In brief - I love this yarn.
Vital stats:
53% wool, 47% acrylic
100 yards
50 grams
Recommended gauge is 10 st = 3" with a #11 needle. I've been knitting hats and mittens with it on size 6 dpns. It makes a nice dense fabric, but not too stiff. I haven't tried washing it, so who knows? Maybe it poofs way out once washed.
Handwash in cool water or dry clean.
I keep finding good things about it. Sorry I keep comparing it to Noro Kureyon. I love Noro, and this yarn looks a lot like it on the shelf.
1. It's not very expensive - about $6 (US) per ball.
2. It stripes like Noro Kureyon - the color changes may be slightly shorter than Noro, but it has the same gradual blend effect.
3. It is not (very) itchy.
4. NO GRASS.
5. Easy to hand-wind. For Knitters Without Winders, this is a great feature. The yarn comes as a loose ball, which is fine, but I was looking for the color repeat, so I have wound 4 balls of this by hand recently. It has not tangled. Not once. Awesome.
6. It is spun more consistently than Noro Kureyon - same springy single-strand worsted spin (someone correct me if I am not using the term worsted correctly in relation to how yarn is spun).
Anything I don't like?
1. It doesn't break because of the acrylic content. Slightly inconvenient, but I can live with it.
2. Either the color pattern doesn't repeat, or the repeat is over 300 yards long, because I wasn't able to find the repeat after hand-winding three balls of yarn. (I was trying to match the Mumma Smittens.)
Bottom line: Would I buy this again?
I would. Especially if I see it on sale! One ball is enough for a pair of kid mittens, two makes adult mittens.
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5 comments:
i'm gonna have to get my hands on some of that yarn. sounds great!
OOOh! This yarn sounds nice, unfortunately I don't think I am going to be able to get any of it by midnight, which is when my self imposed yarn diet goes into effect. Though it I ordered it online it would still have been purchased before December first...
It sounds like a great alternative to Noro. I love how Noro looks but touch it and lose the love. Is it less harsh feeling than Noro?
I love a good yarn with no grass!
No grass is a definite improvement over Noro
Knitters Without Winders--I love that! I'm a Knitter Without a Winder as well...We should make a group on Ravelry (just a silly one) and call it KWW--we could share tips on how we wind our yarn...I just realizaed how weird this sounds. I'll be quiet now.
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