{"id":3513,"date":"2013-12-02T21:41:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T01:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2014-06-22T10:29:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T14:29:21","slug":"shibui-swatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/yarn\/shibui-swatches\/","title":{"rendered":"Shibui swatches."},"content":{"rendered":"

Since\u00a0Shibui Cima<\/a>, Silk Cloud<\/a>, and Pebble<\/a> arrived last month, I’ve enjoyed seeing more and more projects come together with one or more of these yarns. Folks are planning cowls, shawls, mitts, and hats with the stuff, and I’ve cast on for a pullover<\/a> knitting Silk Cloud together with Isager Highland. I’ve also enjoyed the task of knitting Shibui<\/a> swatches for the shop in all three yarns and all manner of yarn combinations.<\/p>\n

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First, I knit a swatch in each yarn, following the suggested gauge on the ballband.<\/p>\n

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Next, I knit swatches in each of the yarns held double.<\/p>\n

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Then came the most fun: I made a swatch for every possible combination of the three yarns.<\/p>\n

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Each yarn brings its own characteristics to the finished fabric when combined; Cima lends a certain bounciness to whatever yarn it accompanies, Pebble gives a loftiness and tweedy texture, and Silk Cloud shimmers beneath its fuzzy mohair halo.<\/p>\n

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I noted the gauge and needle size for each swatch, but don’t limit yourself to these gauges alone. Like all yarns, this trio can be worked up at a wide range of gauges for different kinds of fabric and purposes.<\/p>\n

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Our Shibui Mix Party<\/a> may be full, but you can still come by the shop to see and touch these swatches, which give a tangible sense of how Shibui yarns play together. Follow our “Inspiring Stitches”<\/a> board on Pinterest<\/a> for pattern suggestions for these and other HYS yarns. See you at the shop!<\/p>\n

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Since\u00a0Shibui Cima, Silk Cloud, and Pebble arrived last month, I’ve enjoyed seeing more and more projects come together with one or more of these yarns. Folks are planning cowls, shawls, mitts, and hats with the stuff, and I’ve cast on for a pullover knitting Silk Cloud together with Isager Highland. I’ve also enjoyed the task … [more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[212,55,213],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}