If you've been looking for me, most likely you could have found me out in the yard. Because although from my sewing room it looks like the photo in this post, there are numerous areas that actually look like this:
...long untended areas of hostas, berried bushes and specialty plants which have been grossly over run by pachysandra. Tough, woody-rooted pachysandra. If the clipping wasn't so hard on my hand, I probably could've had it mostly finished by now, but I can only take a few hours of it a day. The weather's been so beautiful over the last week, it's taken no effort to get me out there and aside from the hand issue, it's been satisfying to see (some) areas of jungle revert to relative tidiness.
This morning I awoke with a throbbing thumb joint so I gave in and took a couple of Advils. Can't let gardening injuries impede knitting progress, now that I've finally picked it up again.
I love it what ever it is!
Posted by: Carla | September 22, 2008 at 01:41 PM
The mitten is beautiful. I'd rather knit than garden any day.
Posted by: Carole | September 22, 2008 at 02:22 PM
The mitten looks nice, very nice. Are they radishes or strawberries?
Posted by: ChristyH | September 22, 2008 at 02:35 PM
Radishes!!
Posted by: Ruth | September 22, 2008 at 03:17 PM
Straight from the garden, no doubt! Oh, happy knitting!
Posted by: amy | September 22, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Love the new mitten! Guess it is time to pull the yarn out again for winter! Just couldn't get into it all summer!
Posted by: Wendy | September 22, 2008 at 05:48 PM
You will have the best and most stylishly outfitted hands in the entire Chicago area come this winter. These are gorgeous!!
Posted by: KathieB | September 22, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Once again (at long last) your mitten/colorwork delights me.
Posted by: sonja poor | September 22, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Ooh, quite a job! Good luck!
I love the mitten.
Posted by: anina | September 22, 2008 at 07:45 PM
gorgeous! back yard looking great, too! (we're still in transit ....)
Posted by: MaryjoO | September 22, 2008 at 08:19 PM
Oh my gosh! Everything you post has me drooling! I love the color combo and seriously can not get over your skills.
Posted by: hunnybunny | September 22, 2008 at 08:58 PM
I love the knitting project...strawberries, radishes...something wonderful!
Posted by: Kathie | September 22, 2008 at 10:31 PM
good to hear your voice.
Posted by: Cindra | September 23, 2008 at 11:17 AM
oh i hear my overgrown foliage shouting at me through this post .. so glad you have landed and are "digging in!" ...
as always your knitting is so beautiful to see.
Posted by: s | September 24, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Oh, that's overgrown? Ok. :) Hope your thumb recovers quickly!
Posted by: Chris | September 24, 2008 at 08:13 PM
I love those knit radishes!
Hope you enjoy your new house :)
I think of you a lot lately - you helped me track down a beautiful fabric (back in 2006)
http://bemused.typepad.com/bemused/2006/09/fool_me_once_sh.html#comments
AND, you got me obsessed with hexagons again with your kaffe flowers (I had sworn them off in 1999, after piecing 400+ for a failed quilt).
Anyway, I've been using that fabric a lot and 2 yrs later, I'm still making hex flowers like crazy. I hope you start to enjoy them again (you sounded burned out in january) because you do them so well.
Just wanted to say thanks, and I'm looking forward to you getting settled into your new studio!
Posted by: kelly | September 25, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Ooh, I love the mitten! Are you making up your own pattern or is that one available somewhere?
Posted by: Melissa | September 26, 2008 at 04:26 PM
oooh, garden mitts! very pretty (i can see your next series ... the hosta mitts, the elephant ears, and of course, the zucchini mitts =)
Posted by: gray la gran | September 28, 2008 at 08:45 AM
I love this little piece of knitting! Gorgeous! Can't wait to see it finished!
Posted by: Maddy | September 29, 2008 at 03:57 PM
Garden inspired?!
I LOVE IT!
Posted by: twistedinstitches | September 30, 2008 at 08:35 AM