Old & New.

Something old and something new.

During this move ( and other moves) , things long time forgotten has turned up from hidden places and boxes.

This curtin is old( not antic :-/ ) , aprox.25 years old.

Crochet by me in my pink periode.

I hang them up in my new bathroom- thinking I´d color them OR bleach them.

I am getting used to the sight of them again and while so , I think of colors.

While knitting and finding new projects- I had time ( Or made time....) to samble it.

Bought quickly in my grocery store( very impulsive)... and is perfect for my little boxes filled with buttons, ribbons and V.I. P things in case I need to fix up a knitted ithem.

As you all know I knittet the Koolhaas hat , designed by Jarred Flood ( brooklyntweed)-
A stop over at his blog the other night ended up with a purchase of his new hat , the Habitat.
Perfect match for my "spaghetti"yarn- a deep dig in my stash and woopti!! there it was.
The Italien Spaghetti yarn.

Main color is kind of deep purplish/ grey, but with tonns of dots.

A very Yummy tweed yarn. Something I had along with me for 14 years now.

Believe it or not... how can I "save" it for so long? must be the yarn who knew about Jareds new hat .

Very early beginning of the hat...

I also started a new hat in this yarn and color.. the sunflower tam/ hat in the book nature knitting..

was so very much beginning at the tam- and decided that this yarn is not worth nothing.

I hate this yarn!!! I hate Kathmandu!!!!

I am sorry and p@%£$t .... the color is just adorable and nice- it feels soft and light.

BUT it is awful to knit with. It contains 85 % wool, 5 % cashmere and 10 % silk.

I guess the silk is doing the trouble. Knitted up it´s flat, no elastisy and very boring to look and feel.I have no idea what´s wrong with it.

Don´t know what to do with it anymore.. have tried several projects now. Only thing left is a knitted shawl on big needles..

worst: I have more in the stash.. red , yellow and both light and darker green.!!!

Despite I know all this I grab this everytime i dig in the stash and get tricked every time.

Any of you who have any experience with this yarn?