Friday, April 13, 2012

Fiber Arts Friday - Green Thumb

Welcome to Fiber Arts Friday!  Knit, Spin, Weave, Crochet, Sew, Quilt...are our ways to create art.  Share your adventures in Fiber Arts.  This week I completed my Green Thumb Mitts.  I really enjoyed this pattern and it was a sneaky way for me to work a tiny bit of lace knitting into my skills.  I adore lace but not the patience it takes to knit it so when there are projects with just a few short rows, I'm all for it.  This was also my first Nerd Wars submission for Round 3.

Our Geek Pride challenge was to make a project inspired by another competitor's project.  My friend Val, from Maine, who plays for Team Impala, fans of the show Supernatural, knitted these mitts for a challenge last round and I thought they were pretty sassy.  I've actually added quite a few items to my knitting queue due to her awesome projects.  Anyways, I decided to make these using yarn from my farm that I dyed.  There is something to be said for using your own product.  Knowing that I was in charge of those animals health and care, that I sorted their raw fleece and prepped it so it could become the yarn that it is.  Finally to knit with that yarn just completes the experience.

I feel that way when I get the opportunity to knit with someone else's handspun yarn too.  Knowing that they took the time to turn that roving into yarn...there is a story and emotion tied to that product.  This pattern was fun too.  Just enough to keep me busy but not enough to bore me.  I LOVE the thumbs.  The pattern writer has some other fun patterns too that I intend to knit in the future.

I was very pleased with our early Spring because the early blooming Lilacs really compliment the Purple tones in my yarn.  If I had more of it, I'd rename it Lilac but, alas, I have sold out of this colorway.  Hopefully I will get enough fiber to create another run of yarn that is similar so I can dye more of this.

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  1. I saw those in the challenge thread and fell in love with them (as I did when Val made them too - she's in my team so I can't use them as inspiration though!)

    I love the thumb gusset, such a clever detail, and the colour of yours is gorgeous :)

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  2. I love those mitts. The yarn choice is perfect. I've added the pattern to my faves.

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  3. Love those! A must have for my Pot tower. It may not be a fiber art I shared this Friday but the gardening gloves were too matchy matchy for me to pass it up. Sorry!

    With All That I Am
    Carrie "Forrest"

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  4. What a pretty color, Andrea!! Your yarn rocks!!

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  5. Hi Andrea! I looooove your new hat in your last post! Just amazing and so unique! And your new fingerless are also so lovely with the beautiful pattern and the gorgeus colour! Have a great weekend1 x Teje

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  7. Those are lovely, my daughter has been wanting me to make her a pair. I'll have to add that to my 'to do' list. :) I love the color you chose for the gloves.

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  8. Happy Friday the 13th! Your mitts are lovely and that bit of lace work on the thumb is such a nice touch. I am impressed at your accomplishments in the Nerd Wars project. Your dedication is inspiring. Thanks again, for getting us all together here. Have a great weekend.

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  9. The thumb gusset caught my attention right away. Lovely.

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  10. beautiful mits! I love that color, very spring feeling and light. You are becoming quite the accomplished knitter!

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  11. Wow those mitts look awesome with the lilacs. :-)

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  12. OMG cherry blossoms! It really IS spring!

    Love the mitts. I really like the entire leaf at the base of each thumb - really nice design element!

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  13. Love those mitts - really, love everything you've been creating for Nerd Wars!
    Gorgeous color - did you dye the yarn yourself, too?

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  14. What a lovely connection to your animals and to your art and craft. Love it.

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  15. Those are beautiful. The color is really breathtaking. I can see why it sold out.

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  16. Oh wow, I love these, the yarn totally makes them sing! Your lilacs are such a beautiful deep color too.

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  17. Absolutely gorgeous!
    I agree with you about lace. I have tried a few times to do some projects, but always get stalled. I think incorporating some into a project is a nice way to go, until I'm ready to commit to something more substantial.

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  18. Happy Friday the 13th! Lovely mittens :)

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  19. Those mitts look great near your Lilac blooms! Of course, you know I'm all over that colorway.

    Linking in every Friday remains a great way to start my last day of the week. Thanks for hosting this - I know how early you get up each week. :)

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  20. Your Green Thumbs are very pretty, and look perfect with your lilac blooms. Did I tell you that the designer is in our knitting group? She's very creative in many ways.

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  21. So lovely, and great colour. Wish I was wearing them right now--I'm cold sitting here at the computer!

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  22. And I added projects to my knitting queue inspired by you! I'm moving these up too. Your Green Thumbs and lilacs are beautiful.

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  23. Beautiful mitts, and ooh, those lilacs in the photos! Thank you for sharing those, ours aren't blooming yet and a little vicarious-lilac-prettiness is just what my afternoon needed. (And I love that you used your own yarn for these, and how mindful you are about that usage. It's inspiring.)

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  24. Those are so pretty!! Gorgeous color with a lovely pattern. :D

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  25. They look lovely, a gorgeous pattern and super colour. I love the stories knitted projects have, even more so when the yarn is handspun from homemade fibre.

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  26. Very lovely! I have been meaning to make some of these for myself for years....must do it!

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  27. I do like those thumbs ... much better than just a hole and a token few rows! They're fabulous :-)

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  28. I love the color of your mitts! Beautiful. I'm new to Fiber Arts Friday. Anna at Not Knapping told me about it, so I thought I'd weigh in.

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  29. Good job on your mitts, Andrea! But I gotta say the combination of your yarn color and those beautiful lilacs really put me over the edge on this one. Well done!

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  30. Nor only am I fascinated by the lovely mitts and the soft heather color, but I am also fascinated by your fascinator. Tres chic!

    :)

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  31. Hey Andrea, I used size 0 needles on The Ugly Socks since it was Opal yarn which runs to the fine side and I have super sensitive soles of feet so have to have a good solid fabric. I really don't think they're ugly but a friend does...that's how they got their name.

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  32. They are so pretty. I love the leaf at the base of the thumb. I might have to have a go at those one day

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