One of the interesting things about being a Southern Hemispherean knitter is how our knitting trends map out against the knitting trends of our Northern neighbours. For instance, about six months ago, at the end of the Northern winter, it was all about the fingerless gloves. Here's my 'fetching' gloves from Knitty:
The only problem was that I finished them at the end of August, so my window for wearing them was hugely limited. But at least I can see myself wearing fingerless gloves here, on cold wintry mornings walking the dog, or of an evening when the wind is very brisk.
Now the big thing seems to be mittens. Check these out at Eunny Jang's blog. They're BEAUTIFUL. Just the project for my first ever colourwork. When I first started knitting I probably would have hated these, but as my understanding of the craft grows, so have my tastes. Fair isle and other colourwork, which once I would have scorned as being a bit daggy, is really growing on me. Same with cables and beaded knitting.
But anyway, what in god's name am I going to do with mittens? I could always take the 'wind god' motif Eunny created and incorporate it into something else, but the mittens. Oh the mittens.
My only hope is to convince JW to move to Canada.
You could knit fingerless gloves with a connectable flap over the top to change them into mittens. Toasty warm AND practical (and apparently fashionable now!)
Posted by: audrey | December 19, 2006 at 10:40 AM
oh goodness, same name, AND same coffee mug...
this is all a bit spooky. (lovely gloves btw)
Posted by: otherkate(we need better names) | December 19, 2006 at 02:40 PM
That link is gorgeous! As are your fingerless gloves of course.
Posted by: ThirdCat | December 20, 2006 at 08:38 AM
Audrey, the good ole hobo gloves! I am knitting some for the mister to use when he cycles to work.
Hello doppelganger! (Are you the evil one or am I?) Those mugs are the best.
Thirdcat, yes they are. I should have called this post 'smitten with mittens' or something suitably punning.
Posted by: Kate | December 20, 2006 at 09:12 AM
Your blog has started throwing me into the can of spam!
Posted by: ThirdCat | December 20, 2006 at 12:55 PM
It's just retaliating for all the times you blog has put me in the bin of sin.
Posted by: Kate | December 20, 2006 at 12:59 PM
More seriously, Typepad does all the spam filtering, so I have no control over it. Just tried to figure out if I could fish out your comment but I can't. When I get a wordpress blog, all this will change, etc etc...
Posted by: Kate | December 20, 2006 at 01:11 PM
Can I be the Evil One? I'm bored with being nice...
Presumably our parents keep me under the stairs while you live the high life out in public.
Posted by: otherkate(we need better names) | December 20, 2006 at 08:31 PM