Friday, January 4, 2013

Fiber Arts Friday - Evanstar of Wonder

Welcome to Fiber Arts Friday.  This is the first Friday of 2013 and I'm hoping that there is plenty to share.  Having a long weekend, I was able to cast on a project and almost make it to the 50% mark.  I am currently knitting the Evanstar Mittens.

Last week with the New Year's snow, I realized that I didn't have any mittens to match my newest jacket.  I had to reach for the dreaded Isotoner gloves.  They work perfectly fine but I am so spoiled with my hand knitted fingerless mitts that I decided that I needed a pair of mittens or gloves that I would knit.

Now...not wanting to be overly ambitious, I decided mittens would be suited to the ears at home on winter vacation because I feared making eight fingers and two thumbs would create much cursing from my mouth ;-)

Photography and knitting by Valerie Whitten
As I was perusing patterns on Ravelry, my friend Val mentioned that she was going to knit the Evanstar Glove pattern in yarn that she had purchased from me as mittens.  Squeals of delight erupted as I realized that was a most excellent choice for me too.  (I always squeal with delight when I see yarn I created being turned into a finished project by someone else) So she being half the country away from cast on in my blue while I cast on in my orange.
Photography and knitting by Valerie Whitten
Photography and knitting by Valerie Whitten

By New Year's Day, she had finished her first mitten and I'm still working on getting to the decrease. My goal is to complete the right hand this weekend and cast on the left.  Seriously, who needs to clean the house on the weekend, especially when there is gorgeous cabled mittens to knit.  Now, share your adventures in Fiber Arts!  I look forward to the projects you will be for 2013.
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24 comments:

  1. Don't need mittens in the heat wave we're having in this part of the world at the moment. 42°C tomorrow.

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  2. That is a pretty pattern, and I love the colour you're using :)

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  3. I love both of those projects! The orange, makes me sigh, as you already know and the Evenstar mittens are so cabley. Almost makes me swoon. I'm tempted by the mittens, really I am. Perhaps the combination of orange and the mitten pattern would be a great one. But I must finish one cowl and crochet another before any mittens can be considered. Nice work Andrea and please pass along my compliments to Val.

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  4. Nice mittens, I love both, the colours are so vibrant - just what you need on a cold winter day :)

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  5. fantastic mittens, I especially love the blue.

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  6. Sorry about all the links. Having a few plips with linky.

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  7. I might have to make a second pair in the orange! It's wicked sassy and I Love them! Thanks for mentioning me, they are a fun knit and I love mini knit-a-longs :)

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  8. I love mittens but have never attempted to knit them.

    I have decided to knit my stash for a while and this seems like a good way to start.

    The orange is just amazing! Perfect way to wake up this morning.

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  9. Love the cabled mittens, and both colours are just lovely. I think I might want to knit some, and it is cold enough.

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  11. Ooh, those are lovely! And how fun to do a mini KAL. Hope the decreases pass quickly and painlessly and that #2 goes speedily as well so you can get out and wear them!

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  12. I have wanted to knit that pattern for ages, I LOVE the colour you are using. Cleaning the house is WAY over-rated, I say just knit knit knit!

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  13. These are going to be amazing.

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  14. Beautiful mitts! LOVE, esp the blue! Happy FaF!

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  15. Hi Andrea! Beautiful knittings! I would love to make fingerless with the pattern in your first photo!
    Happy New Year! x Teje

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  16. Beautiful mittens and lovely colored yarn. I have been knitting mittens too. Quick projects and people can always use them this time of year!

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  17. The mittens are beautiful. I hope you have a great New Year! :-)

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  18. Have been neglecting my knitting recently and am determined to finish this project. Added cute bunny photo which I consider in keeping with the spirit of fibre arts:-)
    thanks for sharing everyone
    martine

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  20. Beautiful, a gorgeous patterns and lovely colours

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  22. Those are gorgeous!!!!!! Love your yarn too..seriously gorgeous yarn..

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  23. Oh, I have the urge to knit mittens!!! Or fingerless mitts. Must raid stash!! Lovely all.

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  24. Yeah, let Grumpy and the Bears clean the house - you get going on those wonderfully orange cabled mittens. That's a plan I can cozy up to in the new year. :)

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