mitten blank - done!

I'm at the cottage for a few days (unfortunately, leaving today...) and got a shot of the almost-finished Wellington mittens in the sun, on the deck.
Almost finished, because I forgot my Knit Kit at home and don't have a darning needle here, so there are ends to sew in, and also almost finished, because these need a good soak to smooth out the yarn - when knitting with kinked wool, it makes the resulting fabric have an almost boucle type look. I know these will grow, so I intentionally made them a little short, both in the body and the thumb.
I'm really looking forward to wearing these - the mohair-wool blend is strong, lustrous and wonderfully soft feeling - these will probably be my go-to spring mittens.
As you can see, there is also enough left in the blank to make a headband to match - I plan on lining it with a squishy soft cotton for comfort. Details to come...

Speaking of the cottage - this was the "meeting of the minds" that occurred on the lake out front of our place yesterday. I was out with the kids, then some more kids came over, their parents followed, beer was procured, and we spent about 3 hours out there, chatting, getting caught up and making plans for Easter. If the weather stays like this, Easter may see us in the same spot, only IN the lake - it was that mild...