While it was dumping snow outside yesterday (we got 17 inches in 9 hours), I fiddled. I came up with some cute things, a spiral, a star, a Swedish flower of sorts, but what I ended up using after all was a modification of a traditional border. It's a nine stitch flower and a three stitch cross worked four times over 48 stitches. My other sketches just felt too distant from the Nordic feel I was hoping to reference, so I stuck with the traditional.
And after the snow stopped around 4 p.m.,the clouds lifted a bit and we were treated to a sunset that I caught for Sandy. It sort of goes with the colour theme of my recent knitting, eh?
Can I have some? Those make my mouth water. I now have Mitten Lust. Of course, it's back from freezing here and 51 so I wouldn't be able to wear them, but I could put them on the dresser and drool over them!
Posted by: liz | December 10, 2005 at 02:23 PM
Hey those turned out pretty cool!
Posted by: JessaLu | December 10, 2005 at 03:13 PM
What a stunning photo!
Posted by: Lauren | December 10, 2005 at 03:50 PM
Nice! Me likey.
Posted by: Jenn | December 10, 2005 at 03:51 PM
What a great color combo that turned out to be!
Posted by: Jan | December 10, 2005 at 05:07 PM
Great mitten! Those are really going to help cheer up a dreary winter day.
Posted by: Folkcat | December 10, 2005 at 05:28 PM
Holy shite, that is gorgeous! Totally, totally could NOT be better. Don't ever doubt your friend's color sense again! (then again, your design sense helped it along quite a bit....)
Posted by: Norma | December 10, 2005 at 05:43 PM
Beautiful! (Both the mitten and the sunset.)
Posted by: naomi | December 10, 2005 at 05:57 PM
When I just saw the cuff and those 3 colours all together, I could never in a million years imagine I'd now be saying, with total honesty, that really is a beautiful mitten. Like Norma, I think you've shown here that your design sense is is spot on. (unlike Norma though, I do think your friend's colour sense ought to be questioned.)
Posted by: Rachel H | December 10, 2005 at 06:45 PM
You are simply brilliant. There ain't no way in hell I'm ever wearing orange, pink, or lime green, ever, unless you make it for me. Holy shite indeed.
Posted by: Lee Ann | December 10, 2005 at 07:32 PM
So that's what I miss by being cooped up in an interior office for 16 hours. Damn.
Posted by: Kat | December 10, 2005 at 09:04 PM
Wow. Can I borrow the color 6th sense you seem to have? I was sort of horrified originally, but maintained faith...and now, I find them totally charming (and for some reason, am super-desirous of a lemonade). A little spot of summer...nice!
Posted by: eunny | December 10, 2005 at 09:15 PM
awesome mitten -- and thanks for the sunset. i was sitting in an office without a window so i missed it.
Posted by: maryse | December 11, 2005 at 08:31 AM
Oh! Love, love, love the lime green!!
Posted by: Carole | December 11, 2005 at 08:34 AM
Hee, hee! I love it!
Posted by: Colleen | December 11, 2005 at 09:22 AM
i love the color combination! great job.
Posted by: lynette | December 11, 2005 at 10:16 AM
What a beautiful sky picture!! The mittens are too cool......kind of Willy Wonkaish or maybe Pippy Longstockingish ;-))
Posted by: Kim | December 11, 2005 at 08:14 PM
Beautiful picture. The mittens look great... though now I'm craving a coffee :-)
Posted by: Kate | December 12, 2005 at 10:02 AM
Hey, those came out pretty cool - my daughter would love them.
Of course, they would clash with the tasteful mulberry and navy winter coat I bought her from Land's End two years ago...the coat which she is just.not.growing.out.of.
Posted by: JoAnne | December 12, 2005 at 10:45 AM
It's bright, but I like it!
And whatta sunset! :-)
Posted by: Beth S. | December 12, 2005 at 03:20 PM
I love creating the mitten pattern as I knit. Graet Job!
Posted by: Diane E. | December 12, 2005 at 09:20 PM
What a beautiful sunset - I'm sure your house is breathtaking after a fresh snow of that magnitude!
The mitten is awesome!
Posted by: melanie | December 13, 2005 at 01:38 PM