I can have any yarn I want

General Knitting
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Okay, so as a V-day present I declined jewelry. There was a time when I was into gemstones, but now I’m into yarn, so that’s what I’ve requested. I can have any yarn I want in whatever amount I want. :woohoo: I am being taken to San Francisco this weekend and will probably buy the yarn at a LYS there. If I don’t see anything I really like, I can always come back home and order it, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find myself seduced by touching and seeing great yarns in person.

I asked this on another forum and got many great opinions, but I can never have enough. Who knows when such an opportunity will come again? I feel so lucky and I want to make sure I get just the right yarn. I’m strongly inclined towards a merino silk blend, with the wool for elasticity and the silk for sheen. But if you could have any yarn you wanted, what would you get?

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If I could buy ANY yarn I wanted in ANY amount, I’d buy Alchemy wool/solk blend, in about 6 colors, 2500 yards of each.

I don’t have any alchemy because it’s sooooooo expensive, I can’t bing myself to buy it and fall deeper in love with it.

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Alchemy ranks pretty high on my possibility list. I’ve never actually tried any, either, because it is so expensive. I can’t wait until this weekend!

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I’m wishing for silk yarn… Artyarns is my preference, but I know that’s not gonna be in my budget anytime soon :frowning: I wonder if I could try bribing my husband with this idea… Unfortunately the 4 skeins I need will run about $90…

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I think I would pick out the perfect project/pattern … then go for the exact most wonderful yarn to make it with !

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So smart move. I have a design in my head. I’m actually knitting it now in cheaper yarn. I want to buy the most beautiful yarn for this sweater.

But just in case I think I will ask for other yarn, too. Yarn, yarn, YARN!

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OOOOO YAH!! Artyarn’s silk fingering weight or Sheifer Yarn’s Anne or Elaine and of course Mmmmmmmmmm :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

You are soooooooooo lucky!!!

:muah: :hug:

Nadja xxx

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That’s such an awesome gift that I’ve never even THOUGHT about what I’d want in that situation…I think I’d have to go “feeling” for my present!

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Lucky you! Have fun yarn shopping!!

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I was just listening to the new web cast from stash and burn, they are from San Fran and mentioned a store they absolutely loved, where you could give yarn to and buy yarn from, sort of like a co-op type thing, and apparently the prices are great for some nice yarn.

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If I had the chance to make a big yarn splurge, I’d probably go for Tilli Thomas Pure & Simple (mmmmm, so so so soft and luscious) or Karabella Breeze. :heart:

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Has anyone ever tried the A-Maizing from SWTC? That one really intrigues me - and the fact that it says it’s machine washable and dryable REALLY makes it interesting. I think those would be things I’d like to try, but I have to confess I’m very low maintenance - if it has to be hand washed and laid flat to dry or dry cleaned, I pretty much have little to no interest. The hand washing I can handle, but no space to “lay flat to dry” :oops:

I know, I’m so shallow.

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This is the yarn I got: 8 hanks of Alchemy Sanctuary in the Rainforest colorway and 2 in a coordinating color of KSH. I feel strangely unfulfilled. Why? It’s beautiful yarn and I’m really lucky to have gotten it.

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It is beautiful! Maybe you’ll feel more fulfilled after you start knitting with it. :drool:

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OMG that is gorgeous! that is one of those colourways that I wouldn’t usually get but when I do I love! please keep us updated on what u knit with it! :cheering:

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:muah: Beautiful yarn :muah:

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NORO Transitions! I knit a SAULSALITO JACKET using the Neutral Color Blends Transitions last year…and it was a dream to knit with. I find myself ‘petting’ the fluffy angora stripe when I am in church. It is soothing!
It was spendy…even for an Ebay purchase. I wish I could get more.
I am on yarn restriction this year…[color=blue]The Year of the Stash 2007![/color]

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I have some Noro Transitions in that exact same color! I got it for a Poppy Sweater. Too many projects in my queue!

Anyway, I know what my problem was with the Alchemy. It wasn’t the color I was hoping for. I was looking for blue with green or gold overtones and I couldn’t find that, so I guess I was disappointed. But I just knit a swatch and, unlike what I usually find for handdyed yarn, it’s so much prettier knitted up than in the hank. Look at this swatch! And it’s a dream to knit, soft and springy. I think more and more springiness is the top rated factor for how good it feels to knit to me, even more than softness. What makes Karabella Aurora 8 so nice to knit, too.