Hello and welcome – today, given the heat of the season, I’m knitting up an Eyelet Skirt in Fibra Natura FLAX. This 100% Linen yarn is perfect for lightweight summer garments, and its drape makes it ideal for a flowy garment like a skirt! With 33-plus colors, I decided to stick with my favorite colors, and went with the same color the original pattern sample was knit in – Fibra Natura FLAX in Adriatic.
That said, winding this yarn was an adventure. Straight out of the skein, the yarn is, like most linen yarns, quite rough on the hands, so much so that I regretted my choice to hand-wind this with my nostepinne! Each skein is only 137 yards, though, so it wound up quite quickly, even though I was winding it by hand – each skein didn’t take very long at all.
Winding up a skein of Fibra Natura FLAX in Adriatic on a nostepinne
Although it’s rough to knit with, it gets -so- much softer with a wash and a dry, so, even if you’re at first put off by the texture of the Fibra Natura FLAX, just trust that it really softens up once you wash it. The lace bloomed out beautifully, and I’m really happy with how it all turned out. Plus, the advantage of having a natural fiber that can go through the washer and dryer is so very convenient!
The finished Eyelet Skirt, knit in Fibra Natura FLAX yarn
As the week goes on, I’ll work through the Eyelet Skirt pattern, using Fibra Natura FLAX making some modifications as I go, specifically, I want to work this pattern in the round, rather than knit flat as the pattern is written. Stay tuned tomorrow for all about how I did that conversion!
This is part 1 of 5 in this series
Go to part 2: Knitting an Eyelet Skirt | Converting a pattern to knit in the round
