Shibui Silk Cloud
Light and silky, we’re blown away by the stunning shades and feel of beautiful Shibui Silk Cloud. Blending 40% silk with high end mohair creates, as the name would suggest, a veritable cloud of the softest mohair.
Be sure to read to the end of the post to find out how you can win a skien in the colour of your choice!
Silk Cloud knits as a lace weight, creating gossamer light knits. Or why not experiment by holding it double with other yarn to create a halo of mohair fuzz?  The high silk content gives such a rich sheen and intense depth to each colour – we’re smitten with every one!
Loopette Fiona had the treat of trying the Silk Cloud when some of the first skeins arrived and whipped up a sample of Shibui’s free pattern Gradient cowl (available to download here on Ravelry) . Four colours are used for the small cowl (114 cm/45″ circumference). The pattern also knits to a larger size takes six skeins (182 cm/72″ circumference), so needs an extra two skeins of two shades.
And yes, they do look like little adorable balls of fluff when wound!
Before casting on, Shibui recommend winding each ball into three, and then three strands of Silk Cloud are held together, with one strand changing at regular intervals, making the shades shift and undulate through a soft fuzz of moss stitch.
Another fantastic knit we’d love to use Shibui for is Churchmouse Mohair Bias Loop. All you need is one skein for a easy to wear cowl that weighs next to nothing – perfect for travel knitting and then the ultimate accessory to pack while traveling!
Due to the lacey nature of Silk Cloud, we recommend using a lace tipped needle such as the Addi Lace or Chiagoo Red Lace. Depending on your preferred style of needle, some knitters might like to use wood or bamboo to give a little more traction against the silky yarn
Of course, the 30 colours of mohair have allowed us to indulge in our favourite pastime of dreaming up new combinations…
Fancy trying this luxury mohair for your self? We’re giving you the chance to win one skein in the colour of your choice! Kick start your own Gradient cowl, or use for a precious one skein project.
Just comment below letting us know which colour you would chose (remember you can browse all the shades here)
Remember to post your comments before midnight on Wednesday 28th October and we will announce the winner on next weeks blog. Good Luck!
Happy Knitting and Crocheting!
The velvet shade is absolutely stunning! I have a pattern in mind as well!
Looks lovely. Think Ash is my favorite colour
Caffeine please
Oh my giddy aunt! Too many luscious colours to choose from! I think Imperial would be the one I’d choose, but they’re all stunning! Hope I get my hands on a skein one day soon! Jo x
It’s so hard to decide, but I’m so in love with the Fog colourway!
This is one of those yarns where choosing a colour is just impossible because they’re all so utterly amazing. So Cove (but actually really all of them)…
Beautiful yarns! I think I would go for Poppy. I can’t get enough of orangey tones at this time of year x
Oh this is very difficult
I would normally be drawin to yellows and green.
But I love fog , just beautiful !
Beautiful.
I would choose Fog to make a wrap with – wrapping myself in a fuzzy soft hazy cloud of fog sounds strangely wonderful & otherworldly!
Such lovely yarn! Fjord is my favourite colour!
Such a wonderful opportunity to cuddle someone close to your heart by knitting a shawl as a X.Mas gift.
Can’t wait to try.
Fjord is my favorite colour. It looks awesome.
How do you choose just one color? I think Cove looks rich and luxurious.
i would choose Graphite- Looks melting
Not sure I can choose only one color, but if I must.. Tar would be my favorite :) It’s sooo beautiful! So so pretty and dark and mysterious and perfect for a secret sweater. Or maybe like a fairytale featherweight cowl. Or maybe a dreamy hat. Tough decision..
I absolutely love Ash – it’s quite a moody, dark colour that would work perfectly for winter wraps and shawls!
This yarn looks gorgeous. Can I only choose one colour – I’m a grey girl – fog, or Ash would be my choice. But I’ll choose Pollen, as my daughter would love it!
Great post! Lovely description. Well my fave would be Ash. Thanks and happy knitting!
Although it’s impossible to pick only one… I love the colour ‘Fjord’! Amazing colour.
Too difficult. I would go for lime, I love green!
The poppy is very pretty!
All the colours are beautiful but Fjord in particular jumps out at me so it would have to be that!
Brownstone would make a beautiful Bias loop. Please let it be me
I think I would have to pick graphite or tar. SO very hard to pick. Love all the colors.
Bordeaux for me! Though raspberry would come a close second…:-)
Velvet, has to be velvet for me, love the gradient cowl.
Love all the colours! Torn between cascade and ivory. I choose ivory.
oh, da mache ich gerne mit und vieleicht gewinne ich sogar. meine lieblingsfarbe ist brownstone
schönes wochenende
mg elfriede
I want them ALL. If I have to pick, I would choose Tango, and then buy another, as it takes two …
Lovely! Ash is my favorite, I think!
All very lovely! Raspberry, I think! Thanks!
Tar…it’s the colour of the brooding Scottish sky and the river Clyde which is my workshop view today ♥
I would choose pool but then buy one of each of the rest. They are so beautiful.
They are all so beautiful, but I kept coming back to “Pool”!
So difficult to choose between all these lovely colours. But if really have to pick a colour, I am going for ‘fjord’. Hoping I will get lucky this time!
Gorgeous colours!! I would choose Caffine.
If I had to choose one… – I would choose the Velvet colour – its really looks like velvet – beautiful
Tar if I could only choose one but it is begging to be a floating seamless sweater!
So incredibly beautiful. Since forced to choose a favorite, I’ll say that the bias loop knit in Fog would be heavenly.
All the shades are so wonderfully rich! But I would like something deep dark and passionate – Bordeaux has definitely caught my eye. Now that we’re close to winter I like to keep my wardrobe cosy with warm earthy shades and especially reds.
Browstone, it looks like a lovely warm golden colour!
Love the colors but I would choose abyss to knit into a light airy wrap
I would pick cascade :) but they do all look beautiful
Caffine is beautiful!
It’s got to be beautiful Velvet for a fuzzy halo of warmth in the cold, cold winter ahead.
Fjord’s my favourite!
Love a good chocolate brown – Grounds is my favorite.
Fjord is the perfect blue — so much depth of color just like the fjords of Norway. Love it. The whole palette is inspiring.
So many beautiful colores! I would chose “Field” but it was hard to decide…
I love the ‘Brownstone’, so warm and cosy looking
I would love to be completely enveloped by a cowl in Raspberry!
Bordeaux! So elegant and deep. Must be so wonderful to knit!
Brownstone – it’s the perfect autumn colour
It’s so hard to choose, but Cove keeps calling to me.
They are all beautiful my favourite is Velvet
So beautiful all of them, think I like Brownstone as it is a wonderful copper shade ready for winter x
Cove, I think. Such a beautiful shade!
I love Fjord….hard choice
Cove – yes please
but they are all gorgeous
Shibui are so clever
Monika
Imperial is my choice. Although it may not be politically correct.
What beautiful colors! I’d have to choose “pool” – such a dreamy color that will remind me of summer. Love the authentic names for the yarn – the names really evoke what the color looks like.
Ash is beautiful – even more than the others! It looks cosy and soft
I love all the colors! They are all just so pretty. I think Brass is my favorite.
IT looks absolutely stunning! I would pick the colour Fjord!
Goodness all colours are gorgeous but I love the Tar, Abyss, Fog and Ivory combo! I would love to win a skein of Tar. This is such a beautiful cowl
I’ve knit with Silk Cloud before and it’s fabulous, but I’m VERY keen to try the new Brownstone. Love it!
Tar, mesmerising, it’s the colour of the brooding Scottish sky above the river Clyde; my workshop view today.
Caffeine 13 is my choice! I used Velvet 2017 in a sweater with two Habu Textiles yarns and Silk Cloud as a touch of softness.
I love them all. But if I have to choos just one it will have to be VELVET, because not only it is my favourite colour the yarn looks as smooth as velvet.
Ohhh! Such a beautiful yarn, I got breathless just scrolling down the colours and the stunning combinations in the gradient cowls. My favourite is velvet, but what a tough decision to make!
It is difficult to choose but I think I would choose caffine
What pure gorgeousness! I think Cascade is calling to me today.
It’s such a beautiful yarn…sign me up for the lime colourway
Such lush, beautiful colors. This yarn feels so wonderful. I would choose Fjord to make a beaded cowl for my best friend.
I had a chance to touch that yarn at a show. It’s so amazingly nice! I’d love a skein of Fog so I can start on the Orenburg style shawl.
I love the gradient cowl in the blue tones — so subtle and yummy!
Oops, hit post too soon. . .
Fog would have to be my favorite color.
All are so lovely and difficult to pick just one but Ash it is.
Pool would make a gorgeous cowl to cheer up a cold day!
Bordeaux, Fjord, Brownstone and Caffenine make my heart smile, but I think in this moment Fjord is my favorite.
My favourite colour is Imperial.
Lovely fog would be my choice.
I love that cowl! I like the clay color and the way it mixes so well with the Browns
Ooh so many beautiful colours but Cove stands out for me.
Difficult choice, they are all so beautiful but I choose ‘clay’ .
No one who knows me would be at all surprised that my favourite is Imperial!
Oh what lovely yarn . I would love browstone to make a cockerpoo puppy for my sister in law . The colour is perfect .
All gorgeous – but I think I love Tar most of all.
“Field” for me, of course. But all of the colors are lovely and striking. I might have to buy the foursome that includes “field”!
I will love Tar they look amazing
Imperial – such a rich shade, and so suitable for a Winter project! Would make creating a cowl such a pleasure
Such a stunning looking yarn :-) I love the colour of ‘pool’ would love to knit with that :-) xx
I love the deep color of Grounds…yummy! Thanks for the opportunity to win–it would look great in the Halo Cowl!
Too many choices even for my favourite colour, though I’d love to use ‘Suit’ in a heartbeat!
I’d choose Browstone as it reminds me of my son’s hair colour when he was a little boy.
Oh I love that soft sheen!! So hard to choose one, but I like the look of Graphite :)
Gorgeous yarn! I’d choose Lime to bring a bit of colour into such a grey season….
They look beautiful, now would love to feel the yarn, I think ” cove” is my favourite colour.
I would love to see how fog crochets up as a lightweight cowl or shawl.
oooh…. I think I’d want to knit a VELVET cloud and sink into it…
the colour ‘cove’ is just so beautiful and unique
what a fantastic fanfare of colours Loved them all
I would choose raspberry!
Pool, oh be still my beating heart….pool is gorgeous!
I would love to knit with this beautiful yarn. My favourite colour is Cove. Stunning shade!
What a dilemma to choose just one – pollen would brighten up the dull days all winter long for me
Bordeaux! love to drink a good red now I’d like to knit with it Delicious
They are all beautiful but I think, um, I think I love the earthiness of Trail.
What gorgeous yarn – but definitely Fjord for me – for a snugly cowl.
It’s a tough choice, but I would say that Velvet just pipped Ash and Bluprint. It has a truly astonishing depth of colour, like Malabrigo and I love purple; it’s my favourite colour. Light and lush, a terrific combination.
If I had to choose, it’d have to be the Brownstone shade, because of its incredible luminosity that reminds me of fallen leaves in the sun..
Pool. Its so hard to choose they are all beautiful
Cove is my favourite. They are all beautiful though, lush!!!
Ash would be perfect for a project I’d like to do in December!
Ash for me, though it’s hard to choose just one
I love the heather colours but which shall I choose? Raspberry.
Hard to choose, but Ash wins with Fog a close second. I can imagine a fabulous lace shawl in either.
Clay looks like the perfect color to make a shawl or scarf. As a lace, it would be neither to bright nor to washed out.
This yarn is stunning! A gorgeous richness of colour that retains a soft, natural appearance. My favourite is Clay!
Any of the greys or neutrals but think Tar could be the number one favourite
I love the color clay!
What a difficult choice! Tar it will be for me.
What a dilemma to choose just one -pollen would brighten up the long winter
Just beautiful, I am hard pressed to choose, but right now it would be lime. Gorgeous!
I love ‘Field’. A beautiful fuzzy colour that would lend itself to a number of ideas that are just waiting for the perfect yarn. Maybe a lovely snuggly cowl. Just right for frosty winter mornings.
All the colours are gorgeous but I especially love Velvet, that would make such a sumptuous airy cowl for the winter.
I love ‘Cove’ (c:
Poppy would make a really cheerful cowl for those drab winter days.
Cove! Luscious and cosy looking.
I love all grays, then Fog is the one I would love for a soft cowl!
Brass! Such a brilliant shade!
I’d go for Ash, because the shades of grey and white fit perfectly the time and mood of the year
Oh lordy, this is pretty much impossible. I’d pick Velvet, but buying the remaining skeins for a gradient cowl would be a foregone conclusion if I won…
I love all of the greys and blues, but ash has to be my favorite
Tar is my favourite
I would love to knit a bias loop from Cove. Just like the sky on a dark clear night.
Difficult, but it would have to be Raspberry for the winter and it would be a scarf or cowl so everyone would notice the beautiful colour and texture and hopefully make them smile.
I would choose the lime to make the Churchmouse pattern for my son’s wedding.
Ash is a gorgeous neutral!
I love cove, if I have to choose just one!
I agree with other posters: picking just one favourite is hard! I think today it’s Cascade; it almost seems to glow! I love the colour palette you chose in the post that has Cascade. I’d definitely have to make this project!
Oh…. tricky question…. I think on balance, I choose suit as my favourite… (although I’ve changed my mind three times since starting to write this post!)
The colour ‘Fjord’ is absolutely gorgeous!
It’s tough, but I think I have to go with Tar.
For me it would have to be be FOG!
Bordeaux, for my mum. To make her something for all that she has made me over the years!
Velvet, I think, but so hard to choose (just want to mix them all up and see where they take me!!!) :-)
Cascade would be my colour of choice. It reminds me of the cool waters of Iceland when we visited for my 50th birthday. The sky reflecting on the sea water, a perfect way to create a wearable item that reminded me of this special holiday.