Welcome to my blog for the 2nd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week. I started blogging last year just in time for the first blog week and thoroughly enjoyed it.
A tale of two yarns. I remember that someone asked the great gardener, Christopher Lloyd, which his favourite plant was. He replied that it was whichever one he was looking at at that moment. I confess to being a bit like that with yarn. I flip flop from one to another, loving most of them.
My favourite yarn of the moment is semi-precious by Babylonglegs. It is the softest, squishiest and yummiest yarn ever. It has such beautiful colours too. Now, I must admit that I haven't actually knitted anything with it yet. I haven't plucked up the courage. I would hate it if it ended up as 'a good yarn spoiled'. But in my heart I know that when I do it is going to be gorgeous. Until I am brave enough I will content myself with squeezing it.
Babylonglegs semi-precious
At the other end of the spectrum is this Stylecraft Sirocco DK . I think the colour is Pineapple. Last year I bought a book called Amalfi by Debbie Bliss. I fell in love with lots of the patterns but hoped that I could work my way around using the Amalfi yarn by finding an alternative. This was the one I chose. In theory it should have been ok. They are both a mixture of cotton and linen and both double knit. I knitted the back of a cardigan but I couldn't get on with the yarn. It is the knobbly bits I think. I really didn't enjoy knitting with it. In fact, I hated it. The worst part of this story is that I have the same yarn in other colours because I was going to make a few things from the book and the yarn was cheap from Kemps. What a Womble!
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Oh that's too bad that you have so much of it...
ReplyDeleteOh dear! We've all done it, though. I agree with you about the Babylonglegs yarn, it's amazing.
ReplyDelete"A Womble!" Ha ha! In the sense that you are gathering rubbish? It can't be that bad!!!
ReplyDeleteOoh the babylonglegs looks lovely - I don't know that one at all.
I'm kinda interested in the Sirocco: let me know if you want to get rid of it, please ?
ReplyDeleteAh, a Kemps yarn disaster moment. Not dissimilar to one of my Readicut yarn disasters, some neon, bobbly yarn monstrosity from Sirdar...much worse than the Sirocco though. Perhaps I should post a picture just to see if people can look at it without vomiting as I had decided it was too hideous for my blog when choosing yarns for today!
ReplyDeleteEwww! Yeah, I don't really like yarn that is funky textured like that. I know what you mean about whatever yarn you're looking at being your favorite!
ReplyDeleteSemi-Precious is one of nicest yarns I've ever knit with. I've never seen a bad project knit with it. I recommend a scarf/shawl think as it wonderful to wear next to the skin.
ReplyDeleteThe Babylonglegs looks gorgeous, I've never heard of it before, thanks for the link!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the other yarn though... I doesn't look too bad, but I can see how it would be hard to knit with it.
I've never even seen the Babylonglegs yarn before, but that sheen looks so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI've used some of the bobbly, boucle-ish yarns from Farmhouse Yarns, but they were so soft that the texture just gave it some more shape. Definitely a shame that the Kemps was a headache for you.
Babylonglegs looks very scrummy! I can imagine it being very squeezable!
ReplyDeleteGood on you for partaking in Blog week again. I couldn't commit this year. Babylonglegs looks divine!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to publicly say thanks so much - the Sirocco is winging it's way to me as we speak :-) Thanks so much, Janine ! Yaaaay for KnitcroBlo Week ! xx
ReplyDeleteIt is so awful to find one has stocked up on a yarn that turns out to be not worth the trouble. Can you donate it somewhere? Or sell it to the interested knitter above?
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the unwanted wool found a good home! And that Babylonglegs yarn looks heavenly. I hadn't heard of them.
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