And another pair

 I finished the mitts for my niece earlier this week and I gave an exam today, so I started a third pair from the same pattern

 

This pair will be part of my mom's Christmas gift; I think I will probably order some kind of "fancy foods" for her (esp. since she has less freedom now to just go out to the grocery, since she's not driving). 

In this photo the first mitt is about half done; this was an hour giving an exam and part of an hour this evening watching tv 

They're from a Malabrigo worsted (Color is "Zarzamora," an inky blend of blues and purples) that I got on a good sale when Quixotic Fibers had "Malabrigo Day" a couple weeks ago.

(looking up online: Zarzamora means "blackberry," which makes sense)

I also have a deep blue and a pink; if I have time I might use the blue for a hat for my sister in law.

I also did start the companion pattern hat ("What's that on your head, Watson?") but for myself and out of a goofy striping Christmas yarn from Michael's.

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I think I'm finally on the mend from the cold. I'm coughing less and I have less of a feeling like my chest is congested (that was what I was worried about, if it became bronchitis, I'd need to get antibiotics) and my throat is less scratchy. I also hurt less today and I think it's been 48 hours now since I had a fever.

I will *probably* be okay for what I had hoped to do this weekend - run to Denison to try to find a "main gift" for my sister-in-law (I can't count on getting a hat done). I need a couple other small things for people too; I just want to look around. And I want to go to Michael's and I can go to the nicer grocery (Albertson's) even though I'm only here for about a week more before I head up to Illinois for Thanksgiving. (I *almost* said "head home," but I've lived here now longer than anywhere else, so I suppose here is technically "home," even though I often see the flaws in this place pretty starkly).