FO no. 11, 2005, alpaca beret
I have "some" alpaca yarn in my stash... And one girl who needed a new hat. She even wanted me to knit one! Give me a knitting mom who could resist that! I have knitting needles and I have one Sarah Dallas knitting book. So here we have one alpaca beret - finished the other day:
details:
yarn: 50 g of red thin alpaca from du store alpakka and a little bit of bright green
needles: 2,5 mm circ. for ribbing, 3 mm circ. for the rest
pattern source: sarah dallas; "knitting"
She is actually wearing it every day now!:
And there is more. New knitting.
I knew last winter when I knit two clapotis-es that these were not my last ones... I didn't realize how empty my knittinglife was without a clapotis on my needles before I split some yarn (garnstudio's cotton viscose, yes I split it lengthwise to get one thin strand to knit together with - well - yes of course - yet again the alpaca..) - and was ready to start Clapotis III:
Shhh - don't tell her, this is going to be a christmas present for my mom:...
No, she doesn't read my blog!
Posted at 09:37 pm by karen
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Eilene
December 7, 2005 08:44 PM PST
What a beautiful beret. I love how it lays. I made one a few years back & it doesn't lay quite as nice. I need to get that pattern. |
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Bente B
December 1, 2005 03:09 PM PST
Nydelig lue!! At du orker å splitte det garnet, det er utrolig, he he!! Men det blir definitivt finest, da!! Jeg har bare strikket en Clapotis, men bruker den mye og burde sette igang med en til!! "Skal bare" først... *fnis* |
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Strikkelise
November 30, 2005 09:11 AM PST
Great hat, and in such yummy colours. The new Clapotis looks promising, too. :) |
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Name
November 30, 2005 09:07 AM PST
Skøn hue - kan godt forstå hun er glad for den!
Og Clapotis III - det må jeg sige, du er udholdende.....og så med splittet garn!!
KH Britt |
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kris
November 29, 2005 12:09 PM PST
that beret is too cute! love the green contrasting edge.
great idea to use the cotton viscose together with the alpaca, and the heathered green is gorgeous for clapotis. i'm tempted! don't know if i could ever be asked to split the yarn, though, so prolly i would just hold them together as they are... |
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Tari
November 29, 2005 09:12 AM PST
The beret is supercute! I will be humming "Raspberry Beret" (the song by Prince) to myself for the rest of the day now!
I love the green colour for clapotis. You choose the most beautiful greens. |
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erin
November 28, 2005 11:58 PM PST
This is such a beautiful beret in such a striking colour and it looks so soft too! And what a clever idea to split the yarn - but you must be very patient! |
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