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March 07, 2023 2 min read 2 Comments
Rowan has a new yarn in its line. It’s called Four Seasons. A blend of cotton and microfiber, it is soft and bouncy with a lovely hand and great stitch definition.
The labeling says Cotton and Acrylic. Extremely misleading. Technically correct, but misleading. In the same way that there are different grades of merino yarn, there are all grades of acrylic fiber, and the acrylic in Four Seasons is microfiber and bears about as much resemblance to acrylic as goat hair does to cashmere.
Let’s take a look at what microfiber is and what it does to yarn, because you’re
October 17, 2022 3 min read
While many yarns can be used to make socks, and sock yarn can be used to make many things, sock yarn typically refers to a fingering weight blend of superwash wool and nylon or silk.
Sock yarn is often hand-dyed to create socks with a fun and colorful appearance. Some sock yarns is machine engineered to create designs
December 13, 2021 3 min read
April 12, 2021 3 min read
Lovely Regina was in the shop a bit ago. Enamored with the No Plain Jane cardigan another customer had knit, she wanted to knit the same garment. However, she wanted to do it in a different yarn. She looked at the gauge and saw that it was 13 stitches over 4”, so she began looking in the bulky section and fell in love with Malabrigo Mecha. Who wouldn’t, right? With a skein of Mecha in one hand and a skein of Wooladdicts Air in the other, she walked up to me and said, “I don’t get it. You told me these yarns were both bulky. They both have 135 yards per skein. But the Air is 50g, and the Malabrigo is 100g.” I love my engineer customers because they notice these things, and ask about them. Everything has to make sense, which is so important in knitting.
You see, Wooladdicts Air is a blown yarn, which means that it’s constructed by
August 03, 2020 3 min read
March 11, 2019 4 min read 7 Comments
Here comes Spring, and with it the plant-based fibers so many of us love to hate. Yesterday in the shop, Bonnie, a ten-year old new knitter, was practicing her knitting. Her stitches were perfect, but she was struggling against her yarn. It was dishcloth cotton, which is no treat to use. She was valiant, and persevered, but you could tell it wasn't much fun. My goal, of course, is to create a hoard of dedicated new knitters -- I couldn't possibly sit by and watch this lovely child get frustrated and lose interest in knitting simply because she was fighting with her materials. So I swapped her dishcloth cotton out for a soft, more loosely spun cotton. After a couple of rows, she looked up and proclaimed it to be much easier now!
That's because there's cotton, and then there's cotton. I wrote a post about cotton several years ago which helps explain what I mean.
Cotton yarn is different from wool, that's for sure, and cotton sometimes more
March 13, 2018 1 min read
The shop is brimming with exactly what you want to knit and need to wear right now - lots of fresh spring produce! I'm especially excited that we've finally received our big order from Manos del Uruguay in all the fibers and colors you crave. We still have the trunk show, and I'm going to do a Facebook Live event as we open each box and see all the new lovelies! It's all my effort to lure you to the more
January 12, 2018 1 min read
Our featured yarn this week is Berroco Quechua, a beautiful sport weight blend of merino, baby alpaca, and yak. It's a lightweight fabric with a soft 2-ply construction that shows off your stitches without being heavy. It would make a great Featherweight Cardigan, or a stunning shawl, such as Lockett.
Designed especially for two colors of Quechua, Lockett features a fun shell more
December 30, 2017 1 min read 1 Comment
I'm super excited about the Aalta Yarn Trunk Show this Saturday! Christine Forester, owner of Aalta Yarns will be here to talk about the company and share with you her vision and some of her fabulous products. You already know Aalta Truth, the delicious blend of merino and baby alpaca. She's launching a line of Truth Hand-dyes that are just beautiful. She'll have some on hand that will be more
July 10, 2017 3 min read
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