I can’t recall how many times I’ve made these Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang. The pattern is about 15 years old and free. I still lament losing one of the mitts from my first pair. Somehow I’ve never knit another pair for myself to replace them, but I’ve made these for gift giving a few times because they’re quick, use up bits of scrap yarn, and are impressive looking and warm. I think it takes about 25-30 grams of each color for the smallest size.

This pair is for the woman that’s caring for my kiddos during the school days while they are in a small school pod with three other kids. We are very grateful and feel fortunate to be able to do that this year. In my area of the country the infections are rising at an enormous rate and at one point Arkansas had the third highest number of deaths in the country, even though our state population hovers around 3 million. Sarah, our caretaker, has been in our lives since she was a Montessori teacher for our youngest in the 18-2.5 year old classroom. My girls absolutely love her and she’s also studying to be an educator. I know she is going to be a fabulous teacher when she graduates this year.

As I was knitting these my girls admired them many times and tried them on. Therefore, as soon as I finished these I cast some on for Z and as soon as those are done I’ll make a pair for C. For the girls I’m making them shorter on the wrist section by one repeat, and for C’s pair I’ll make them a bit narrower in the thumb as well. I think they’re as pretty on the inside as on the outside.

I highly recommend checking out this pattern for some quick and easy fair isle. I believe this was my first fair isle project back in 2008. It will always have a special place in my knitting history.

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