Good News & Bad News

Actually I have a couple of things that are good news. My last post was my 100th post on this blog! I saw it after I posted and was quite surprised by that. Ok what do I get? Free yarn? A knitting book? Oh I just get to post another hundred or more if I so choose. Ok life goes on.
Good news - I finished the biking mitts I was making for Bean!
Here they are on Patrick's hands. Patrick is 11 years old, five feet tall and weighs ninety pounds. They barely fit him. See the stretching at the thumb? Now the bad news - no way will they fit anyone other than Patrick. I'll have to find another pattern or just make these with more stitches on a bigger needle. I really enjoyed making these I have to say. As you can see it was easy ribbing and stockinette stitch. I may just redo these with a couple of modifications and be done with it.
I don't know if you remember but a while ago I made a pair of mitts for a lovely lady I met on a social website. She wanted to pay me but I refused payment. I'm now making her twin girls each a set of the hand warmers because they liked them so much. She wants to pay me but I really don't want to take money from her. I know she makes jewelry so I asked her to make me a set of stitch markers if she could, if not it's not a big deal. Well....lookit these!
How cute are those??? They're in the mail right now and should be here any day. You can find her stuff here if you're interested. I don't know if she has stitch markers yet but I know she's making some and I know she has some lovely jewelry listed there.