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jewishfarmer
Warming Up
USA
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 Posted - 10/03/2005 : 4:25:54 PM
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I was an early malabrigo addict, but don't want to pay retail prices for their worsted, so I recently bought some of the bulky merino for the first time, and am very impressed with it. I swatched and tried to pill, and it really held up pretty well for a merino. And the best thing - one $7 skein makes a pair of mittens! Great colors, as usual (a bit more muted and less variegated than the worsted weight, which is a good thing, IMHO), and so very, very, wonderfully soft.
I love this stuff!
Sharon
Jewishfarmer
"Rats and roaches live under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privelege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy" - Wendell Berry
www.casaubonsbook.blogspot.com
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The Irish Ewe
Permanent Resident
USA
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yferre20
New Pal
36 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 1:50:46 PM
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| Im obsessed with the bulky 6ply as well, and find it softer than the worsted merino |
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kknitter
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 05:48:32 AM
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| Hm, I think what kmstew2 calls horribly irregular dyeing is what I LIKE about this yarn. The almost solid color yarns have variances of colors that knit up with subtle variegation. Though I admit, I've bought this yarn in person, not online, so I picked up skeins that matched fairly well for my projects. The variegated skein I bought had great colors with little bleed over between the multiple colors in the skein. Turned into gorgeous fingerless mittens. |
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