Ibis
Classic Elite Ibis Up Close
After a somewhat impersonal introduction yesterday, here's a close up of the Classic Elite Ibis. Ibis is 100% nylon and 100% soft to the touch. There's a fine cord carrying the soft, feather like eyelashes and a slightly thicker cord with varying colors that is carried along and gives it some extra added shine. Ibis is the sort of thing you don't mind holding against your skin and even in the skein it begs to be stroked.
Ibis on the Needles
This is what it looks like knit up (using the scarf pattern that comes on the back of the ball band). Its a swatch, and also the start of a scarf for my mother-in-law. She saw my Splash scarf and seemed to like it, but I don't really want to knit again with the Splash. Rob assured me that the Ibis was nicer to knit with than the Splash, and I'm not disappointed with his judgement. It's a little slippery, but otherwise quite pleasant to work with. If you want to see all the colors of Ibis, check here. It's a ways down on the page and the colors are quite true to what I have on my desk. If you "need" some, those ThreadBears can help you out!
I had a fun evening knitting with the other Chics at the KIP tonight. I think my favorite part of these get togethers is the show and tell. I got to see Bonne Marie's new cardie up close and personal and got a demonstration of a tubular cast on. Everyone had a neat project to work on. We had so much fun that we decided that the next meeting would be in two weeks. Mark your calendars now for December 4th!
December 4th! Argh, if I were there and in the neighborhood, you bet I'd be there with you all. Someday, darnit! And that's a promise.
That Ibis looks a lot like the Plassard Louinie I've got here, but Ibis knits up into a wonderfully fluffy fabric. And everytime I write "Ibis" I think "motel in Europe", don't you?
That looks a lot like Valeria di Roma Cisne, I got some on elann over the summer, and am making a muppet-like scarf out of it. It has the same fiber content, pretty sure it feels the same too, (super soft, and yummy, but a bit sticky to knit with)
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