[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

[oreouk.livejournal.com]

Good grief - that's gorgeous. Wah - I want to be able to knit socks!!!

[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

I have a ball of Zauber in chocolate. I am desperate for one in fuschia, or burnt almonds, or tropical fish. I saw a fantastic scarf in it via Simply Socks Yarn co. blog, and now I have it in my head it would make a lovely clapotis...

[katyhh.livejournal.com]

Wow :) I think Summer Sliding would look great with this wool ...

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

Summer Sliding!!!!

The wool is fabulous!

Your classes gave me the confuidence to try being a bit adventurous (for me) with my knitting.

I finished my (bottom-up doll sweater and didn't like the ribbing around the waist, so reasoned that if I threaded the needle through a row all the way around just above the ribbing and unravelled it up to the needle, I could knit down to a new waist form there. OK, so It wouldn't unravel and I had to take the scissors to it, but it worked!!!

Teddy

[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.

[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

Oh, the pretty! I vote scarf!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

It's a ball of rainbows!

I vote for the lace stockings.

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

*sigh* pretty wool! I'd go for a scarf, I think, or Firestarter.

I'm doomed to the land of cotton, making baby gear for my soon to be born niece. (Her Mom, my sis-in-law, is sensitive to wool.) That said, oh my goodness the baby gear, and the fun that is knitting for the wee person.

[maya-a.livejournal.com]

Oooh, pretty! Are the colors in spectrum order? If so, I'm in double love. I'd do magic mirror (lovely pattern!) or a scarf. The lace stockings are lovely but I don't think they're ideal for that yarn. Must check if it is available here...

[resourceress.livejournal.com]

Wow. That reminds me of some of the brighter balls of Kauni yarn I've seen. Gorgeous! The scarf would be lovely in that colorway, but I really like the Magic Mirror socks shown on Ravelry, and Pomatomus as well. I always worry that lace patterns will get lost in variegated yarn, although the longish color repeats would mitigate that.

Knitting question.

[clothsprogs.livejournal.com]

So, Oh fount of all knitting knowledge...

I have a lovely sweater for one of my dolls, I included an opening at the back to allow for his huge head and extremely skinny neck... but the opening is too short.

Is there and easy/quick way of reworking it larger, or should I go the seamstresses route and stitch around the area the slit needs to be made longer, cut the slit and treat it like a fabric that frays easily...?

Teddy

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Hey, the colours, man! *g*

Do you have to have your legs all twisted round the wrong way like in the Bettie's one? Oh, the others look like normal feet, that's OK then *g*...

I like the look of the Summer Sliding pattern, or Magic Mirror (is that too much magic?)...