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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

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?

Have you read?

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]