Not-elephant craft: the saga of my (89 year old) Nanna's fingerless gloves.
So first I made my Nanna a basic, utilitarian pair of fingerless mitts with blue sportweight crepe-constructed 100% wool yarn. I no longer have a photo of them but they were made from this:
From: https://www.bendigowoollenmills.com.au/classic-5-ply.
Must've been 10 years ago, or more. Last time I was down in my hometown, Nanna mentions she's lost one of her blue mitts -- I was honestly shocked (and touched) she still had them. So I gave her a single (I haven't knitted its partner yet) fingerless Pomatomus glove I'd made with hand-dyed purple fingering weight wool. It was this pattern:
https://sutherland-studios.com.au/pdfs/NereidFingerlessGloves.pdf
Then I find out, this time in my hometown, that Nanna's actually needing a partner for her single purple Pomo mitt, as the blue one has holes in it.
Luckily hometown has a nice yarn shop & hooked me up with some lovely Naturally Loyal 8ply in purple:
So, thank goodness, I was able to finish a pair of them in 2 days:
Nanna now has two matching purple Pomo mittens, and I'm so happy.