I've adopted another bunny. Well, not exactly. I decided to sponsor this adorable guy through Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. His name is Sidewinder and he has head tilt as a result of an infection. Sidey's complete story is HERE.









I can't resist disabled rabbits - if I was any good at all with the veterinary stuff (I'm not) this place would be Nan's House of Gimpy Bunnies.



In other rabbit news, Peaches the Fearless decided that after only a year, it was actually safe to come down the three carpeted stairs separating the bedrooms where she lives from the rest of the house. DH had already bought the materials to build her a ramp but apparently the problem wasn't the stairs. She's just a big chicken. She still won't stay down the stairs long but we're coaxing her with treats and lots of compliments on her bravery.



I am still working on Ilmar's socks but they won't be done this week. Instead, I will have photos of two projects that I've abandoned - one because I ran out of enthusiasm and one because of bad colors.

Here are Avo's mittens from Folk Knitting in Estonia done in Elann's baby cashmere and size 0 dpns. I cut the ribbing short because I was sure I was going to run out of yarn. I only had 2 skeins of each color and the yarn is now sold out. I have almost 1 full skein of each color left over. I really have to block them - I notice my tension ain't so sweet with this particular yarn.









I've already started Ilmar's socks from the same book in some really wild colors.

As promised, here are my 3 favorite knitting projects of all time.



First, Dale of Norway's Salt Lake City Olympic sweater in Heilo. I hope to make the next Olympic sweater as well.









Next, inside and outside the Sanquhar gloves. I wear these all the time.









Finally, the Spin-Off entrelac socks. I used mostly handspun yarns, all dyed with Kool-Aid and Easter egg dye. Unfortunately the bright sunshine on the photography day bleached out all the colors.









This photo of the socks in progress shows the bright circus-like colors better.

I'm enjoying seeing all the snow the rest of the country seems to be getting. Here in the desert we are having a false spring with lots of sunshine. I had all the windows open today and aired out the house. This was for naught as I immediately smelled up the house trying a new recipe for vegan lentil loaf.



Here is a photo just to prove it actually does snow here a few times a year. It shows the mittens from the clothesline photo earlier this week along with three pairs of gloves, Landra's Gloves from Folk Knitting in Estonia, Sanquhar gloves done with laceweight yarn and size 00 dpns, and some Norwegian gloves for DH from Vibeke Lind's Knitting in the Nordic Tradition.









Tomorrow I'll show photos of my three favorite knitting projects of all time. And Thursday I should actually have a new FO to show (don't faint!) finally.

Here are some other mittens from the past. These aren't the best photos unfortunately but I tried to fix them a bit with Paint Shop Pro.



This is knit in a wonderful angora/wool blend - the pattern is Harald's mittens from Elsebeth Lavold's first book. I have no idea where these mittens went but I hope they went to my friend Joelle. She's an animal lover and equestrian and always appreciates exotic fibers. She doesn't even knit but loves to attend Taos Wool Festival to buy fun handknit and handspun garments.









These are Meida's mittens from Folk Knitting in Estonia. I knit these for my friend Gracie in Richesse et Soie (ultra-luxurious cashmere blend).









Here's one last NFA mitten - the Vinternatt mittens done in Rauma Istra.

A few years ago I was all about the mittens.

From the left we have the Halland mittens from Folk Mittens, Nordic Fiber Art's Solhav mittens, NFA's Rosebord mittens, two mittens from a booklet called A Year of Mittens (Patternworks may still have it), and NFA's Frostrosen mittens.

I'm still unenthusiastic about my knitting. Tomorrow I'll be in Santa Fe and maybe I'll check the yarn store there for inspiration.

Jean asked in the comments yesterday to see a close-up of the red Spontaneous Scarf. This is as good as I can do unfortunately as the scarf is long gone. I gave it to my best friend in Colorado as it matched her winter coat.









I need to go bake some bread so I'll wait until tomorrow to find more photos. In the meantime, go check out Stasia's free pattern for Valentine's mitts.