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Need An Idea………

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So, I have 2 skeins of this awesomeness coming to my door, and I need some help deciding what to do with it.

It is a fair trade/fair labor product from Turkey. 95% cotton and 5% real silver, the name is Sifa (which means “healing” in Turkish). There will be approximately 150 yds and looks to be a DK/Sport weight yarn. I’m so excited to get this on the needles. But what to do with it from there?

I just can’t wait, going to go over to Ravelry and Drops (my two favorite “go to” sites for inspiration) now for ideas…….

Let me know what you think I should knit………

And in the meantime, check out this awesome new yarn, HERE, at Knit Outta The Box!

PS, I’ve decided to knit the Calorimetry Headband, over on Knitty! Need a headband to go under my bike helmet, so look for a review soon! cotton yarn

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Comments

  1. This looks interesting! Anti-bacterial silver…… you could make dishcloths or very short socks or slippers. I love handknit cotton dishcloths -much better to use than papertowels!

  2. I agree that dishcloths would be nice since the yarn is antibacterial, but my first thought was that you should make some jewelry or hair accessories. I think that would be especially cute since you’re working with precious metals.

  4. Hmm. I’d make biking gloves with padded palms. Sort of gloves with half-length, open ended fingers, with a second layer on the palm. The reason is that like all exercise equipment biking gloves get sweaty and stinky. Anti-bac would keep them pleasant longer. -k.

  5. with warm weather knocking on our door, how about a versatile, yet simple, tank top that could be dressed up or down?

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The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

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