a little knitted rebellion

this year for christmas i did something new. it's not unusual for me to make all my gifts, but this year i knit them all. which, consequently, meant i spent all my free time from thanksgiving to christmas knitting. i barely got some of the gifts done in time so i didn't get any photos of the results, including the awesome {and red} convertible mittens i made for my mom. 

but, as it turns out, after wearing them to work one day, she discovered that they are against the strict dress-code. that's right, my parents work at the salvation army training college and, while they have the freedom to choose either a red or black scarf to match their black {strictly regulated} winter coats, that is the limit of their personal choices. {is my this-is-a-little-ridiculous tone coming through here?} so, upon my return home, i started on a new pair. exactly the same {except for a few tweaks i made to my first pattern} but in black.

  

and, according to my mother's wishes, i added this little surprise:

 bam!

i absolutely approve of this little addition and these really are much cuter than an all-red pair. {plus, red, yellow, and blue are the salvation army colors, so quite acceptable, i think}

 kinda wishing i could have kept these for myself, but i sent them off earlier this week so she wouldn't have to keep breaking the rules. who knows how long they will put up with her blatant disregard for the dress code!