I must be one of the few knitters left who haven't made the famous Clapotis. It's not that I haven't wanted to, it just took me this long to find suitable yarn for it!
Last weekend I went to the Álafoss factory outlet, mostly to keep my SIL company because I'm trying to not buy yarn for a while (I got a small shock when I unpacked my yarn from Helsinki). I went there with the sole purpose of buying the new Eingirni pattern book, which I did. Then, while innocently examining the shelves of yarn I bumped into this beautiful funky merino and realized that I had finally found the yarn for my Clapotis.
The yarn is Løve Symfoni in colorway 8462 and it's a supersoft, loosely spun merino singles. I have a hunch that it's not going to wear very well, but let's hope for the best.
This week has been a week of meeting knitbloggers by surprise. At the outlet I bumped into Dísa, who was having fun spending a gift certificate she received as a gift from a friend. What an excellent gift for a knitter! On Tuesday I started a class on wool preparation and spinning at the handicrafts association, where I met Carola who's also taking the class! At the class we learned how to separate the fleece of Icelandic sheep, pulling the tog out and then trying to get the hærur out of the þel (which requires a lot of patience, I've discovered). We got to take the wool home and by Tuesday we're supposed to have finished preparing it so that we can start combing (tog) and carding (þel). Great fun! Here's a picture of my progress so far
I've been doing more sewing than knitting lately. We're supposedly having an economic recession in Iceland, so I figured I could let that inspire me to re-use clothes I've stopped wearing. While unpacking the boxes from Helsinki I realized just how much clothes I have that I hardly ever wear. Right now I've got a pair of trousers re-cut and ready for sewing, but I'm trying to decide if I want to dye them black. The fabric color is sort of beige and I'm not sure if I'd use pants of that color much. On the other hand, it feels like a lot of trouble to do the dyeing. All of this means that I can't start sewing because the thread color will have to match the final color of the fabric! Unless I want black pants with beige stitching, and I'm not sure I do. Choices, choices.
That's the news from here. Happy knitting!
9 comments:
No you are not the last one. I haven't knit it either for the reason that I haven't found the 'perfect' yarn yet.
Nope, you're definitely not the last. I've resolutely held out (even though I love Kate). And the spinning class? I'm laughing a bit over here about you and the tog and þel. Next time, I expect to see some þelband, finely spun. ;-)
Oh, the homework! What fun to meet you at the course but now it turns out you are the one who always overshadowes the other by doing the homework properly ;-)
On the trousers? I would give it a try and dye. There are simple dyes you can use even in the washing mashine. Should the dyeing fail, then still it has been so much less work than sewing trousers you are never going to wear. Happy sewing, "pulling" and "hairing".
Man, and I thought I had been the last Clapper! Guess not, given the comments. I love the yarn you've chosen and I think it won't be a problem that it's not a hard-wearing yarn, because Clapotis doesn't get much friction in use. Can't wait to see it un..ravel.
Takk fyrir síðast. Mér fannst svo gaman. Það þarf lítið til að gleðja mig: góðan félagsskap, gúmmulaði súkkulaðimúffur og prjóna;-)
I suppose your trousers are from cotton or some other natural fibers if you consider to dye them. If you use cotton thread you'll dye thread also. So you do not have to decide right now, you can finish the trousers and than dye it. And I believe it would be easier to dye finished trousers. Best regards from Croatia from Goga
it is such a nice thing to wear. i have made one for every single woman in my family and for some friends. it looks lovely.
What Eingirni book? Tried the Álafoss site, but couldn't find it. You have made me very curious. More details please!
hei, nú er liðinn meira en mánuður. Ertu enn að vinna fram á öll kvöld?!! Nú verðum við að fara að hafa prjónakvöld, því það eru bara tvær vikur í að ég fari út!!!
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