On The Needles: Wriggle Wrap in Kauni

We're mixing it up a little bit with this edition of On The Needles. Instead of showing you a staff project, we want to highlight one of our customers' works in progress!

Wriggle Wrap, designed by Sally Brandl

This is Kris's fantastic Wriggle Wrap that she's been bringing to Knitting Night on Tuesdays. It uses two colorways of Kauni Effektgarn to spectacular, well...effect. The texture is a simple feather and fan pattern that adds wonderful movement to the color changes of the two alternating Kauni skeins.

For those of you who thought Kauni was only for colorwork projects, think again! This would also look gorgeous in Zauberball, which we plan to get back in stock later this fall.

The Wriggle Wrap pattern is available here at the shop via our Ravelry sales program. Buy it from us and your purchase will count toward your Sheepish Rewards!

Kauni Effektgarn

No doubt many of you have seen Kauni yarn on Ravelry or elsewhere and have been stunned by what it can do.  Kauni Effecktgarn is a sportweight, Shetland-type wool with long color gradations.  And...(drum roll)...it's now available here at Sheepish!

This yarn is perfect for adventurous knitters who love watching yarn colors change as they knit.  Many people like to combine multi-colored Kauni with a solid for dramatic colorwork effects. With that in mind, we have the solid black Kauni so you can play around with working a multi over a solid background. 

Nordic Hats photo via Ruth Sørensen

Ruth Sørensen's Nordic Hats booklet is also now in stock. It includes many options for colorwork hats using Kauni, plus templates for creating your own colorwork designs. And if you need more inspiration, just check out some of these incredible colorwork projects Ravelers have made with this yarn.

For those of you who aren't into colorwork, Effektgarn's long color changes also work beautifully for other kinds of projects, especially shawls and wraps (*cough* Wingspan *cough*).  This yarn just has so many exciting possibilities!

Kauni yarns are sold by weight in balls ranging from 140 grams ($27.50 for about 600 yards) to 160 grams ($31.00 for about 700 yards).  We currently have 10 colorways of the Effektgarn in stock, plus the solid black ($25 for 150 grams/660 yards).

We can't wait to see what kinds of fantastic projects you'll will make with Kauni!