i received the lovely book
Arctic Lace as a gift a few years back...i didn't really think i'd ever be able to knit anything from it. i'm not too much of a lace knitter to start off with and the patterns inside are beautiful and very detailed and daunting. but i saw this pattern as a i revisited the book the other day and thought i might be able to do this "easy" skill level. turns out... it really was easy...easy enough for me even. the pattern is suppose to remind you of the
fish traps and grass fish bags the
Yup'ik people once used.
the purple yarn is part of this
skein... a
qiviut, merino, cashmere, bamboo blend... and the brown is 90%
qiviut.
7 comments:
Beautiful Mori...
The Garden Fairy
Lovely. Where do you get your qiviut from? I
hi mik, i comb the qiviut out of the musk-ox hides myself and send it in for processing. thanks for asking!
http://tundragypsy.blogspot.com/2011/01/combing-circle.html
That is beautiful! I have wanted to buy some quiviut for a long time now, but knew I wanted to make something special with it and didn't know what - until now! I am hoping to go back to Alaska next summer and will start saving extra money for a quiviut fund now!
How much quiviut did you need to use? And I'm also going to start looking for that book as well. Thanks for sharing! I have also been very intimidated by knitting a cable, but when I saw your envy cowl, and how easy it was for you to make I decided to try it - and succeeded! I am so inspired by everything you post!
hi heather, thanks so much for such a sweet comment. i used about an ounce of qiviut for this hat....maybe a bit less. if you need help finding qiviut to purchase let me know! (missmori3@hotmail.com) i know you can find the book on amazon.com.
so glad you had success with the cables as well! yay! thanks again for the comment and for visiting tundra gypsy!
That's awesome! I've looked at a couple fiber shops in the Anchorage area and haven't found qiviut available.
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