Handmade Christmas - The Oven Mitts

I pride myself on my homemade gifts each year. Most of them are of the sewn variety. Some years, I imagine I'll do something like make a big batch of Vanilla Extract and package it all pretty, but I digress...there is something particularly loving about collecting ideas through the year and sewing up a few gifts...



Over the next few days, I bring you The Handmade Christmas (2011, of course!) I couldn't share these before because some of my family actually READS my blog! This year, Pinterest has given me a few new tricks up my sleeve. By next year, there will be even more, I'm sure!

So to start, the oven mitts. When I saw them here, I knew they were the perfect gift for my cousin Dawn. She likes to bake. I know her well for making the cakes and cupcakes for many a birthday over the years. She even made the amazing baby rattle cupcakes for my baby sprinkle! Of course, it was fitting for a baker to receive oven mitts!



What I like about this pattern is that it isn't the wonky side thumb. You actually reach in and grab the pot out of the oven with it! It works well with the opposable thumb! Wouldn't you agree?