 It's a fibre that just never gets old ... it's Wool. Australia has a thriving industry and it's no wonder with the amazing quality being produced. And it's being grown, spun, dyed and felted all over the world. Once upon a time you would go to the Craft store and mostly purchase block colours and the yarn would be 100% Acrylic or 100% Wool but now, creative imaginations and traditional crafts have been unleashed on the industry and some of the combinations in textures, fibres and colours are truly breathtaking. For sock yarn, the hard-working Superwash Wool is teamed with Polyamide (Nylon) to bring a softness to the yarn and is being produced in amazing colour combinations and sometimes with fair isle self-patterning. Of course, you're not restricted to using sock yarn for only making socks. It's usually a 4ply weight and so it can be used for baby projects or a shawl or any 4ply pattern you have in mind.
Merino is also being coupled with Cashmere or Alpaca and the feel to these combinations are incredibly soft and luxurious. And if you like your yarn to be rather unique, it's hard to go past the fabulous range of Noro. You can find all these yarns in my Store and I've also included a link to my Pinterest page on "Wonderful Wool" - how cute are those sheep! |
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 As a seller of knitting yarn I see loads of stuff I like, some I love and some are just good sellers but every now and then I find something that comes under the "Wow" banner. At the moment I can't find anything to top this beautiful yarn from Cherry Tree Hill - Supersock Lace Potluck. The colour originally attracted me, and I like to stock up on lace weight yarns as they're popular with my buyers, so I thought I'd purchase a few skeins. When I opened up my parcel I was pretty impressed as it looked even better than the photo but when I took it out and held it in my hands that's when I went "Wow!". Made from 100% Superwash Merino it's so soft and light. Just gorgeous. So if you've got a shawl project in mind - you may just want to check it out in my store - click here.
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AuthorMy passion is with knitting yarn ... more like an addiction really. Any knitters in the audience will be nodding their heads and thinking about the cupboards in their home, bursting with all sorts of wonderful textures and colours, yes I'm one of those. I decided rather than fight my addiction I could continue with my indulgence of purchasing yarn, but then pass it on to other like-minded, online buyers. Archives
August 2017
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