I took a little break this week from my UFO round up to spin and knit these cozy wristlets. The pattern is from knitty, check it out here if you're interested, the pattern is for socks and wristlets. It's a quick easy pattern, great for gift knitting. I was concerned that I might not have enough fiber to knit them as long as the pattern suggested, so I knit them both at the same time using the magic loop technique. I started with 1.25 ounces of raw fiber from my friend Tamara at Via Verde Farm, which spun into close to 300 yards of two ply lace weight. The fiber came from her beautiful little cria, Delphine. I did end up shortening the length slightly from 7.5 to 6.5, then I switched to a darker brown for the ribbing and crocheted a petite picot edge to finish. The dark alpaca I used is also from Via Verde.
Here's the little cutie that provided the lovely fiber, look at that sweet face! It spun up into a nice lace weight two ply, just spinning from the washed locks. Such soft cozy fiber and it has a beautiful halo too. By spinning it from the lock I was able to maintain the natural variation of color in this little guys fleece. I was pleased with how they knitted up and I happily presented them to Tamara so she could have a little keepsake from Delphine's first shearing.
Have a great weekend! Blessings Friends!
Melissa
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love that you gave them to Tamara. That is a true treasure every Alpaca farm loves to receive.
They are gorgeous!! I love them. I wore them to a football game last night (watching my son in the band) and I got so many compliments.
ReplyDeleteYou will have to teach me how to knit these.
Thanks!
Beautiful. Bet they feel like heaven!
ReplyDeleteFabulous work and a true treasure.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift.
They look complicated to knit.