harvest

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Kate Davies Designs
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At last! The mittens are complete! After the testing time they gave me, I am in the end very happy with the finished result.

I worked them at a tighter gauge than the peerie flooers hat – the fabric is dense and velvety.

Here are the cuffs

. . which are cosily lined . . .

. . . and finished with an obligatory icord.

I’m afraid these quick peeks are all you are going to see for today – they need a good blocking and some modelled shots.
But the pattern will be released this weekend!

Meanwhile, it is almost time to harvest my peppers.

. . .and it seems that Rilke’s Southern days are properly upon us. It is about as hot here as it has been all Summer. A last chance to be bare-legged outdoors. I’m off for a walk.

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54 responses to “harvest”

  1. linda macdonald Avatar
    linda macdonald

    Love all your creativity!!! They are Gorgeous. The hat and Mittens. Your coat/blue jacket is wonderful!! Love the gathered pockets Just right for woods walking- A place to put little treasures!! Would it be possible to get a kit for the hat and mittens somehow..I live in the USA

    Thank you for sharing ..

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  2. Bonnie Avatar
    Bonnie

    I love both the hats and the mittens. I love the colors, the motifs, everything. Gorgeous!

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  3. rlmays11 Avatar
    rlmays11

    These are beautiful! What talent you have. :o)

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  4. Bryn Haynes Avatar
    Bryn Haynes

    Beautiful mittens! Looking forward to the pattern. Maybe I can finish a pair for Christmas giving…

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  5. Martha Avatar
    Martha

    Beautiful!

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  6. Ness Avatar
    Ness

    They are so cute! I must have a pair!

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  7. onesmallstitch Avatar
    onesmallstitch

    once on, I think it would be difficult to take those mittens off. Exquisite!

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  8. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    Perhaps even better than the hat… Can’t wait!

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  9. Lisa McCargar Avatar
    Lisa McCargar

    These are so incredibly beautiful! And hat to match! I’ve ordered the fine tweed and will be knitting a mitten/hat set for my daughter. I knit Tantallon last winter and have worn it all winter, spring, and half the summer! And now that’s it’s coming on winter again, it’s back in circulation. If I’ve got enough fine tweed left after my daughter’s set…who knows….maybe a peerie flooers for me too! Love the blog :) and the patterns!

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  10. Anett Kiefer Avatar
    Anett Kiefer

    They look absolutely beautiful and cosy.

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  11. velma Avatar
    velma

    absolutely sublime mittens, and hat too. really.

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  12. lillicroche Avatar
    lillicroche

    Gorgeous, with the perfect linen for cycling in the cold season!

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  13. yarnsville Avatar
    yarnsville

    Now I know what to ask for for Christmas from my brilliant knitting friend! And she will surely have yarn left over from Peerie Flooers! Absolutely gorgeous Kate, thank you!

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  14. Suzanne Wilsey Avatar
    Suzanne Wilsey

    Thanks so much for persevering with the mittens — they’re gorgeous!

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  15. BB Avatar
    BB

    Oh no does this mean I need to order more Fine Tweed! ACK! I haven’t even cast on for the hat yet, but these are GORGEOUS!

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  16. Meryl Avatar
    Meryl

    Will I ever be a good enough knitter to master these projects?! When looking on Ravelry at the hat, people were saying it was their first Fair Ilse project. Can this be true? Good grief is all I have to say. I bought the hat pattern & take it with me where ever I go…looking for someone to please do a class. I think I’ll need someone to hold my hand. Mitts & Hat are both to beautiful for words.

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  17. Niki Avatar
    Niki

    What beautiful mitts! I am not sure I am up to their challenge, but I would certainly like to give them a try someday. So, so pretty!

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  18. myknittingcircle Avatar
    myknittingcircle

    I agree with all that’s said above. They are so pretty and dainty.

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  19. Magi Avatar
    Magi

    Can’t wait for the pattern – they look fantastic

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  20. kiwiyarns Avatar
    kiwiyarns

    They look properly warm and decently functional for the winter. Congratulations!! What a very, pretty pattern.

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  21. Cécile Avatar
    Cécile

    Gorgeous mittens ! Unanimous greetings ! I now have to wait for the cold days to wear them since summer times are back in Paris too.
    Waiting for my mother to knit them too (a detail !), with the bonnet either, as I still cannot knit although I must say these mittens put me in the mood of learning…again, and I mean that as a compliment for you, none of the women in my family including my grand-mother (a knitting needles fairy) could have let me stay seated knitting during hours. Ever.
    Trees are spring-like blooming here, I hope you can see similar exuberance during your walks. If someone reports a bare-legged woman wearing glorious mittens, that would be you I presume…
    Please take care of yourself, as usual.

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  22. Awfulknitter Avatar
    Awfulknitter

    Stop it! I don’t need to buy more yarn, and that Rowan tweed stuff looks so good! Such nice colours, making such appealing stripey ribbing!
    I like to see your peppers ripening – I’m impressed! I can’t even grow tomatoes, everything here just gets mildew-y. But I have oodles of pak choi going strong (it is impossible not to succeed with it, even for a gardening numpty like me, it seems…)

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  23. amanda Avatar
    amanda

    They are the most gorgeous things I’ve seen in ages! Love, Love, Love!!!!

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  24. frayed at the edge Avatar
    frayed at the edge

    The mittens are lovely – I hope you are going to have a suitably gorgeous model to show them off!! I too am enjoying this last gasp of good weather – I may even wear a dress tomorrow. Pity it’s going downhill again at the weekend, just in time for my birthday!!

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  25. Harriet Avatar
    Harriet

    WOW!! Beautiful! And the pepper.

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  26. Shelley O'Brien Avatar
    Shelley O’Brien

    Lovely design, on both the hat and the mittens. You are so inspired and talented. And you DO something with your talent, so we can read your patterns and knit along with you!
    I have been knitting your headband pattern – I am on my second one, and am perfecting the two handed Fair Isle technique. Looks like I have the perfect projects to continue my obsession with Fair Isle – your hat and mittens! Thank you! :)

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  27. Kessrien Avatar
    Kessrien

    So beautiful! You are my favourite blogger! To me needled is like an island in the storm of the web :-) And I hope you are having a good time outside. The weather is great in Hamburg, too.

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  28. Lori Farr Avatar
    Lori Farr

    Fabulous! I love the details – fuzzy lined cuffs and all. I can imagine them on my hands right now.

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  29. holly Avatar
    holly

    liking these quite a lot. The rumor is that mitten weather starts next week around here; these are very tempting. I wear loosely knit mittens for running, but a tighter knit pair for dog walks and such could be quite nice.

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  30. siri Avatar
    siri

    The cuffs, WOW! The colors in your new room Siri

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  31. Diana Avatar
    Diana

    Simply stunning. I can’t wait to knit these.

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  32. paisleyapron Avatar
    paisleyapron

    Love the stripey rib!

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  33. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    Those mittens are absolutely gorgeous.

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  34. Tracy Avatar
    Tracy

    Just beautiful ~ I hope I will have the courage and patience to try colourwork soon.

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  35. Carrie Avatar
    Carrie

    Gorgeous!

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  36. virginia Avatar
    virginia

    They are absolutely lovely. And just in time for my annual obsession with mittens. :)

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  37. Laurie Avatar
    Laurie

    Those mittens are breathtaking! I am all butter-fingers with fair isle, but this just may inspire me to try again. (Is “butter-fingers” an Americanism? Not sure.)

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  38. Christine Avatar
    Christine

    Absolutely beautiful! My knitting has not progressed beyond simple scarves and shawls. I envy your artistic ability.

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  39. Deborah Avatar
    Deborah

    Great mittens! Perfect cheery colors for cold weather.

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  40. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    Oh wow they’re soooo pretty !!!! (..um…. I think I just peed my pants. :)

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  41. BodilE Avatar
    BodilE

    Truly beautiful mitts! I have been out walking the dogs bare legged, and it was wonderful. Enjoy your walk too!

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  42. Liz A. Avatar
    Liz A.

    Oh the mittens are lovely. If anything they’re prettier than the hat. I really can’t wait to get hold of some Fine Tweed and knit myself a matching set. In the meantime I have a plan for a wee peerie flooers Innocent smoothie hat!

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  43. chrissieknits Avatar
    chrissieknits

    Truly a work of art and an inspiration. Thank you for sharing these lovely mittens with us.

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  44. SavvyChristine Avatar
    SavvyChristine

    Ooo la la! Such gorgeous cuffs. I’m a sucker for rainbows.

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  45. Valeria Garcia Avatar
    Valeria Garcia

    Those are lovely!

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  46. Spilly Jane Avatar
    Spilly Jane

    Kate! Those mittens are exquisite!!

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  47. laurals11 Avatar
    laurals11

    ..ooh Kate, another tempting knit added to my to do list. Off to Islay again soon and these would be just right now the wild flowers there are gone to seed.
    Thanks to the hot,bright days we have had this week my chillies suddenly ripened.I think yesterday was the hottest day all summer.I had to put my shorts on.
    But the tree outside my window is in it’s autumn shades of gold.Haven’t a clue what season it is.
    Enjoy your walk…the clouds have just come in 30 miles to west of you..so I’m off out now while it’s still warm and dry

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  48. P Flooers Avatar
    P Flooers

    I think I love the mittens even more than than the hat. I never thought of stitch definition in terms of color work. Maybe the term I’m looking for is color definition — its fabulous on this piece. Well done!

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  49. Keri Avatar
    Keri

    I love the colours. They’re very pretty.

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  50. www.olanngra.wordpress.com Avatar
    www.olanngra.wordpress.com

    Breathtaking! Can’t wait to knit myself a pair.
    Nice pepper to. Enjoy your walk. Hot here in NH to.

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  51. Kerry Avatar
    Kerry

    Really gorgeous and very cosy looking. I’m working on a colour work project of my own at the minute and am finding myself increasingly attracted to the possibilities of stranded knitting.

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  52. island sweet Avatar
    island sweet

    the mittens are gorgeous! enjoy your walk…

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  53. missnutella Avatar
    missnutella

    Bellissime.
    Cris

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  54. Monica Avatar
    Monica

    they’re so beautiful!

    (like the weather…)

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