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Evan Chambers – Fine Vases and Lighting

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Evan Chambers
Evan Chambers

I love meeting new glass artists. Here’s a fantastic one too. His name is Evan Chambers and his studio is Pavonine Glass. Please check out his gorgeous work. He’s a glass blower as well as a metal fabricator. I saw his work at an opening the other night and had to share it with all of you. The glass is raked creating a feathering around the pieces as well as being iridescent.

Another Evan Chambers
Another Evan Chambers

Evan learned his craft in the San Luis Obispo area in Central California first from George Jerich and then later with Ken Peterson at the Glass Art Studio. After a year he bought the studio with his business partner, Elaine Hyde. Evan have since moved his studio, Pavonine Glass to Pasadena (yay!).

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Krampus Sweater Knitting Pattern

Santa and Saint Nicholas generally get all the good press, but Central European kids know you don’t want to just be good so you get presents from St. Nicholas; you also want to avoid the ire of Krampus. (He’s depicted as a human-like figure with horns and usually hairy or furry who gives birch rods instead of gifts to kids who are bad.)

If you’re the type to embrace the naughty side (or you just want to scare the children into good behavior over the holidays), maybe you’ll want to knit a Krampus sweater.  

This one, from Sofie Amalie Laulund, is a top down circular yoke sweater with Krampus faces at the top and cavorting Krampuses further down the body, with some traditional Scandinavian snowflakes thrown in for fun. 

Because of the large motifs there’s not a lot of room for adjusting the fit, but it is available in five sizes (the Ravelry page doesn’t say what the sizing is, and it says its worked with no ease but the photo looks like the sweater has a bit of positive ease, so if you decide to make this one just check the measurements and your own comfort level for ease when picking a size). 

It also uses five colors, but there’s very little red and brown so you can probably use scrap yarn for those parts. It calls for DK weight yarn. You’ll want a background color that helps the creatures stand out. You could also work the snowflake bands in different colors if you want to mix it up. 

The pattern is available in both English and Danish, and you can find it on Ravelry. This is the designer’s first pattern, which kudos to them because it’s such an ambitious (and fun!) project I’m happy to add to my collection of whimsy-filled knits. 

[Photo: Sofie Amalie Laulund]