I hadn't even blogged about starting this project and it's already done. A playgroup mommy friend of mine gave me three 50g skeins of Bio-Natur wool in Donkey a week and a half ago. I started knitting a swatch (always, always knit a swatch first - or two or three if you need to change needle sizes) and found the wool to be quite scratchy, though it feels durable, yet very light-worsted weight. Knowing nothing about wool, really, as I'm new to knitting, I did some research online and couldn't find out much about this particular wool. I had read, though, that Nature Wool (which is in my stash) knits up quite nicely when doubled. Since the Bio-Natur and Nature Wool felt the same thickness, I decided to pair them up and knit a teeny pair of pants for the baby who will be born in need of some pants.
The Nature Wool is the same I used for the size S Curly Purly soaker. The Bio-Natur wool is the grey. At first I didn't really like the color combo but since working on it a little at a time for about a week, it's grown on me. The aqua makes the grey seem metallic. I knit the entire pants with the magic loop method using some loooong cables with the Denise needles.
I've also got a baby cardigan on the cables but I'm losing momentum with it because the yarn is seven-or-eight year old Red Heart and that yarn just feels like straw after working with wool. Maybe I'll finish it just to get my cables back. Right now, they're holding stitches in the sleeves... Or I might use scrap yarn to get those cables back.
My mom took me to my local (well, semi local, it's a drive) yarn shop and beefed up my beginner stash. What to knit next?
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