A Tale of Two Yarns – 2KCBWDAY1 Part of any fibre enthusiast’s hobby is an appreciation of yarn. Choose two yarns that you have either used, are in your stash or which you yearn after and capture what it is you love or loathe about them.
Well, you'd think this would be an easy post, wouldn't you ? But I'm pretty easygoing, I think, as regards yarn.
I love Rowan's Kidsilk Haze - so much yardage in such a small weight, absolutely value for money and knitting time; and one can create the most ethereal of items with it, if one picks the right size of needle .....
I knit a lot with acrylic, since I knit mainly for my kids and those of others - and those can be wildly varying in quality, in terms of feel, knitability-pleasure, etc. I really don't like Patons Fab DK or James C. Brett's Value DK , both the dirty dish relatives of yarn, as far as I am concerned, but I have to use them as they make the particular virulent shade of 'jade' that is required for Mini Diva's school uniform. I would willingly pay a higher price to have something that felt nicer to knit with, to wear, and that didn't pill so badly.
And going through my FOs (Finished Objects) I find that about 25% of them have been made with Stylecraft yarns: not exactly on purpose, since I tend to buy what I like in terms of color, etc. But they have a great range of yarn types and colors, and they are very affordable without being cheap.
So there it is: this year, my favorite yarn is Rowan Kidsilk Haze; least favorite is Patons FB DK; favorite brand is Stylecraft.
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