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Calorimetry and Sifa and a FREE Pattern!

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So, I got myself a couple of skeins of Sifa Silver yarn. Very nice yarn. Soft yarn. Easy to work with yarn. Yummy yarn! Composition is 95% cotton (chain plied, so it stretches) and 5% silver. Yup! Real silver!

Silver is a natural healing element and these old arthritic fingers sure appreciated that.

This yarn is from Knit Outta The Box, and while currently it only comes in the natural color there is talk of earthy colors coming down the pike.

Now, obviously the Calorimetry Headband isn’t done, still needs to have ends tied in, blocked and buttons, but it’s so comfortable. I can’t wait to have it finished.

Be sure to visit the Knit Outta The Box website, and sign up for the newsletter. Oh, and before I forget, sign up for the newsletter, and get a free pattern!

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  1. Looks like the same free one in Knitty’s Winter 2006 & you don’t have to give any personal info.

  2. HI

    please note Sifa Silver has been rebranded by the spinner to Figgi Yarns, knitouttathebox has no legal association with this yarn anymore and is not supplied by us any more, the distributors for Figgi Yarns are xena knits

    thank you

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Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells,  so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

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