That's wonderful. I hope he likes them.

I'll find out tonight when the hunters get home! He requested them and made all the fitting decisions, so if he doesn't, it's not my fault. >smileAnnie

ANOTHER quick gift - is to knit a facecloth and wrap it with a bar of soap.
This can be a last minute, generic present - to have in reserve in case an extra present is unexpectedly needed. Or for a stocking stuffer.

Jane2 (Janey on knitting blog comments)

Do the "gloves" have fingers, or just a thumb? Sounds complicated to me and I cannot believe how fast you did them. On double points?

We don't like the short fingers, so I just knit about an inch of the finger part of the mitten, then another inch of ribbing and bind it off. The thumb is an inch of ribbing only, and not closed either.

I inititally began making these as handwarmers for myself to wear on really cold days in my studio, but they are also great when we're at work (construction) because we can feel the nails or screws but our hands aren't completely exposed to the cold. Because there are no fingers, you can stop for a minute now and then and fold your fingers inside the mitt to warm them up against your palm.

Richard has a pair thin leather gloves that he planned to wear inside the mitts for a bit of extra protection from the cold. In fact, he's probably just going to wear the one on his trigger hand and wear a regular insulated glove on the other hand today. It was a brisk 20F this morning when they got up to go hunting.

Annie

I made a pair of these for a friend that works for a city. I made them out of hunter orange to match his sweatshirt.

I would have used blaze orange if I'd had any, but I must have used it all up knitting hats for the hunters a few years ago. We have to laugh here in Wisconsin because it seems like most of our warm outerwear is either blaze orange or camo, or Packer colors (green and gold). If you watch a cold weather Packer home game on TV, the colors in the stands are about split between green/gold and blaze orange because for a hunter, the warmest clothes he owns will be blaze.

Annie

Wow, this is one among the most magical gifts. I am eagerly waiting for my friends birthday to give this magical gift....just a thought

Here is a link that might be useful: birthday gift ideas