Among people who have to see me IRL on a regular basis, I am somewhat known for making and wearing cardigans from a wide variety of unrelated yarns, mostly my handspun. My basic approach to knitting is, or has been up until fairly recently, that any project can be a stash-busting project, but now I’m growing tired of that esthetic. It looks fabulous from a distance, but up close it’s a hot mess. I like knitting with my handspun, but I don’t like wearing sweaters made from dozens of odds and ends. I want to wear something in fall weather and air-conditioned offices that shows some design cohesion and structural integrity. Since I don’t currently have enough of any one make/model of yarn (for lack of better terminology) in my current stash, I went browsing around at a retailer that’s sold me decent product before, and found something promising.
Tonight, I did a little Googling for yardage requirements, put together a nice set of three blue/greens in ColorSchemer Studio, and ordered a heap of yarn. And then some new needles to use with it. My only request for shipping was “not from UPS.”
In my defense, the yarn is almost jaw-droppingly cheap for the fiber content. 100% wool, at $2.69 for 50g? That’s a steal.
#1 by racheleh on February 23, 2012 - 1:38 PM
Request for link from fellow fiber junkie.
#2 by alysonmiers on February 23, 2012 - 7:39 PM
I ordered some of this shit. They also have it in sport and bulky, but the worsted weight has the biggest color selection. If you don’t mind paying twice as much, they also have the worsted weight in tonal shades.