Crafty Threads 'n' Yarns

pictish · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject: Sublime Luxurious Woolly Merino

I had to take back the Sirdar yarns I got recently Sad

as I've just realised that anything with more than a tiny bit of acrylic in it is making my hot flushes a lot worse Evil or Very Mad

so swapped it for some of this and it is absolutely gorgeous!!! Very like DB Cashmerino Astrakhan but actually softer and 96% merino. I love just about every pattern in the book too Cool

You can see the patterns here . The colours are all stunning and it is a bit expensive (£5 a ball) but a cardi uses 7 balls for a 36" so not in Rowan league or anything Wink

Don't buy it if you don't like knitting with boucle yarn though - it's one you either love or hate I think Laughing

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melody yarns · Site Admin Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 8688 Location: UK

Ooooh good to know it's lovely - it's on my To Buy list this winter as I like most of the designs in the book too Cool

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pictish · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

I know!!!!! Sad

I have 'a few' cashmerino type yarns too but I seem to be ok with those - not sure whether microfibre = acrylic Confused

maybe it doesn't!! I have a bit of other stuff though which might find it's way into the Craft Market some day Wink

I'm going to make this one FC but all in a smoky brown Razz

It's a lot easier to knit with than the DB stuff actually - not very splitty and only a bit fiddly in casting on so far.

The shop were very good about changing it.
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Glynis · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject:

I really love boucle, but I don't think I'm very good at knitting with it Sad

When I was getting back into knitting a few years back I knitted up some old Patons Mona Lisa DK boucle (at least 50% wool as far as I can recall). I kept losing or finding stitches, and the finished jacket has a slight bias to it so that when buttoned, the front twists slightly. If it had been a sweater it wouldn't have noticed, but I'm always aware that my button band does not sit perpendicular Confused

Not that I'm an*l about it, but it would be nicer if it didn't twist Laughing

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pictish · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:46 pm Post subject:

You've got to keep checking stitches with the Astrakhan - but this really doesn't seem as bad Glynis!!!
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Glynis · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

That's good to know, because it does look seriously gorgeous stuff!
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modelwidow · Joined: 15 Feb 2008 Posts: 1036 Location: Kent

There are some really nice patterns in there (especially the one you've chosen pictish) but couldn't the model have looked a bit more cheerful, it's enough to frighten people away Laughing

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pictish · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject:

I thought the same MW Wink

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FatCat · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

ooh, that is a nice pattern Ali! Looks very Chanel-ish, very smart! And it'll be gorgeous in brown Very Happy

LOL at MW, that's exactly what I thought, the model looks like an extra in a zombie movie Rolling Eyes

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