, btw) and the excitement started to build. We all started to tag patterns we loved in Rav and our knitter could knit us something we REALLY wanted or what they REALLY wanted to knit. Now, our group consists of all sorts of levels of knitting goodness, but whatever your level – it wasn’t about how great you could make them, or how fast, it was about that we all just really care for each other, and wanted to knit for that person. Not because we HAD to, because we WANTED to.
I give to you , the finish products of the First Annual Mittenswap 2009.
We decided that it was so much fun and we all just loved it so much, we’re doing it again. So, over margaritas in the middle of summer – we’ll choose our this years swap partner and do it all again!
Here we all are.. yes, most of us are in our jammies. We’re CRAZY I tell you! CRAZY!
Awesome!!
What an awesome group and an a awesome assortment of mittens! Everyone did a great job
I LOVE your mittens Melody!!!
I love seeing all our mittens side by side, to see who did what for who! I can’t wait for next year’s swap!
LOVE! That is what this post is about, and what the mitten swap was all about.Thanks for putting the pictures together. I am so excited for next year.
I love it!! I can’t wait for next year’s names!! IS IT SUMMER YET?!?
I am so lucky to have you all! You guys are the BEST!!
Love!!! And I like the new decor. Very nice.