Malabrigo Monday...It's A Yarn

      It's not a Monday thing unless you are rounding Malabrigo Point Lighthouse on a Monday during monsoon season.  Only then is the Spanish word malabrigo a Monday thing which means 'bad shelter.  When speaking 'Knit-ish...yarn knitting talk...you'll hear a variety of exclamations about Malabrigo yarns gorgeous colors and super softness.  Coveted by knitters and crocheters around the world, this sumptuous yarn is made in Uruguay.

     Here's a bit of 'Knit-ish' specifics about Malabrigo:

- Fiber:  100% Superwash Merino Wool 

- US Needle to use:  size 4 to 6

- Weight:  DK (21-24 stitches/4 inches

Here's my reactions to the specifics:

-Wash Wool?  Yikes!  Okay to hand wash very carefully!

- Size 4 to 6 needles!!  Like toothpicks for this 10 to 17 size knitter!

-Weight  DK...Yikes again!!!  Like 'frog hair' for this chunky yarn knitter!!!

 

So why am I reaching way out of my knitting comfort zone?

To make Miss Grace's Knitted Shawl.

The pattern is a 16 page booklet plus 3 copied pages to mark your place as you knit.  It is also my first knitting in what is called a 'short row' pattern.  I don't know what that is...yet...next lesson after I finish knitting through 'ridge row #39'.  To make it more of a challenge than it already is, I'm doing it twice.  It's an 'OverDoSue' thingy...ya know!!!

By the 'Grace of Miss Grace's Pattern' I hope my Malabrigo experience stays with yarn and not a Lighthouse!  

I'm pretty safe...Texas is not known to have a monsoon season!
Miss Grace Knitted Shawl-Free Pattern on Ravelry