Another marvelous collection of yarns, all sport weight, all dyed in the same colorway -- a wonderful way to play with colors!
We are so pleased to be able to offer these.
The Hand-Painted Knitting Yarn folk (HPKY) put together these "Little Giant Skeins" of yarn. And what is this, you'd like to know I am sure.
A Giant Skein is basically (as I mentioned above) a combination of many different yarns all dyed together in the same colorway. Since different fibers take dyes somewhat differently, the whole is an intriguing mix of yarns that definitely "go together" but have enough differences to add some intriguing depth.
The Ruffle Scarf (last photo below) is made using one of their Little Giant Skeins, created with the six different sport weight yarns. I can also imagine a number of other really great ways to use this collection of yarns. Perhaps a shawl, changing the yarn to give different looks as it progresses? That's just the first that popped into my head.
Each of these contains:
• Fine Merino (100% merino)
• Kid Mohair Boucle/ Merino (50% merino/ 48% kid mohair/ 2% nylon binder)
• Tweed (100% merino)
• Mohair-Merino-Glitter (65% merino/ 30% mohair/ 5% Lurex)
• Mountain Merino (100% Fine Merino)
• Fine Merino/Silk (80% Merino/ 20% Silk)
Each skein is 120 yards for a total of 720 yards to the 8 ounces (230 grams total.
The overall gauge for these yarns is usually 22 stitches and 40 rows to 4 inches on #5 needles. If you decide you would like to try out this Ruffled Scarf pattern,you will be aiming for a loose knit and using size 8 (5mm) or even a size 10 (6mm) needle. Just let us know as you check out (using the Comments section, that you would like us to include this pattern.
On this page is Madame Butterfly (named after the opera), a colorway with a warm nuance, a bit of autumn perhaps: Reds, golds, browns and blues.
Striking indeed!
Big smiles!
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