Giving In

I would like to think that despite who I am and what I do, I'm a rather practical soul. I mean, it's not like I have my little, secret, in-the-closet-only joys, but there's always going to be a part of me that will demand that I be practical. It's not something that I can avoid, but it's not really something that I think that I should avoid at any rate.

Thus, leading me to my problem with arm warmers. I don't understand them, I really don't. I don't understand where they're supposed to sit on my forearm, I don't understand why they never have fingers, I don't understand how they're supposed to keep my hands and fingertips warm, et al. I just, don't get them. I understand why someone would make them. I usually wear long sleeves under the jacket in the long, cold Davis winters anyways, so the only part of me that really feels the cold isn't my arms, but my fingers. Arm warmers would warm the part of me that is already warm and leave my fingers to deal with the bitter cold. Granted, I'll admit that not having the whole mitten or a full glove gives far more finger mobility and usefulness, but fingers aren't useful if they've gone numb.

But I have given in because I found Natalya by Jody Pirrello. They're amazing. I'm overlooking the lack of full fingers, which I could add on my own, I'm overlooking the fact that getting them on when I'm wearing long sleeves will be a pain in the ass, I'm willing to overlook a lot of things. It's a quick knit and I'm doing it at a tighter gauge so that it'll fit better at the wrist. I'm enjoying it, we'll see if I can make it through two of them and not crap out half way.