Warm Hands, Summer Edition

First, though, I have to share my good news. I hadn't been back to Weight Watchers for 2 weeks, what with travelling to New Hampshire and then not feeling all that great the week after. But I made it last Friday morning, and I received some good news. I had lost 3.6 lbs over the past 2 weeks, bringing my total weight loss to 29.8 lbs. I'm calling it 30 lbs no matter what the digital scale says, and I have to say that it feels wonderful! At this point, I have lost about half the weight I need to, so I am very pleased.

Yes, this weekend turned into a "Warm Hands" weekend - I worked on mittens both days. Actually, considering how hot and humid it was in CT this weekend, it felt good to work on a small project like mittens. First up, I finished the second mitten of this pair:
Although it looks like the mitten on the left is bigger, they are the same size. The bigger mitten was finished first, some time ago, and I think all my poking and prodding at it stretched it out a bit. I made this pair out of Lion Brand Wool Ease.

Then I finished the first mitten of this pair and started the second:
This was my problem pair - the pair that made me wonder "what was I thinking". Well, I looked a the pattern again and figured out that I was using just one pattern. So the mitten worked up quickly enough yesterday. The only problem is that it is quite a bit smaller than I was expecting. It will fit a small child's hand, but obviously I still have gauge issues since it was supposed to fit an older child. I will have to continue to ponder that problem. I'm using Plymouth Encore, and I just love the color changes in this colorway.

I will try to finish the second mitten tonight, and then that just leaves the crocheted scarf for Tuesday night. If I can accomplish that, I will have met all of my July goals. Wish me luck!

(Also, for those of you who might be wondering about Summer of Squares and when I am getting back to making afghan squares, the answer is very soon. I need to make a square or two for my crochet guild by our August meeting, so I need to get busy on that as soon as I finish these projects.)