Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/2-13-08%20097.jpg?pictureId=1037505http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/2-13-08%20099.jpg?pictureId=1037506<p>You usually have to sell your first born child to buy some 100% natural qiviut yarn (retails for $60 - $90 depending on fiber content and weight).&nbsp; I found&nbsp; two skeins of this arctic gold selling for $28.00 (a bargain) so I bought it.&nbsp; </p><p>I've been dying to knit with qiviut yarn after reading about how much softer and warmer musk ox yarn is compared to cashmere.&nbsp; Everything I've read is correct:&nbsp; it's&nbsp; like butter in your hands and cashmere feels like regular wool.&nbsp; Qiviut is hypoallergenic, will not shrink, is definitely softer than cashmere and very warm.&nbsp; </p><p>The photo shows the scarf being knit with a simple seed stitch pattern but I have since changed it to a 4 stitch checkerboard design using 4 knit, 4 purl, etc to creat a more distinct design.&nbsp; 100% qiviut yarn has more 'loft' than originally expected and the small stitch pattern was getting lost.&nbsp;</p>http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/2-13-08%20101.jpg?pictureId=1037507http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/7-11-08%20068.jpg?pictureId=1322920http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/7-11-08%20069.jpg?pictureId=1322921http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/7-11-08%20070.jpg?pictureId=1322922http://www.scottishgypsy.com/picture/7-11-08%20072.jpg?pictureId=1322923