Knitting My First Pair of Gloves (For Ben)
I've been friends with Ben for over a decade now, and for Christmas he asked for gloves. I am aware that it’s now March, so at this point it’s more of a Christmas/birthday/thank-you-for-doing-my-taxes gift. His birthday was last month, my birthday is next month, and also he just so happens to be my accountant. So, since I’ll be seeing him next weekend to file my taxes, it’s high time to finish this project. Ben said that if the idea was too much work to let him know, but he was gloveless in the middle of a Syracuse winter and I was excited to try knitting five-finger gloves for the first time. He requested Patriots colors, sending me the team logo as if I had never seen it, and following up with, “Like maybe most of it is that navy blue, but then it has red accents or something.” I responded, “Bet.” First thing the next morning I drove out to the local yarn store to peruse shades of navy blue. I already had bright red leftover in Drops Extra Fine Merino from my brother’s New Jersey...
