Genius

Why didn't I think of this before?

On the way home from grocery shopping I stopped at this stand with various kinds of gloves displayed -- knit gloves, fabric gloves, leather ones, etc.  I absently checked out a knit pair in grey... and look at this!  How simple, direct, yet brilliant is that?

(Reminds me of cat paws^^)

To be sure, the holes seemed a little small, and I was worried that the thickness of the material might prevent efficient skin contact, but when I tried it with my phone it worked just fine.  It's probably a recent design, because I don't recall seeing anything like this last winter.  Or maybe I just didn't look enough.

[To think that only last month I went so far as to do this...!]

New And Improved

BETTER LIVING THROUGH ORIGAMI

Success at last!  An elegantly simple, yet eminently functional design, if I do say so myself.

Bonus shot of the product in actual use, proving its practicality^^:

Related post:  A Little Design Project

A Little Design Project

I'm in the habit of folding the paper covers of disposable chopsticks into improvised chopstick rests.  Until last week, this was the standard model:

Which was adequate if you were careful, but it was not very efficient;  as the top was level and there were no guards at the ends, the chopsticks would often roll off the sides and end up on the table.

So last week, I experimented a little and came up with this new design:

What it lacks in beautiful simplicity, it more than makes up for in effective function.  The raised ends keep the chopsticks securely centered.  And I should be able to do something to make those supporting cross members less clumsy.  That will be my objective the next time I dine at a Korean/Chinese/Japanese/Thai/Vietnamese restaurant.