The boy for whom I made the dragon scarf and the dragon hat requested a pair of dragon mitts for Christmas. I have just produced the most anatomically improbable dragon you ever saw. It has teeny tiny vestigial wings, like a T. rex's useless front limbs transposed to the scapulae. Perhaps it can use them for knitting -- they are sure to be useless for flying -- since I may be deposed as the knitter-in-chief around here.
I was watching the mitt take shape and trying to cheer myself up: Embroidery! We can outline those wings with silver thread and they'll be just the thing! It doesn't matter that his lower jaw looks like he was mutilated by a oral surgeon who'd been hitting the Fentanyl!We'll just embroider some teeth in there. Silver teeth will be awesome!
I couldn't quite push back this discouraging thought: hands come in twos. I have to make another one of these things. He asked about them last night when we were talking about patterns on Ravelry. "When you make my dragon gloves, will they be an original?"
It is probably safe to say that these will be the only vestigial-wing-drooping-jaw-fat-tail dragon mitts on Ravelry. OH I hope he is not disappointed.
Can you tell me what you think about one thing? I am riffing on these flip-top mittens and the instructions say to attach the flip top to the palm side. Wouldn't it make more sense to attach it to the upper side of the mitten? Don't you usually use your fingers and thumb together, so you'd want the mitten top to be out of the way, flipped toward the back of your hand instead of bunching up in the palm while you try to tie your shoes? Or am I overlooking something important, with the result that I am making these mitts both ugly AND impractical? Please advise.
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