Pleeeeaaaaassssseeeee????????

Lige siden min mindste niece så mig starte på mine vanter, har hun flere gange nævnt, at hun SÅ MEGET godt kunne tænke sig vanter også. Hun er en sart plante, og alt, hvad jeg ikke har strikket af bomuld, er lynhurtigt blevet til "Kradsuld". Jeg har fortalt hende mange, mange gange, at hun slet ikke ville kunne lide vanter af uld, og ligeså mange, mange gange har hun forsøgt at forklare at det kun er i ansigtet hun ikke kan lide uld. (Hvorefter hun 5 minutter senere aer mine dejlige, bløde trøjer med alpaca og siger "kradsuld"!
I søndags skruede hun virkelig op for charmen! Hun aede min (totalt bløde!) cumulus med alpaca og mohair og sagde "Ah - blød kradsuld"!

Ever since my youngest niece saw me start the mittens, she has mentioned several times that she REALLY BADLY would like some mittens too. She is quite sensitive, skin-wise, and everything I knitted from anything apart from cotton is now officially called "Itchy wool". I told her many, many times, that she wouldn't like woolen mittens, and just as many, many times she did her best at explaining, that it is only her face that doesn't like wool. (And in another 5 minutes she will pet one of my wonderful, soft sweaters with alpaca and proclaim "Itchy wool"!)
This Sunday she really did her best to convince me to make her mittens. She petted my (totally soft!) cumulus made with alpaca and mohair and said "Ah - soft itchy wool"!

Selvfølgelig kunne jeg ikke stå for hende. Så turen gik lige hjem i wollmeise-lageret for at finde 2 farver til et par katte-vanter. Wollmeise blev det, for de skal gerne kunne maskinvaskes, og desuden er det blødt. Og uld varmer altså nu engang lidt mere end bomuld!
Der har været god tid til at strikke, så de blev færdige på nærmest bare 2 dage. Der er kun brugt 50 gram. Til gengæld er de altså noget små, men jeg tror godt, hun kan passe dem nu her. Og hvem ved? Næste vinter gider hun garanteret ikke katte, men vil hellere have nogle andre!
Det største problem er, at hendes lillebror, der har brugt et år af sit liv på at lege kat, også vil have kattevanter nu. Der er slået op til et par mere.......

Of course I couldn't say no. So I went straight home in my wollmeise-stash to find 2 colors suitable for cat mittens. I chose wollmeise, since it is machine washable, and it's soft. And you know - wool is just so much warmer than cotton!
I had plenty of time for knitting during my Easter break, and finished them in just about 2 days. I only used 50 grams of yarn. They are quite small, but I think they will fit her nicely now. And who knows? Next winter I'm sure she won't wear anything with cats, but would like to have a different pair!
The biggest problem right now is that her younger brother, who already spent a year of his life playing cat, is desperate to have cat mittens as well. I already cast on.......