Perkins Dry Goods

I have known how to knit for a very long time. I learned when I was about 8 years old (yup, in the 60’s).  My mom took me to Donalson’s Department store - the one in Highland Park (St. Paul, MN).  They sold yarn and fabric there in those days.  One of the clerks taught me to knit.  But that’s all I learned.  I never really got the hang of reading the instructions to make anything.  Well, that has all changed.  I signed up for a class with my quilter friend Jenni.  But I wanted some practice BEFORE we got to class, so I made a pair of regular mittens!

Jenni was very helpful, she knits a lot.  She walked me through several knitting emergencies and I think I only started over three or four times.  I think the mittens look lovely.  The thumbs are a bit short and one mitten is bigger than the other.  But, they are finished and they are warm!

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