It takes time to knit a beautiful pair of mittens.
It takes time to deal with life when it comes at you from all sides and Suzy's had more than her fair share lately.
It takes time to get two people together when the weather is cooperative, and. lately, the weather has been far from cooperative.
But, when things work like a waterclock, and everything falls into place, we get to show off how we spent our time.
Suzy and I have new mittens!
It was a cold and sunny day, so we decided to go out and hug a tree. We didnt care if the tree had a fungus (Smith's is turning all master gardener on us and told us it wasn't moss). The color was a spectacular backdrop for our lovely Clepsydra Mittens so we hugged away.
The yarn is Berroco Ultra Alpaca, Candied Yams and Steel Cut Oats, with black for the cuffs. We both agreed it was fun to knit the pattern and the yarn, as the design flowed in a peaceful and easy way.
We knit our mittens independently, as there wasn't much time to get together. However, this pattern gave us hours of good entertainment and, even when we weren't knitting, we were talking about it.
We are both very happy with our lovely, warm and timeless mittens.
(The alpaca yarn we can live without.)
My mitten is Raveled here, Suzy's is Raveled here
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Kirsten has an eBook with both the Clepsydra mitten and the hat. The fun is not to be missed.
The time to knit mittens is over, thus ends Mitten Madness.
They are beautiful!
Posted by: Carole | February 23, 2011 at 04:56 AM
You both are beautiful! And so are the mittens. Those cables look almost like tree bark.
Posted by: Lucia | February 23, 2011 at 05:15 AM
Love them!
Posted by: Ruth | February 23, 2011 at 05:15 AM
It's very sweet that you knitted them independently, yet together. What's the next mitten pattern?
Posted by: Gale | February 23, 2011 at 05:17 AM
What beautiful pictures!
Posted by: Beverly | February 23, 2011 at 06:01 AM
Lovely mittens, lovely photographs.
Posted by: Marijke | February 23, 2011 at 06:11 AM
Oh pooh! We all get excited about mitten knitting and you quit! Once I solved my collar problem last week, and got the sweater together and blocked, I wanted to try some scandanavian mittens.
I tried. Maybe next year. Back to socks for me.
Posted by: Ann | February 23, 2011 at 06:12 AM
Gorgeous!! And I bet that tree has never felt so loved. ;)
Posted by: Chris | February 23, 2011 at 06:15 AM
Perfect backdrop for perfect mittens! I'm actually knitting this very pattern right now. Wish I could join you and Suzy around the fungus tree. . .
Posted by: Kym | February 23, 2011 at 06:20 AM
Seeing your mittens inspired me to cast on my own. I knit one of them a couple days ago, but now I have a terrible case of Second Mitten Syndrome...
Posted by: Yarndude | February 23, 2011 at 07:30 AM
Oh, they're both so lovely!
Posted by: Vicki | February 23, 2011 at 07:38 AM
Beautiful mittens and a beautiful picture! Nicely done.
Posted by: claudia | February 23, 2011 at 07:54 AM
Lovely mittens! They are much more intricate than any mitten I have ever tried to knit, but they look like they would be toasty warm!
Congratulations to you and Susan on a great job.
Posted by: Susan | February 23, 2011 at 08:06 AM
They're very pretty!
Now why am I humming "Slip sliding away"...
Posted by: Cheryl S. | February 23, 2011 at 09:10 AM
Maybe we should go for the hat ;) ... would be toasty!
Posted by: Suzy | February 23, 2011 at 09:22 AM
Cute! I do love that punch of orange.
Posted by: Kara | February 23, 2011 at 09:48 AM
I love them, they look so cheery and warm!
Posted by: elizabeth | February 23, 2011 at 10:38 AM
They came out SUPER - and that pattern is moving up the must-knit list!!
Posted by: Anne | February 23, 2011 at 10:39 AM
So pretty, and they look warm and cozy. Nicely done!
Posted by: Imbrium | February 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM
I love the photo shoot! You two are cute knitting friends!!
Posted by: Trista | February 23, 2011 at 01:26 PM
No more mittens? You naughty kittens!!!!
Posted by: CindyCindy | February 23, 2011 at 02:03 PM
Beautiful! What a pair of pairs. YOu didn't like the alpaca part? To knit or to wear?
Posted by: Laurie | February 23, 2011 at 02:16 PM
Fabulous mittens!
Please tell me there was hand and mitten washing after that photo shoot. o.O
xo
Posted by: Cookie | February 23, 2011 at 02:49 PM
oooh, they looks so soft and snuggly! Perfect for the winter walking.
Posted by: jill | February 23, 2011 at 05:11 PM
Wow - what a happy post. Good friends. Good fiber. Good photos. Thanks for such an uplifting end to my day.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 23, 2011 at 07:51 PM