Random bits today.
Batman Begins is certainly a better film than the last two of the previous franchise but it suffers oddly on a couple of counts. There is no camp here - very little humor of any kind for that matter. It is, as an old friend would put it, serious as a heart attack and subtle as an exit wound. Bales is an acceptable dark knight but not an extraordinary one. The most compelling character is Liam Neeson’s Henri Ducard. It should be Batman/Bruce Wayne, but Bales hasn’t Neeson’s charisma or depth. Michael Caine was delightful but then, he always is.
For what it’s worth, I seem to have found an effective way to deal with my annoying summer allergies. I found it at Wal-Mart and its sole active ingredient is an antihistamine - diphenhydramine. It contains no analgesic (aspirin, acetominiphen or ibuprophen) and no decongestant. For me, it seems to work very well. I take it according to directions and twenty minutes later am feeling quite a lot better - pressure relieved and pain gone. And if the pain weren’t gone, I could then take a couple of aspirin if I needed to. But that hasn’t happened so far (crossing fingers).
Of course this is not a recommendation - simply the conveyance of my satisfaction with a particular product. It will now probably be taken off the market :)
I found a mitten pattern yesterday that I like a lot. Mittens for Children and Adults covers all sizes without resorting to the expedient of just going up a needle size for a larger mitten. It does something I haven’t see before (though I’m sure more experienced mitten-makers will have run into it) in that it borders the thumb gusset with purl stitches - one at either side. This both eliminates the need for markers (since the gusset area is clearly delineated by the purl stitches) and looks nice to boot.
Stranded mitten
The mittens will go with the hat…
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Very nice set. I like the purl idea.
Neat-o looking hat and mittens. Are you SURE that the purl stitches are there? Or are you just trying to start some type of rumor? 
Glad you have a handle on your allergies. We buy “Claritin-D 24 hour” at Sam’s Club. Thank goodness they’re non-drowsy. I’m dopey enough, as it is!
Margene - Me too. I think it’s an idea I’ll adapt to all future mittens whether from this pattern or not :)
Laurie - I remember taking Claritin some years ago. I’m glad they work well for you and yours; they didn’t do a thing for me.
I must be lucky or something - antihistamines don’t generally bother me at all.
And yes, the purls really are there :)
