[Knitting] Zauberball!

[kniteracy]

I picked up this lovely wool on Wednesday at I Knit London, and now I'm thinking I may get a second ball of it if they still have it on Saturday.

Zauberball translates to 'magic ball', and I think that even in the ball it live up to its name. It's just alive with possibilities, isn't it? The wool comes in an astounding array of colours, not all of them this bright, I promise!

Zauberball! I'm sorry for the blurry photo, iPhone, iPhone, blah, blah, blah, but I really love this wool and the colours are fantastic. It will make up into very long stripes that fade into one another gradually, and right now I'm trying to decide what to make with it. Right now, I'm thinking of the Flit & Float Scarf from this spring's Knitty, or maybe....

Bettie's Lace Stockings

Firestarter

Magic Mirror

Summer Sliding

Which one do you think I should make? :)

Comments

[aunty_marion]

Wow - interesting colours! Me, I'd go for the scarf (maybe made wider, as more of a shawl?), as that will be a larger area to show it off in - if the colours go on for a long time, you might end up with only two or three changes in a pair of socks.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

I do quite like the scarf. I actually saw this project on Ravelry done in this wool (but the black-grey-white colourway)which was stunning. The stripes are wide but not impossible-- think Kauni only softer and rounder. Just look up zauberball on Ravelry and see what other people have done with it.

[aunty_marion]

Oh dear. Pusher. I might need to find some to feel, as a lot of people on Ravelry are saying how soft it is.

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Well, you know where I live... Or they probably have it at Get Knitted. Caution: it's pricey. £11/100g at IKL.

[aunty_marion]

£7.50 a ball from Knit n Caboodle...

[telynor.livejournal.com]

Hm, possibly I'm misremembering. That sounds like a big discrepancy, even between London Boutique and Online Shop (whose webpage was busted last time I tried it). Gossip, unfortunately, is that K&C are in trouble and not fulfilling orders very well atm, but that's just the scuttle on Ravelry; I have never ordered from them.