Last Friday, just before the end of the work day, Kirsten published her new mitten and I immediately emailed Suzy.
Me: Kirsten Kapur has a mitten I love, Clepsydra*.
Suzy: OMG - LOVE - let's knit them together.... want to?
The short of it is we decided we were being too impulsive, buying (yet more) yarn, starting new projects and, seemingly, showing little control.
It was Suzy's Mom who set us straight. What was the harm, the cost was little, and if we enjoyed knitting mittens together, why not go for it?
We had to acknowledge our love, and slight craziness, for this simple obsession, so the next morning, as soon as we could pull ourselves together, we headed to the LYS for Berroco Ultra Alpaca for our NEW mittens.
Here is Suzy's Clepsydra, color Steel Cut Oats, laying next to her super duper, rock star kitty, Hootie. Hootie doesn't give a hoot.
And here's mine, in Candied Yam, which is the same color as the feathers on chickengrrl Millie's neck. Millie doesn't give a hoot, either.
But, Suzy and I do! We're having fun knitting our way through a great design with great yarn and, when finished, our hands will be warm. You can call us happy and maybe a little giggly, too. (We shared a skein of black for the cuff.)
*Clepsydra: klep-si-druh
Mittens are like potato chips - addicting and you can't have just one!
Posted by: Carole | January 27, 2011 at 04:18 AM
Soooo nice to have a partner in crime?!
Posted by: Suzy | January 27, 2011 at 05:59 AM
Ooo - another winner! I love Kirsten's patterns!!
Posted by: Anne | January 27, 2011 at 06:09 AM
You can't go wrong with any of Kirsten's patterns. Aren't mittens addicting?
Posted by: Ruth | January 27, 2011 at 06:28 AM
Verra verra nice! Party on!
Posted by: jill | January 27, 2011 at 06:33 AM
It's mitten season out there, obviously!
Aw, Hootie has his tail over his nose. So cute.
Posted by: Chris | January 27, 2011 at 07:02 AM
So pretty. I love the color of yours (so predictable I am).
Posted by: claudia | January 27, 2011 at 08:02 AM
I'm not a mitten person, but those may have changed my mind.
Off to see if I have any handspun that would work.
Posted by: joan | January 27, 2011 at 08:05 AM
I like your colorway better...but that Hootie truly IS a rock star. ;-)
Posted by: Laurie | January 27, 2011 at 08:34 AM
Millie says Trix are for kids and Hoots are for owls.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | January 27, 2011 at 09:36 AM
OMG. *LOVE*
Off to queue that one. Too little time, too many gorgeous mittens!
I love yours, both of them...
(At least Hootie and Millie don't EAT the yarn as my Tonk does)
(((hugs)))
Posted by: Knitnana | January 27, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Thanks for the pronunciation - I was fumbling with it in my brain!
Posted by: DebbieB | January 27, 2011 at 10:29 AM
oo that looks like a fun one!
Posted by: jennifer | January 27, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Love!
I'm so glad you two grrls were set straight.
Posted by: Cookie | January 27, 2011 at 12:04 PM
nice mitts!
I wish that it was cold enough here to warrant making them - but not this year.
Have fun - they are a perfect project (nearly instant gratification)
Posted by: Teyani | January 27, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Great pattern. Mine will be in Berocco Ultra Alpaca, but in red that I happen to have in stash. Off to find some black for the cuff.
Posted by: Manise | January 27, 2011 at 01:10 PM
Adorable all the way around- having fun with your knitter friend, having something in the feather colors of Millie, and giving in to enjoying the moment!
It is a lovely pattern and yarn choice.
Posted by: Trista | January 27, 2011 at 02:34 PM
Too funny!
Posted by: Kristin | January 27, 2011 at 05:49 PM
More than lovely, I guess I need to knit those. Millie-on-the-brain mitts! Now I know what color she has on her neck feathers!
Posted by: Laurie | January 27, 2011 at 06:01 PM
Wow - how could you not fall in love with that pattern? I'm not even a mitten person and I want to knit them. Thanks for the link. Happy knitting.
Posted by: Jennifer | January 29, 2011 at 05:38 AM
Suzy has a Very Wise Mum. Both are gorgeous.. Hootie has spots :^)
Mercy that Candied Yam is a gorgeous colour!
Posted by: marianne | January 29, 2011 at 08:14 AM
Love, love, love the mittens; the yarn; and the fact that you're knitting them together! Have fun!
Posted by: Kym | January 29, 2011 at 02:39 PM
You can never have too many mittens... Trust me.
Posted by: gayle | January 29, 2011 at 04:17 PM
FUN!! I love the Candied Yam color - gotta get myself some of that one.
Posted by: Kirsten | January 31, 2011 at 01:16 PM
She has the weirdest mitten names - but the best patterns!
Posted by: elizabeth | February 01, 2011 at 01:05 PM