Thanks to Sarah’s hard work and dedication, I now have over 300 yards of lace-ish-weight qiviut! It’s the ultimate souvenir from my Alaska trip: fiber bought in a fishing village from a local artist and spun by a dear friend. Sarah also sent me a copy of Arctic Lace aka The Qiviut Book. Soon I will use my lovely yarn to knit one of the patterns from this book. But for now I’m enjoying petting my skein of fluffy softness. It’s so light—holding it is like holding a cloud.
And as if all the hard work Sarah did wasn't enough, she decided to send me some more of her handspun yarn. The purpley pink hank is yarn that she spun from some Spunky Eclectic roving. I think it will make a nice contrasting trim on a sweater someday.
Thank you SO MUCH Sarah—for everything.
For you yarn p0rn addicts, gaze upon the fantastic photos that Sarah took. The photos show off the incredible spinning job that she did.
10 comments:
O.M.G. I only just recently figured out what qiviut is, and now fully understand what an amazing amazing thing this is. Not onlys is it like the most rare fiber in the world, but you got some handspun for you! You're one lucky girl. I can't wait to see it knit up!
I'm so jealous. I'm trying to sweet talk my brother (who lives into Alaska) into hunting some down for me. Well not literal hunting.
Ooooo....
Holy cow! Who is this Sarah person and why does she love you so much?
(Errr...that wasn't supposed to come out sounding as though you didn't deserve love. Just impressed by her generosity to you.)
Even I, who wishes she were stashless, would be tempted to keep that qiviut laceweight as "collection" yarn, a la Knitty's recent stash article. But knit with it if you must.
:)
I'm glad it arrived safely!
And glad you like it!
Petting it is good!
Whoa. That is amazing.
Amy
It looks so soft even through the computer monitor -- do you have something in mind from Arctic Lace already? How is your cape coming along?
Oooh, qiviut. What a great souvenir!
wow lucky you to have successfully hunted and tamed your own qivuit yarn (with some help from your friends).
Wow. That is a seriously good friend! Both skeins of yarn are just beautiful! I'm thinking about getting that book myself. Like I don't have enough projects lined up already, right?
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