Malabrigo March

Ok, if you don't know it by now, I'm ADDICTED to all things Malabrigo. I do HATE the pilling of the worsted, but I can't get enough of the company's luscious texture. I have a ton of Malabrigo in my stash. 6 skeins of worsted, 5 skeins of lace, 1 Rios, 1 skein of sock. And this March, I'm putting it all to good use for some healthy stash busting. Hopefully I'll win some prizes, but if not, I'll have a good time working on decreasing my ever growing bin of 'LUXURY' yarn.

My Malabrigo March submissions are *nearly* finalized. I'm only doing 2 of the specific project offerings in the ^MM12 KALs, mostly because I don't love anything they chose. Well, I do love a couple, but I'm not a good enough knitter yet to do those ones I love (Like this GORGEOUS thing! Damn that's a very convincing project photo!). There were NO specific CAL projects selected, which irks my nerves a bit. I should have submitted one, I guess. The crochet project delimma gets solved a little further down in the post. Double whammy, baby!

For Malabrigo March:

In the category of General Accessory

The Dominion Bracelet which I discovered in the Entrelac digital mag I ordered last week. My plan is to use a doubled SnowBird lace to make this. I'm also thinking about felting it, but I'll really have to see how it comes out before I make that jump.

Last night I received a copy of the Best of KnitScene. Most of the projects I had already seen when I review the book before I purchased it. But THEN I saw the Phiaro scarf and was awed by it's simple beauty. I love this scarf and before I even finished my dinner, had planned to make it of a newly acquire Noro stash. Sadly, the Noro cast-on was TOO sticky and I frogged it before I finished the first row. I'm using Malabrigo Sock in Tiziano. I think it'll be super classy and more a scarf than a shawl. I don't own shawls and don't wear shawls, so thinning this scarf will totally work for one skein.

2 Official KAL entries:

Last night I planned most of my MM entries, but this morning as I was drafting this blog post I saw these beauties and couldn't believe I missed them last night! These are totally me: I LOVE fingerless gloves, and this pattern is just quirky enough for me not to think I'm repeating myself for a third time on the easy mitts. I'm thinking about doing these in Vertiver, but then there is a picture of 2 different yarns being used for the 2 parts. I might go for a combination (and, YIKES!, maybe not even a Malabrigo!). I have 1 skein of Berroco vintage left over from my Boneyard Shawl which is green and the Vertiver is green... hmmmmm.

Hats are fast and give that immediate gratification. I like this one pretty well, so I'm going to give it a go, in a Rios. Paris Nights is a safe, kinda BLAH

color and the only reason I have it is because someone on Rav was selling it for a great price. Rikke hat=safe, fast, easy project.

Probably will gift it, so if you want it, speak up now!

And, finally, my Crochet submission.

My shawl will be my piece de resistance (I know, I forgot my accents on that phrase!), and it will double as the prototype for the Wyrd Sisters Yarn Shop class I'm teaching in April. This shawl is written in Japanese, but charted very clearly. I'm going to make it in Pearl Ten lace, which I'm thinking about doubling. I have 2 skeins of it, which means a thicker, but smaller shawl, than if I was to crochet it not doubled. Another possible problem with doubling would be a different color for the edging. I have 2 skeins of Frank Ochre lace I could use for the edging, but the deep purple-yellow combo is too Sports Team-ey for my wardrobe.

Wanna join the Malabrigo March Madness? You should. :)