Knitting with stainless steel yarn NEW PICS!

What'cha Knittin'?
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Have I told you that I love my LYS? I’m the youngest knitter for the most part, (I’m definately the wildest with my bright red hair and buzzed haircut.)

Anywho… the owner of the LYS went to market awhile back and when she came home she was most excited about HABU textiles. A Japanese company that has the coolest yarns. Mixes of silk and stainless steel, paper, merino… just spiffy stuff.

Well these kits finally came in and she is letting me knit one up for the shop! Yippee! Its merino wool and silk stainless steel. The directions are written in the traditional Japanese way and just a little on the vague side so I’m waiting on an email to clarify before I start.

A few pictures of the yarn…

Merino (cream color)
Silk Stainless Steel (steel grey)
WIP on size 8 … I stuck corks on the ends of my DP needles because the stainless steel and addi’s did not like one another. :slight_smile:

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Never seen that before! I wonder if the yarn would be hard to work with, or if I’m just being too literal.:teehee: Let us know how it works out!

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that is VERY cool- I think I saw one other garment made from it on Craftster- I think the knitter’s name is olgajazzy? it was the neatest shawl/ objet d’art that you could sort of mold into the shape you wanted and it stayed put, yet it was fluid, like yarn. I can’t wait to see what you think about it! Definitely keep adding WIP pictures…

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Gorgeous! What are you going to make with it?

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I saw a cool handbag pattern a while back I think on Marnie’s blog that called for stainless steel yarn carried along with another.
Very groovy!:thumbsup:

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WOW! The SS yarn is amazing! Love the color and look forward to seeing what you make with it.

cam

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I will make this scarf

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Methinks you are spoiled! :slight_smile:

I don’t see the scarf…

Glasses are a wonderful thing. I see it now! I want to see it when you’re done.

Knitrageous

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I did, its neat and ODD at the same time

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That is so cool! It’s amazing what they can make into yarn.

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Wasn’t there a scarf from this in Scarf Style? That was cool. And good for you getting to knit the sample!

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Oh, a woman at a knitting group I went to once was making that, the scarf with the steel yarn. It was pretty cool. Habu is not my style; it’s very minimalist. But I do appreciate its cool factor.

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What an interesting idea - those colors are beautiful! I can’t wait to see the FO and hear your experiences! How cool that it gets to go on display at the LYS!

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i heard alot of Habu textile… it in NY… sure will popped in n browse !

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Updated… now with WIP pic

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neat new pic! how do you like it so far? I’d love to feel up this yarn, but my LYS isn’t cool enough to carry it yet…

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That is so pretty! Is it hard to knit with? Does it scratch the needles?

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I’m enjoying the knit tremendously, the fiber is very soft it is mostly silk after all… but knowing that you are knitting with stainless steel just ups the cool factor so much you forget about the silk.:roflhard:

Its not hard to knit, but it is slick. I had to switch to wooden needles so I could keep ON the needles.

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[FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=1]that’s [I]so[/I] pretty![/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=1]I’ve been wanting that since I saw the kits on knit-purl.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=1]remind me again why I don’t need it! :rollseyes:[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=1]do you get to have it eventually?[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=1]hope so.[/SIZE][/FONT]

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That’s so cool and it looks really great!