Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Knitting with silk--or not.

I tried, I really did. Several stitch patterns, several gauges, over an entire day--and I just can't make it happen. I wanted to love this yarn--I dyed it at Knot Hysteria last year--but I just can't make myself love knitting with 100% silk.


Silk  One thing I can pass on about knitting with silk yarn--don't try to wind it on a ball winder. Experts say it will slip off the cake and get stuck in the gears of your ball winder. I hate when that happens! For once, I listened to someone who knows more than I do (that would be everybody who's ever knitted with silk yarn).

The photo of the ball and swatch is actually closer to the true colors--soft silvery gray and pink.

On a brighter note, my Garden Patch Hats are featured in an Etsy Treasury today. I'm thrilled and honored! Here are the linkies.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4cf495461ae28eef521fb293/thingamajigs-for-your-head-hair

http://www.etsy.com/listing/63022940/eat-your-fruits-and-veggies-baby-hat


Check out Etsy, if you haven't already. It's fabulous, and not just because I have a shop there.
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8 comments:

  1. JaneNovember 30, 2010 at 5:55 PM

    Silk yarn? Haven't been there......not sure I want to either! Love Etsy though.

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  2. Nancy RicciNovember 30, 2010 at 7:05 PM

    Was the silk too slippery to knit? Beautiful colorway...I love soft grey tones with soft pink tones...

    Again, congrats with being featured on Etsy!!!

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  3. Nancy RicciNovember 30, 2010 at 7:08 PM

    ps: how about you knit your beautiful silk yarn together with a laceweight mohair such as Kidsilk Haze? The mohair will make it less slippery and will give it a bit more body...

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  4. sophanneNovember 30, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    I have been down this road withnsimilar results. I had about 10 hanks of some silver, black and cream colored. Absolutely flipping beautiful. I could not find one stitch pattern that would make it happen. I'm sure there is a beautiful sweater made out of fingering weight silk on size 0 needles but I'm not going there. I just realized I never blogged about it... Oh the shame I felt. Now I have been redeemed.

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  5. Marushka C.November 30, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    Congrats on being in the Etsy treasury!

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  6. Lea AnnDecember 1, 2010 at 5:56 AM

    My daughter in law is a big knitter and I think I remember her commenting about how difficult silk was. Which by the way, I'm going to have to direct her to your blog. That yarn sure is beautiful.

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  7. JodyDecember 2, 2010 at 6:54 AM

    I must have dreamed that I left a word or two. The silk is lovely, but I sympathize. I find it annoyingly splitty and w/o memory .... but we STILL must have it, mustn't we?
    LOVE what you are doing in Etsy!!!!!

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  8. Andrea @ Fork Fingers ChopsticksDecember 5, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    I'm not a knitter - but learning through your posts. Note to self: no silk.

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