Tag: yarn
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Fiber Christmas in July – Fifteen Years of Oklahoma’s Fiber Festival
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m thinking about changing the posting schedule up, so if you have a favorite day to read posts, please vote in the poll or let me know down in the comments. As always, if you have a yarn review or post suggestion, you can send it to…
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Yarn Review: Universal Cotton Supreme DK
Universal Yarn has been offering up yarn of all kinds for more than a decade. I first experienced their yarns in 2012 when looking for washcloth cotton at my old Local Yarn Shop. Their Universal Cotton Supreme worsted weight yarn was just too nice for a dishrag, so I ended…
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The Basket of Shame
It started out with good intentions as “the finishing basket” when I was working on inventory before a craft show. I’d knit a few washcloths then finish out the day with a cowl or shawl. I’d put them in the finishing basket and weave in the ends later as I…
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Yarn Review: Lion Brand Ice Cream
Lion Brand Yarns are commonly found at big box general stores and big box craft stores. You can easily browse their selection on their website, which also features free patterns. The price you see on Lion Brand’s website might not be what you pay in stores, especially since big craft…
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Yarn Review: Silk City Fibers Cotton Bambu
Silk City Fibers is a wholesale coned yarn retailer that boasts more than 50 types of luxury yarn for knitting and weaving. Known in the past for their 100% rayon chenille yarn, they became part of Orchard Yarn & Thread Company, Inc., better known as Lion Brand Yarn Company in…
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Yarn Review: Berroco Comfort
Welcome to the first of many yarn reviews! In this series, I’m going to analyze each yarn for its compatibility with knitting machines, ease of use, ease of care, affordability, and much more. I’ll include pictures of my swatches along with notes on how the yarn performed, thoughts about available…
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How I Swatch Yarn
There are SO MANY different methods floating around about how to swatch your yarn, but the one I’m about to share with you is the best one I’ve learned yet. It can take a bit of extra time and scrap yarn (let’s be honest, who doesn’t have a ton of…
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