This yarn named Olympic-Monterey called out to me. I like the soft green color and the vintagy label. The shop had nine skeins of this for $2.00 per skein. It is a stretchy fingering weight boucle with irregular lumps in it made of 95% wool and 5% nylon. Each skein has 130 yards, so I have a total of 1170 yards of this yarn.
So I owned some Olympic yarn in time for the Olympic games, but what is this yarn for? Was it meant for socks due to its nylon content? Here is a scanned swatch done on #2 needles.
I think it would make lumpy socks. The fabric is quite irregular as well as lumpy, with little holes all through it. I just keep wondering what it was meant for. If you have some ideas, please let me know. I am thinking scarf, shrug, or little vest. Any other thoughts?
Speaking of the Olympics, I once visited Olympia in Greece, the site of the original Olympic games. It is a beautiful lush, green spot with well-preserved and reconstructed ruins. There is a little pit there where the Olympic flame is still ignited to this day, I believe using sunlight. Below are the torch site and a view of the competitors' housing (in ruins).
To add to an already photo-heavy post, here are squares number 13 and 14 of the Learn to Knit Afghan:
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Your Olympic yarn is lovely. What a find! With so much yardage, I think you might be able to do a vest. The irregular texture is perfect for plain stockinette, or perhaps reverse stockinette. Maybe a pullover type with an "interesting" neckline or a cardigan-style with great buttons.
Vintage yarn needs a vintage pattern. I'll bet you have some, since you like vintage yarn. I just thumbed through Retro Knits, but didn't see anything that I thought would be right. Maybe you could find a vintage pattern on line.
I live in chicago and when i was younger, i wanted my name to be beverly anne, but my mother took offense (imagine that) and i remained beverly lynn!
so what did you do with that yarn? I thought it might make a nice shawl or a bath robe/cover
wow the colours for that afghan will be prfect --I love it!
WOW! My mother went to Greece this summer. I would love to go. I was thinking of going to Cypress and taking the boat to Greece and Italy for a day.
What did you decide to do with the Olympic Monterey yarn? I have 24 skeins of the same yarn, and I'd love to know what to do with it.
Hi kgraf,
Wow 24 skeins! I haven't used the yarn yet, but I'm still thinking vest. Let me know what you decide to do with yours.
Beverly
have you done anything with this yarn? I just found a bag of them for 80 cents a skein at a vintage store, trying to decide what to do with it! :)
thanks!
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