It has barely become cool enough here to put on socks — much less trouble about mittens!  But there is something about autumn that just cries out for something mitten-ish on the needles. And I kept thinking about the Eleanor Roosevelt mitten pattern that Franklin Habit showed us during his class at Madrona last February (yes, I am capable of carrying an obsession in a dormant stage for 8 months… it's like some kind of crazy gift…). 

So although I have a delightful half-done Fair Isle autumn leaf patterned mitten languishing in a knitting bag, I went digging through Knitty.com to find the pattern and then I went stash-diving — my current Theory of Justification being that if I can find suitable yarn in my stash and I can put my hands on the proper needles for a project then it is "meant to be" (this is a very, very dangerous theory and should be handled with extreme caution).

I recalled buying some autumnish yarn from Lambs Ear Farm last year during their going-out-of-business sale. And, lo and behold, there it was: 6 balls of Mochi Plus variegated yarn (one autumnish color melting into the next).  Enough for the mittens and a matching scarf!  The pattern suggests a sport-weight yarn, but this nice smooshy Mochi worked up to gauge on the size 4s (also suggested), so I have decided to makeup the smaller of the 2 sizes, figuring that if it runs a little large, I will be okay.

Celeberate autumn in the way that makes you happy!  For me, it is a nice simple historical mitten project.  Okay, and maybe some Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale.