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Friday, October 9, 2009

Malabrigo

Posted by Melanie at 20:20 0 comments

I’m a sucker for pretty colours As soon as I saw this on the shelf at Urban Yarns I knew I had to have it.

Malabrigo

I thought I might knit it into a vest, something with buttons up the front or ties, something cool like this.

I love the texture of this yarn and it’s uneven thick and thin thread. Whatever I make can’t help but look arty and homemade. Of course My $30 gift certificate helped cut my total spendage in half.

The yarn is Malabrigo, hand painted pure wool, from Uruguay. It's from the aquarella series, colour 15 floresta.

But wait, before I dive into this exciting new project I want to finish the somewhat boring thing I've been working on for several months. It’s a top down raglan cardigan from Laura Chau. This was the first sweater I knit in Patons Merino back in 2006. This time around I'm knitting it in a variegated wool also bought at Urban Yarns with a gift certificate. I'm making it as long as I can with wide, deep ribbed cuffs and bottom. I want it to be big, like a coat almost.

The only thing is I have already unraveled the main part of it and re knit it because it wasn't wide enough to go around my hips. It is still too narrow so ...

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Note: Maybe first I should look through my stash to find something pretty, to knit myself a pair of warm woolly mitts, to keep my hands warm on my runs through the chilly Autumn air.

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