Mini mittens take over

I've been on a mini mitten kick lately. Well, it's not so much a kick as a requirement. I'm in the Traveling Scarves group on Ravelry, and some of us decided to start a new group where we swapped minis. I've been procrastinating starting, so I finally told myself I wasn't casting on for my sister's Seascape or mittens until I'd finished at least three minis.

Luckily this pattern is easy and fast. I got to the point where I could finish one in under an hour, including weaving in ends and several interruptions. (I've decided my new "happy place" is anywhere, inside or out, where I can sit and knit with no distractions. If you know of a place like that, let me know.)

So now I can start my Seascape and mittens! It all started with my sister moving to Philadelphia. She's a little apprehensive about the winters there, because, let's face it, Arkansas winters aren't much ... and she already hated those. So I've promised her mittens. In the last Books and More swap, I got a kit to make the Blackberry Mittens from Blackberry Ridge. I'm probably an idiot for attempting these as my first stranded pattern, but I'll give it a shot.

Then, about a week ago, some of the women in the Traveling Scarves group mentioned making the Seascape, and I got talked into an informal KAL. I figure it can be a scarf to go with the mittens. I'm really, really excited about both projects.

Now watch me screw them both up.

Oh, and I got this today: