I finally got around to taking photos of the yarn purchased during this year’s KnitPicks summer yarn sale. It includes yarns I have used in the past and a few new ones. With an eye toward knitting socks as holiday gifts, I have focused on fingering weight yarns.
This is a new offering from KnitPicks. Static is a fingering weight blend of superwash wool and nylon – the same fiber content as their Stroll line. I guess what makes this yarn different is the self-striping color sequence. This colorway is called Paradise. I thought the bright colors would be nice for children’s socks.
Gloss is a luxury blend of 70% merino wool and 30% silk. I have used it in the worsted weight to make vests and shawls. The fingering weight has all the attributes of its larger sister – softness and a light sheen. I bought it to find out if silk helps the socks wear longer in the heel and ball of foot areas. I also plan to use it as the solid color contrast in 2-color shawls. Colorways shown are clarity, blackberry and navy.
Hawthorne has become a new favorite for me in the fingering weight group. I like its plumpness and high twist. It is made from superwash highland wool, which pills less than merino wool does. The kettle-dyed line (Poseiden is shown here) give nice color variation to items knitted in basic stitches. I also purchased two painted yarns: Burlingame is the top one, Vancouver shown in the bottom of the photo.
This month I will be teaching a short course on knitting shawls. I plan to use these yarns to demonstrate how they can bring pizzazz to a simple garter ridge pattern.
Beyond that, I have no clue of what these yarns want to become. But I will enjoy discovering it.
Those are pretty. I can’t show this to Cindy or she’ll go nuts!
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Yarn addiction is a terrible curse.
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They should have a 12-step program for it – lol!
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haha
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Gloss looks gorgeous to me. Have to check out for a spring/fall sweater.
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A terrific haul. Can’t wait to see what you do with them.
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Me too.
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Lots of lovely yarnz
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Yarns even
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lol!
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Awesome job, Laura! I can’t knit anything, so they are quite impressive !
HiRO
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Thanks.
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Great finds! Your got some pretty yarn there 🙂
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Love the colors of the yarns!
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