I am going to knit this
Using this yarn, a soft, heavenly, robins egg blue worsted weight cashmere.
I am very happy about it. So are my kids.
Don't you just love a yarn everyone can get excited about?
Tag: scarf
What to Knit?
I've fallen. Fallen hard.
It hasn't happened for a very long time.
But this yarn. This.
Irresistible in every colorway I've seen it dyed in.
It's Malabrigo's Rasta. And did I tell you I fell hard?
Laguna Negra.
Oxido.
And Zarzamora.
And more Piedras, the colorway that started it all with the scarf up at the top.
Joining, already in my stash, Arco de Iris and Indecita. Yes, fallen hard.
If I can convince myself to move beyond just petting it — lovely, soft, Merino — this is the start of my holiday knitting. I have plans for a couple of hats, a shawl or two in a large chunky lace, and perhaps another scarf. The colors are so pretty, with each skein its own unique mixture of the colors and shades used for its colorway. There is a certain element of indefinable and unpredictable difference that makes what would already be an exceptional yarn a mystical experience to knit with.
You can't overestimate the the qualities of a really fine yarn. Love. Yes, it's definitely love.
Today: Felting a Scarf
Today I am felting with the wonderful Chad Alice Hagen. I've admired her work from afar for years — having the chance to take a class with her was an incredible opportunity. The class is called "hand felted bark scarf" and is based on Japanese Mokume dyeing.
Because we only have one day to work, Chad pre-dyed our batts for us. Mine looked like this.
We've spent the morning, first felting the batts and then stitching them for the Mokume patterning.
I think they look sort of pretty just with the stitching in.
Next in store for them is a second dye bath. I'm leaning towards purple, although a rich brown still isn't out of the question. It has been a great class so far!
A New Favorite Yarn
I have a new favorite yarn — Malabrigo's Rasta. It's extra bulky, single plied (or unplied, depending on your point of view), and extraordinarily soft.
Knit up in the Mirror, Mirror Reversible scarf pattern.
I liked both the pattern, a simple, wide cable, and the yarn so much that I'm contemplating a Meathead Hat from it, and perhaps a sweater for Ollie to wear this fall. This is definitely knitting nirvana.