Here I was totally content with the Acrylic yarn that I had grown so used to useing. Then I joined up here. After reading all of the posts about all the great yarns out there I decided to treat myself to some decadance yarn from Knitpicks. Well I recieved it today and am offically over my enjoyment of Acrylic yarn. That stuff is soooo soft and lovely! I haven’t even tried a swatch yet. I am going to roll it into a ball tonight once my kids go to bed and play tomorrow. :drooling:
Just wanted you to know that I was blissfully ignorant before I joined up here , but you all have ruined that for me :roflhard:
aww just remember one reeeeeeeeally nice thing with Knitpicks…the yarn is SUPAH-cheap! i paid as much for some lion brand acrylic as the most expensive knitpicks yarn!
My new fave (besides knitpicks, of course!) is South West Trading Company’s soysilk yarn After I finish my Dulaan scarf ensemble I will do my clapotis in my new SWTC Karaoke yarn…now, this is some YUMMY yarn!!!
KK, I really want to do Cozy, too! I had thought about the alpaca/silk from Knitpicks. Do you think it needs a yarn with some definition? Let me know what you decide to use, please.
I actually have the yarn lined up for three more projects after I finish this baby kimono, but I’ve been working on this one for about five weeks now (the first one took me five days :rollseyes: ). However, I keep thinking and thinking about COZY, so it may get bumped to the top of the list.
I was thinking about Knitpicks’ Elegance…I like the SHEEN it has. The Andean Silk has some of that, too, but I think the Elegance is just a tad yummier.
The reason Im also considering the Soysilk is because (1) Rebecca loves it so much and has me interested, and (B) I knit Traveling Vines in Berroco’s denimsilk and I liked the HEFT of it for a wrap.
I’m going to go over to the LYS and plant myself in their easy chair for a bit. I’m going to check out her soysilk. She handed me some last night, I think. More SEx? You bet! No more classes today, I’m going to take an hour off before I clean the house. :cheering:
It’s a slippery slope, my friend, a very slippery slope!! Glad to see we’ll be seeing you down here at the bottom in our piles of wool and alpaca! :rofling:
Its amazing how great that stuff feels isn’t it? I am dying to finish the poncho that I am working on so that I can get to work with my new yummy yarn!
I am also trying to figure out how to talk my hubby into buying some wool so that I can make a booga bag and then its on to Clogs! :shock:
Now I’m really in trouble. I have a shopping bag at knithappens with 5 (6?) balls of Blue Sky Bulky Hand Dye (half the size and weight of the ones I get now. for 2 bucks…so I need more of it) in Peace Pink that are 14.50 or so a ball.
I need not another thing to spend money obsessively on…I promise you. I already have a conditioner, candle, incense/holder, and essential oil fetish that requires plenty of funding. :shock:
At least I get something I can KEEP out of this tho. Cept the expensive yarn is for a dear, dear friend - who while she is very dear, is still not me. whine…
Well, I guess I get to keep her, wearing the yarn…
I haven’t even tried a swatch yet. I am going to roll it into a ball tonight once my kids go to bed and play tomorrow. :drooling:
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