It's He-e-re!
It just arrived! My lovely 4oz of JaggerSpin Super Lamb! I'm all giddy. 4 whole ounces of cobweb weight yarn!
Now I see what someone in the Knitter's Review forums was talking about, at least after their cobweb weight from ColourMart UK arrived. Well now, first off it's nice it's really nice. My mom felt the unknit skein and said it felt rough. Um, nope, not really. A cursory neck, ear, inner-elbow, cuddle, reveals it to be quite soft.
So why does she think it's rough? Prolly cuz the first natural yarn I let her cuddle was some Misti Alpaca Lace. At any rate this stuff is actually quite soft and about 1/2 the thickness of the misti lace. I also think it has to do with there being so many strands of it, they almost look like the yarn for crewel embroidery. Heck, they might be the same yarn I don't know.
It's shiny, and all those strands have their own texture. Mind you it's one continuous strand wound into a skein. Oh dear, I forgot to have it wound, no matter, I'll break out ye olde nostie, a.k.a. a section of bamboo, and wind up a nice center pull myself. Whoa baby, that's gonna take some effort. Something like 1400 yards of the stuff. I forget the calculations. Will scan a pic asap.
I really should buy one of those crank style ball winders. Oh well. BBL, after I get this stuff wound and knit up a motif/swatch of the stuff. I think even if I don't quite have enough I can get some more(different color, maybe a nice dark green, mmmmm) from Imagiknit. Still, a single motif will make it so I can calculate how much I need for a single shawl. Lots and lots of yarn overs, and a nice loose vibe to the motif should mean it's enough for a small shawl, but I had better triple check.
Now I see what someone in the Knitter's Review forums was talking about, at least after their cobweb weight from ColourMart UK arrived. Well now, first off it's nice it's really nice. My mom felt the unknit skein and said it felt rough. Um, nope, not really. A cursory neck, ear, inner-elbow, cuddle, reveals it to be quite soft.
So why does she think it's rough? Prolly cuz the first natural yarn I let her cuddle was some Misti Alpaca Lace. At any rate this stuff is actually quite soft and about 1/2 the thickness of the misti lace. I also think it has to do with there being so many strands of it, they almost look like the yarn for crewel embroidery. Heck, they might be the same yarn I don't know.
It's shiny, and all those strands have their own texture. Mind you it's one continuous strand wound into a skein. Oh dear, I forgot to have it wound, no matter, I'll break out ye olde nostie, a.k.a. a section of bamboo, and wind up a nice center pull myself. Whoa baby, that's gonna take some effort. Something like 1400 yards of the stuff. I forget the calculations. Will scan a pic asap.
I really should buy one of those crank style ball winders. Oh well. BBL, after I get this stuff wound and knit up a motif/swatch of the stuff. I think even if I don't quite have enough I can get some more(different color, maybe a nice dark green, mmmmm) from Imagiknit. Still, a single motif will make it so I can calculate how much I need for a single shawl. Lots and lots of yarn overs, and a nice loose vibe to the motif should mean it's enough for a small shawl, but I had better triple check.
posted by KnitWit @ 6:13 PM
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