Question for men: how big are your hands?

[MuddyWitch]

Or get a clean pint glass (the 'vase' type), give him a cold drink, then let it dry after he's held it. When it has come back to room temperature, dust it very lightly with talc...you should be able to measure his palm print.

MW

[boboff]

Or when shaking his hand put your fingers around his hand then keep them that far apart all visit, then when you get home measure this distance.

I have tried this when cutting wood though, and it never seems to work!

[Milims]

Out of curiosity I decided to measure mine too. 3 1/2" , I'm 5'4" and I think perhaps I'm a man after all!

[Keaniebean]

Or get a clean pint glass (the 'vase' type), give him a cold drink, then let it dry after he's held it. When it has come back to room temperature, dust it very lightly with talc...you should be able to measure his palm print.

MW

That's quite scary MW, . You're either a detective or some mad stalker with that kind of knowledge Only joking of course my lovely.xx

Oh and Susie, I have hands like shovels and have to wear men's gloves so I measured mine and they are just over 3 1/2 inches!

[Susie]

I don't have kids but, you know, I never realised their potential for secret hand measuring ;-). Also I don't live near dad so I can't just drop in, I have to visit for a couple of days, so he might find it a bit worrying if I just turn up out of the blue and dust talc on glasses although he is quite an innocent soul and often his mind is on other things. I am going up there tomorrow actually so I shall be observing his hands carefully, I have now finished one mitten and it is wide but not ridiculously long so I think we may be ok.

I am a bit jealous of those of you with hands like shovels actually. Mine are thin and strange and there is not as much working area for lifting things about!

[MuddyWitch]

Oh Susie, I've just been giggling like a kid! I have visions of your Dad with his specs coverd in talc now!

(BTW my Uncle was a detective... )

MW

[Susie]

(BTW my Uncle was a detective... )

I think it's in your genes .

I put the mitten on flickr so you can see it: mitten front and mitten back. I've got about 3 more rows on the thumb to go.

It's a gnome. It will look non-lumpy and professional when I've blocked it! (Honest ). (And I don't iron the duvet cover. It doesn't look as bad when I don't go round using it as a photo background with my camera on macro setting, though, honest).

[boboff]

IT IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want one! well two, but either way I Love them!

[Big Al]

If you have children why not get them to draw around grandads hands because they want to make a picture of hands...

Now that very devious! And clever! Hope it works!

Awe shucks you know my middle name.......

[Millymollymandy]

That's really clever Susie - well done!