You'd think a week and a half without lectures or job 2 would yield lots of free time. But no. I've been dealing with an over-flowing inbox of emails from students. Before the exam it was full of questions and concerns and pleas for meetings. Now, after the exam and posting grades, it is full of whiny pleas for more extra credit and "just 1 more point." Argh!

The best, however, was the one that contained the string of letters "sumtn." I could only assume that "sumtn" was either the student bashing his hand on the keyboard in frustration or being used as a word. Since the letters s u m t n are not that close together on the keyboard, I ruled out option one. Using the skills I learned in 2nd grade of how to read a sentence and deduce the meaning of an unknown word from context, I was able to figure out that the student meant "something." I'm hoping that the student knows the difference between something and sumtn and just prefers to send the appearance to his professor that he is a moron and can only type in text message speak, but I do fear that there are young people out there who believe sumtn is the proper spelling.

I did manage some knitting time over the weekend and beginning of the week. And in true kim fashion, I managed to completely ignore the list of knitting that is contained in my last post. As I was reading Terby's post, I noticed she was knitting some cute mitts called Fetching from Knitty. And I thought to myself, I don't remember seeing those in the recent issue. I followed the link and realized that they are from the summer issue that I completely ignored when it came out because who wants to knit winter accessories in the summer?! But now that it is winter and my hands are cold...

Yep, I had to whip up my own. The yarn is Tahki Yarns New Tweed that's been in the stash for at least 2 years. The yarn is 70% merino, 15% silk, 11% cotton, and 4% viscose. It is soft and lovely. I actually knit both mitts at the same time (2 circs, baby). Knitting both at the same time was an adventure in patience as the balls of yarn got all twisty and the whole thing was a bit fiddly, but in the end, I had two finished mitts at the same time (minus the thumbs of course). I made a little modification to the finished product by sewing a little bit of yarn between my index finger and middle finger. This really helps to keep the top of the mitt at the base of my fingers. As I looked at pics of finished Fetchings on the interweb, I noticed that a lot of them never made it to the base of the person's fingers (how does that help in warmth?!). I really like my modification, I might even add a little between the pinky and ring fingers if they continue stretching as I wear them.