May 2, 2010
KniCroBlo Week: Post #7 – What a Yarn
What a Yarn
There’s one love that we all share: yarn. Blog about a particular yarn you have used in the past or own in your stash, or perhaps one that you covet from afar. If it is a yarn you have used you could show the project that you used it for, perhaps writing a mini ‘review’. Perhaps, instead, you pine for the feel of the almost mythical qiviut? You could explore and research the raw material and manufacturing process if you were feeling investigative.
Since I’m a beginner (still, lol) and have been mostly working with the Red Heart acrylics I inherited from my mother-in-law and the inexpensive stuff from the craft stores… I haven’t gotten to touch anything famous or much-coveted, yet. So I’m not yet very drooly over yarn-porn. But I’ll share a couple of my favorites from my stash.
Caron Bliss, in "Jade"
Caron’s “Bliss” was the first really soft and gorgeous thing I bought for myself. It is truly a pleasure to touch. And that light green is one of my favorite colors ever, so my eyes love it too!
My kids love the yarn, as well. I haven’t done anything with it yet, but the girls have taken a little bit of it to play with, and my oldest kind of roughly shaped it into a miniature cat (almost like needle felting, only just shaping it with wrapping and pinching. I wish I had a picture. I think it fell apart since she made it.)
Festival Mix Fiber
And this yarn is also fluffy soft, along with snowy white… so lovely to hold and work with! It’s made of polyester and acrylic, but it could have fooled me! It’s silky soft!
I’m crocheting this moebius cowl with it (about half-way done, at this posting), and looking forward to wearing such a pretty winter-themed piece with my white coat. =)
And with the weather here, lately, I might still get to wear it on one last snowy day before Spring finally wins out! LOL
