Recently Abbey and I went to Santa Fe on a yarn crawl. I gave my yarn store reviews in this post.
At Tutto I bought pre-made Opal socks. It gave me quite a giggle to buy ready to wear socks at a yarn store.
The label says they’re “factory-knit sale sample over-runs”. They came in one size fits all. They’re a little big on the toe but I think they’re comfy. Plus the tops have elastic knit into the ribbing so they stay up perfectly.
Next up is the yarn I bought at Oodles. Ever since reading the Knitter’s Book Of Yarn I’ve been interested in trying different types of fiber. This is Araucania yarn made out of sugarcane.
It has a shine and drape that reminds me of silk. The woman running the store had a top in this exact colorway so I got to see what it looks like knit up.
As soon as Tubey and Che purse #2 are done I’m casting on for a little shrug.
When we were at Looking Glass Yarn & Gifts Abbey found these Knit one, sip one coffee mugs and got us both one.
It’s super cute!
I like this sugar cane yarn, but found that when you dampen it to block it, it looses it’s loft and texture and dries flatened out. Looks like you ironed it, and that result is disappointing. Any idea how to fix this?
Randi-Thanks for the info. I hadn’t heard about that. When I knit something with it I’ll post it on the blog.