3 posts tagged “kauni”
This sweater was so much fun to knit, and I'm discovering that it's even more fun to wear! For the uninitiated, Kauni is a yarn with long color repeats, so it gives the effect that you are physically manipulating the colors, but really it's just the yarn doing its thing. I knit it in the round with one strand in each hand -- my right hand was "throwing" and my left hand was "picking." This is a relatively easy technique to learn, especially if you are naturally a "thrower."
Continental style (picking) is only difficult when you try to purl, and you don't have to purl when you knit in the round.
The original Kauni pattern called for horizontal stripes with little squares -- I found a vertically striped pattern on-line that suits my overly horizontal torso a bit better.
The frog closure was a solution to the problem of the completed sweater being a bit too small for my horizontal self. Although I never would have done it, had I not needed to, I'm liking the way it feels compared with other button up cardigans.
And the ruffles on the sleeves and collar -- what can I say -- I'm a curly girl.
With several good books, and several knitting projects going at once, it's hard to know what to do next! I've noticed that when I don't have work to structure me, I really enjoy letting my ADD out to play.
It was a fun weekend. We hosted Shellie Mackie of Fun Knits on Quadra Island and invited the Victorian Spinners for a potluck. (The few brave husbands that attended were rewarded with great food and a chance to try their hand at flying a radio controlled helicopter.) Shellie is amazing, and her on-line store is one of the only places you can find Kauni which has been popularized by the Yarn Harlot and others. I couldn't resist. Anyway, this was the weekend the Hollyhock retreat would have been, so we played one of the games I had planned for the retreat. A bunch of circular needles, a bunch of odd scraps of yarn, a bunch of committed and or tipsy knitters, and soon -- a refrigerator cozy! Or perhaps....I think mine is going to become a Christmas tree ornament. It was great fun!
