Malabrigo Wars

There appears to be an ongoing battle in my apartment between my projects.  It was pointed out quite accurately in the comments of an earlier post that I might need to get myself some more needles so that I don't have to continue stealing them from other projects.  I tend to have this problem with size 6 and 7 needles specifically (they're the ones I use most often.)

Things were going well.  I stole my 7's from my brother's blanket to knit the wrist warmers, then stole them from that ill-fated project before it was finished to knit a neckwarmer.  As soon as that was finished I knit the Turtle Shell Hat and then they were slid nicely back into the blanket as if nothing had happened.

Then I picked up my 6's.  I cast on a pair of Clepsydra mittens after seeing Margene's beautifully knit pair.

I finished one mitten (minus a thumb) in just a few days and then horror struck.

During my usual spell of "Second Mitten Syndrome", an innocent little thing crept in a snatched up the needles.

I know it looks like a regular ball of beautiful Malabrigo Sock, but it's much more vicious than you might imagine.  This yarn is sneaky.  It quickly cast itself onto the needles and began to grow...

I don't know how it happened.  Really, this is a very controlling ball of wool.  The last time the mitten tried to get the needles back it got, well, attacked.

I don't think this shawl is going to let the needles out of its grasp until it's finished.  The mitten is ok, but it does have a few puncture wounds from battle.

Poor mitten.