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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.

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 cotton yarn

Comments

  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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Tiny Knits in Team Colors

For years now Berroco has been releasing a tiny set of Christmas ornament knitting patterns, often modeled on human-sized clothes, called Minutia. The ones for this year haven’t come out yet, but somehow I missed last year’s so I wanted to share them, as well as a fun little twist they offered. 

The general 2025 Minutia patterns include a circular yoke sweater, a two-color stocking and a ribbed earflap hat. They’re super cute and perfect for using little (or should I say minute?) amounts of yarn left over from other projects. Make them in Christmas colors or whatever you have on hand. Even if you don’t have exactly the same yarn weight, you can still make these cute additions to your holiday decor. 

But what really caught my eye while I was on the Berocco site was the Team Colors Minutia, which are actually different patterns so I’m not even sure when they were released, but they are definitely worth talking about. 

These patterns include a little raglan sweater with stripes and a stocking cap with contrasting pom pom. 

They call for sport weight yarn, but again you could use sock or DK if that’s what you have in the right colors. And here the right colors are important because you’re stitching your team colors. 

Or anyone else’s team colors.

I immediately thought that this would be an amazing holiday gift for someone who you never know what to get but who also happens to like sports. Or has gone to a university that has colors. 

Another option would be to leave off the stripes and add a number in duplicate stitch if you or the person you’re knitting for has a favorite player. Or stitch a letter or a tiny version of the team logo on the front. There are lots of options!

If you make these, I’d love to hear what you did with them!

[Photo: Berroco]