Let the Christmas Knits Begin
October 14th, 2006
Lots of Christmas knitting in my future here, and it seems to fit the beginning of this season. I feel ready for winter already, what with the cold, chance of flurries tonight, breaking out the hot chocolate, and wearing winter gear already. I’m loving it.
I have become obsessed with knitting Malabrigo Aquarella scarves. Last night I finished the one in the pinks and purples, and it’s drying from the wash I gave it last night. Pictures forthcoming. I do have a picture of the beginnings of my second one, which I did in a little diagonal ribbing. The size needle and thickness of the yarn makes it a slightly stiffer scarf, but it’s nice and thick and warm. Plus, making the scarf thinner in width I think will make it easier to wear. I love the texture of this yarn!
There’s even more excitement over yarn at my place tonight, as some yarn for more Christmas knitting arrived today. I’m making some gloves from Handknit Holidays out of the alpaca and silk yarn the pattern calls for. I must say it certainly wasn’t a mistake following the pattern’s directions on what yarn to use, because this stuff is so heavenly soft. I have a feeling it will make for some wonderfully elegant gloves. The great thing about the silk combined with the alpaca is that it doesn’t shed quite so much as 100% alpaca yarns seem to.
I love love love the fibers you got for the gloves. Could I convince you to post a link to the pattern?
The pattern comes from a book called Handknit Holidays by Melanie Falick. You can find it pretty much anywhere, and I think I got my copy used from amazon.com.
The fibers are amazing, but I’m finding them hard to knit so far because there isn’t as much stretch in them as in say 100% wool or alpaca. It’ll be worth it though!
Ooh, yeah, the hardest project I ever did was an adult sweater out of 100% cotton yarn…not just any cotton yarn, but that Sugar-n-Cream stuff, that one usually uses to make washcloths! Bad choice for a sweater yarn for several reasons, not the least of which was the lack of any give whatsoever. I’m going to check out the pattern, thanks for the info!