Sweater Becomes Clapotis?

I've been playing with the yarn from the sweater I took apart (sweater vivisection link). I think maybe I'll make it into a clapotis. Here's a sample I did on US 7 needles:



I think it looks all right and it has pretty good drape, but I'm concerned that this yarn won't block well. So I'm going to try blocking this mini-clapotis. If it turns out ok, I'll probably make a full-sized one.

What the heck is this yarn?

Drat. I think I threw away the ball band. It's 4-ply, feels like wool, and would be the right thickness for sock yarn. Oh well. I only have one ball of it, so I'm playing around with crocheting a little scarf.

Here's what the yarn looks like:


Update: Aha! It's Ornaghi Filati Luna Park 202:
Content: 100% superwash merino wool
Made in: Italy
Size: 50g/200m - 1.75 oz/210 yards
Gauge: 33 sts/4" using needles #3-4US, for sock you might want to use #1-2US.
Care: machine wash gentle/dry flat

Ravelry link: the yarn.

Beginner Scarf

A couple of weekends ago, J. finished her very first scarf! I helped her with some of the basics, but the work is all hers.

Here she is weaving in the ends:


And here she is showing off the final product!


Yay for J!

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

What a fun book! It's by Daina Taimina and features crochet, non-Euclidian geometry, art and science history, and so much more! I love it in a way that may be illegal.

Check it out here: Amazon link.

And check out some of her pictures here: Daina Taimina pictures.

Paris Yarn

E. from work got back from his Paris vacation a couple of days ago and brought me this spiffy laceweight yarn! It's called Mohair Caresse, and the label says it's 73% mohair, 25% laine and 2% polyamide. What's laine? Heck if I know. But it's lovely yarn, fuzzy and soft. I would say it's pinkish/purplish/reddish with faint bits of black and even fainter bits of orange. I'll be researching this yarn to see what else I can find out about it and what I can do with 2 skeins of it.

Bracelet

I have a fair bit of yarn left over from the Daria purse, so I made a bracelet using this pattern. It's hella easy. It took maybe 10 minutes to knit and then I just attached the clasp. It took more time to choose the clasp at the store than to do the actual project. So far I've made 3 of these. And I might make more. At least one of these will be for A. since it's her yarn. :-)









Update - I made more!

Sweater Vivisection Photo Montage

This was a second-hand sweater. It was too big, but made in such a way that I could unravel it. So now I'm experimenting with making a top-down raglan out of it. We'll see how that works out - I think I've got the size right, but that's still a bit of a challenge for me.