The tradition of the Unfinished Gift

I have this uncanny, often unintentional, tradition of having a homemade gift to give that is unfinished. I used to be embarrassed and try to come up with something else at the last minute to go with the gift that was "taken back" for finishing. It has become part of our family Christmas now though to see who got the unfinished gift and I somehow manage to keep the tradition going. This year, my mom is getting the unfinished gift but I am not going to wrap it up. I will take it to my sister's for Christmas to work on while I am there and tell her about it.

She picked up some yarn recently and starting knitting herself a scarf in a deep ombre of burgundy, greens and browns. I noticed some sock yarn in my stash in the same colors so I grabbed it and started knitting up a pair of fingerless mittens. I have about an inch of the first one done. I am doing a K4, P4 rib all the way up the cuff and will switch to stockinette for the part that covers the hand using and elongated eyelet hole for the thumb hole. I am working with size 5 double pointed needles which are slowing me down a bit. It is a fun project to do and I know she will love the mitts.

They are a practical gift that she can use in the cold mornings to get the car warm and de-iced before going to work and the technique is one she would not do herself. I will add another post with the pattern as I created it after reading several similar ones and rejecting them for one reason or another.