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A reason to be excited for winter

Posted on 10/04/2009 by Andrea | Comments (4)
Filed under : Finished Objects, Knitting

Strangely enough, even though our summer this year was so wimpy and un-summer-like, I'm not too sad about the approach of winter. Maybe I don't mind winter as much now that I have a January baby? I don't know, it could just be because I have a new winter coat and I'm working on some winter wear to go along with it. It's really been years since I've had a decent winter coat, hat and gloves. Last year I wore a very cheap maternity coat from Target. I felt like a giant red strawberry. The year before, I wore my spring coat all winter despite freezing my butt off, just because I didn't like my winter coat and was too cheap to buy one. This year I decided I want to be an actual grown-up with an actual nice coat.

And on one fateful day in Nordstrom Rack, I found it:

So of course, I couldn't have a nice new winter coat without a nice new hat to go along with it. Perhaps the Provence Cloche [Ravelry link] from the Interweave Knits special Weekend edition?

And gloves, of course. How about the Lace Panel Gloves from Vogue Knitting [Ravelry link]?

I'm so happy with this pattern and how these gloves are turning out. They fit my hand like they were made exactly for me (and with no tweaks to the pattern). This is one of those patterns where every little detail has been thought through and well-explained. Kudos to designer Lisa Hoffman. I only see two patterns by her listed in Ravelry, but I'll be keeping my eyes open for more patterns from her in the future.

So... if you happen to get a pair of these gloves from me for Christmas, it's just because I'll be unable to stop knitting them and I'll knit up my entire sock yarn stash into these gloves. And if you happen to see me cheering and dancing around the first time it snows, it's only because I'm so excited to wear my new coat, hat and gloves.

(Oh, and I have yarn to make a scarf too. How could I not?)

4 Comments

Well, you won't look like a giant red strawberry this winter. I love the whole get-up ... and the cloche looks great on you!

- said Barb (10/04/2009, 9:58 PM)

But hey, it's minnesota, you need gloves without holes, too!

- said mary lou (10/04/2009, 9:58 PM)

Hi. So glad you are happy with the glove pattern. And I love the hat - i may have to do that one, it looks like a great gift!
Thanks for the compliments on my pattern. I have a scarf and hat using the lace leaf pattern(because i loved working it, simple but looks sophisticated) complete and available soon through Artyarns.
Lisa Hoffman

- said Lisa Hoffman (10/04/2009, 9:58 PM)

Mary Lou - I know, I need to make some warmer gloves or mittens too! But these will be great for the car. And when I'm stuck in traffic I can gaze at my lovely hands.

Lisa - thanks for the comment! It's always fun when a designer comes by. And yeah, that's a fun lace pattern. It looks a lot more complicated than it actually is. I'm looking forward to seeing the scarf and hat patterns!

- said andrea (10/04/2009, 9:58 PM)