I have been having fun with this yarn the past week or so - it's from Japan and is called Silk & Steel because that it exactly what it is. The yarn is incredibly fine, about the thickness of sturdy sewing thread, which makes for interesting knitting. I started off trying to be too clever and making a complicated lace pattern.......gave up after two days of impending blindness...tried a simpler lace pattern.....couldn't make out what I'd done wrong but it wasn't right.....so then decided to have a quick look at a short tutorial on Knitty.com and realised the yarn didn't need any embellishment other than plain garter stitch. So I knitted a narrow scarf, very simple with a random scattering of AB black charcoal seed beads. It looks very pretty and quite classy. But then if you.............
.....pull and stretch it diagonally, it looks like this! Then pull and stretch it down one side only...........
......and it looks like this! Amazing, worth it just for the sheer entertainment value! And I still have half a cone left....having got a feel for this yarn, I might attempt something a little more challenging with more confidence now. This scarf will be for sale on my Etsy shop shortly (unless you want to grab it first!)The toucan box is on it's way to being finished - the lid could be framed as a painting in it's own right, I'm not one to do things by halves! And the Etsy commission is also well on it's way - I have to knit a multitude of leaves and then begin construction...piqued your interest yet?
