a nubia of soft white wool
I was lured into the local yarn shop yesterday and came away with enough black mohair lace-weight yarn for a scarf. What was I thinking? Black is almost impossible to see when knitting, especially at night. Knitting mohair lace weight yarn is like knitting sewing thread made of dryer lint.

I actually made EIGHT attempts to knit with the black mohair yesterday, and I usually got fewer than ten rows in before making some horrible mistake. Eight piles of false starts, because every time I tried to unravel, the yarn either broke or pulled apart so much that I was afraid to use it again.

It was quite the learning experience. I still want to knit this particular lace scarf, but I think I'll try it in something without fuzz and in white.

For some reason, I had it in my mind that the nubia Laura made for Mary's Christmas present was knitted. It was what I had in mind when at the yarn shop and the pretty mohair and angora yarns caught my eye. But look! "Laura was crocheting a nubia of soft white wool, for Mary's Christmas present in college." (Little Town on the Prairie, Chapter 15, "The School Board's Visit") Hmmm, I can do that. I can crochet like the wind, even with fuzzy, tiny mohair!

I'm not sure I know exactly what a nubia is, though -- some sort of scarf with long ends that can tie under the chin, right?
- posted by pioneergirl at 1:12 AM