We have reached the midpoint on our journey; Najran is our next stop. It is a city in what is southwestern Saudi Arabia now, nearly in Yemen, in the mountainous region (did you know there were mountains there? Even snow, sometimes), and was a major city on the incense route. It was a hub for commerce in multiple directions, and served as a distribution center not only for incense, but also spices and textiles. In fact, it was a center of fabric production in the ancient world. This rectangular stole is knit end to end in wide stripes, with a fine stripe between them. The edging is picked up and knitted in the round, in a mosaic chevron stripe pattern, like waves. The stripe and border designs are taken from traditional Saudi textiles, and are a nod to the name of the city, which can be translated to thirsty.

Najran is luxurious in the Malabrigo Caprino yarn. It feels like water flowing over you. It also keeps you quite warm and comfortable. This is one of my favorite items in the collection. Najran is suitable for dressing up as well as with jeans, as shown in my picture above. The main body is fairly simple to knit, and the edging only uses one color at a time. This could easily be made either as a gift for Christmas this year, or as an accessory to wear to holiday functions for yourself.

It is now available on PayHip, Ravelry, and LoveCrafts. If you use the coupon code IncenseNajran, it will take 25% off the pattern price through the end of the day (PST) November 21, 2023. The collection itself is available on both PayHip and Ravelry, with a low introductory price that will rise as each pattern is added to the collection this month.

Nabati needs washing and blocking, and the ends woven in, but is otherwise finished and ready. I will have photographs of Ha'il for you soon. Then it will be the baptismal gown, I hope.

Only a little progress in Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages, but I did finish Thicker than Water. I found it interesting, though the suspense built for the secret kind of gave it all away. She is a very different woman than I am, but our similar ages, and educational experiences, and backgrounds were interesting and familiar, in a way. I think I would enjoy having dinner with her, though I would disagree with her on quite a lot.

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// posted by Ranee @ Arabian Knits @ 7:33 AM