Menotcogiwatsit; Less Think More Blink

As the autumn bites down hard and throws copious amounts of water and wind over the Hutch, with winter temps starting to make their presence felt and even the gulls hunkering down, I find myself going into hibernation mode, too. I rely somewhat on the various podcasts I have shared the last few Thursdays to keep my little grey cells from seizing up altogether. I admit there are occasions when I think I might have become nothing more than a smear on the sofa, a crumb on the couch, a blob on the bench.

To redeem myself, I turn to meditation, cooking - and eating 🙄 (healthy stuff mind - though there may be rather too much potato involved)... and this week, I finally got the crochet mojo going again. 

Some of you might recall my LynGmal project? It is with a degree of shame and horror that I have to report that after that post from 18 months ago, the thing got packed into the cupboard due to visitors... and never came out again! Disgraceful. Anyway, due to the fact that I will only be turning on the heating this winter when I have visitors, the need for some extra outerwear becomes imperative.  (What? Why the heck would I heat a room into which I could fit 700 of me, never mind the rest of the Hutch when a couple of extra layers - and maybe a heat pack at my back - will keep me perfectly comfy? This is not just for economic reasons but for ecological concerns also.) Thus, I put it here in black and white; my intention is to have the coat of many colours completed no later than Christmas. This year. I know that once I put my focus on it, this is no challenge at all.

To get myself back into it, though, I started by adapting a pair of very pretty mitts into arm/wrist warmers. The mitts are a memento from a stay up at Torridon with Gail and Bertie some years back. They are hand-knitted and did take a lump out of my budget. They served well enough but, to be honest, were rather loosely stitched and became nuisance value slightly by curling on their frilly edges. Soooo, I hunted out some yarns that complemented the tones and set to making firmer cuffs at either end, plus sealing up the thumb-hole. I am thrilled with the result.

Those shots were taken on OktoKan's onboard camera, so they are not brilliant - it doesn't have a timer, so getting the both-arms one was tricky. Anyhoo, this is an ideal activity to keep me busy while listening to multiple podcasts or the book of the moment. (I just finished listening to The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben - very good, and will be looking for the sequel.)

Now, where's that other crochet hook..........