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This week we’re reviewing Alpaculence, a singles yarn made by Rozetti Yarns. Monday we learned that the yarn I’m sampling this week is in “pre-production mode,” and yesterday we learned that my stockinette stitch sample skewed from a square into a parallelogram. That led to a discussion about balance in …

Yesterday, I introduced the new Alpaculence, an acrylic/ wool/ alpaca/ glitter blend yarn by Rozetti Yarns. Having evaluated the qualities and taken an “inventory” of this yarn, let’s move on to my next step in “new yarn evaluation” – swatching. When approaching a new yarn, once I’ve held it and evaluated …

It’s always fun to get to play with the newest yarn on the market. Alpaculence, by Rozetti Yarns is SO new there was only one color available for me to test – and sample – and play! It’s so new (I hear you: “How new is it?”) that they don’t …

We took a look yesterday at what sort of projects can be knit up with jumbo yarn to enhance the WOW factor in our living space. Today, we’ll look at 3 knitwear patterns that can be knit so quickly you’ll be done with your Holiday Season gifts in very little …

I’m very happy with how the over-sized blanket turned out yesterday. Have you chosen the colors for your knitting project using Red Heart Boutique Irresistible Yarn? It’s super trendy and quick! Here are some super quick projects that will add punch or comfort to your living space. Oversized-Cable Pillow Knit …

It’s great to have you back! Yesterday I got in the knitty-gritty of knitting with Red Heart Boutique Irresistible Yarn, I hope you’ll try at least one project using this VERY soft and trendy yarn. It’s always a good thing to say, “Yes! I tried it!” So what about joining …

Yesterday I looked at the fiber content and general appearance of Red Heart Boutique Irresistible yarn. Before I get into the knitty-gritty of Irresistible yarn, I want to go over the several colors you can choose from to suit your mood and decorative needs. You’ll remember from yesterday’s post that …

My dear daughter has been wishing for a jumbo yarn blanket for several years now, but I hadn’t gotten around to it (I wonder why). Knitting with jumbo yarn isn’t my favorite, but it’s still knitting, so given the opportunity I knew eventually I would come across the right yarn …

This week we’ve been looking at 4 fabulous new colorways in Classic Shades Frenzy by Universal yarn. If you look at all 14 colorways of this yarn, you’ll see that several of them have colors in common. This makes it really easy to use 1 or 2 balls of more …

This week we’re looking at a lovely, colorful singles yarn called Classic Shades Frenzy by Universal Yarn. Yesterday we looked at a roundup of free patterns. Today, I want to share with you a technique that suits this yarn very well because the color gradations are perfect for lots of …

One of my favorite Classic Shades yarns, Frenzy, has new colorways, check out Monday’s post for the details. The sturdy construction of this single ply/ singles yarn was discussed yesterday. The design team at Universal Yarn appears to be just as inspired by this yarn as I am, because, since …

This week we’re looking at Classic Shades Frenzy by Universal Yarn. It’s a single ply yarn that has a marled look and several gradients of colors in one skein. Yesterday we looked at the 4 newest colorways, Botanica, Quarry, Fern, and Madras. There are many yarns that are single-ply yarns …

This week, we’ll be exploring Classic Shades Frenzy by Universal Yarn. This soft bulky yarn is full of color and the way the yarn was spun makes it easy to knit without any of the struggles of some multi-color knitting techniques because it is a marled gradient yarn. I’ve blogged …

As we conclude our week with Red Heart’s super summer yarn, Creme de la Creme, I give you the link to two patterns I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the Bamboo Stitch Wristers and Cowl. It’s completely up to you if you knit one or both, but I’m going to focus …

Bamboo stitch is an interesting stitch I haven’t heard of before. When I was looking for a pattern to use for our featured yarn, Creme de la Creme, I stumbled across the Bamboo stitch in a pattern on Red Heart’s website. Because this was much better, I chose to talk about …