OMG pretty yarn

[piranha]

not too long ago coats & clark jumped on the novelty yarn bandwagon with their new moda dea line. but now, red heart, of walmart-type ugliyarn fame, also has four new yarns that're actually beautiful and feel good to boot! i almost had a heart attack. there are four new novelty yarns:

whirly, 51% Nylon, 27% wool, 22% acrylic, lovely colourways, and soft goodness that does not look like it'll pile immediately and turn to crap. but i didn't buy to test. tempted, though. might go back.

foxy, eyelash, shiny 100% polyester, but soft! softer than lionbrand's fun fur. i bought a skein of this in "lipstick" (which i'd call 'cerise' instead), and crocheted up a skinny scarf in a couple hours. 50g run for 82m (89yd) and it very fluffy even with just one strand. that link doesn't have this colourway, and they can't take photographs, but at least the colourways they do have look true to the skeins i saw.

kiss, 2-ply 4 cm long eyelash with a central papery yarn, 100% nylon with the associated super-softness. 50g run for 76m (83yd). bought a skein in "flame" but haven't swatched it yet. i just want to cuddle with this one. speaking of people who can't take pictures, i am one of those tonight; i tried 3 times to capture these red skeins, but no joy; i need to wait for decent daylight. there don't seem to be any decent pictures out there yet at all. oh yeah, people who're used to red heart prices will get sticker shock with this one; it's a whopping C$8.87.

tiki, ribbon with little "butterflies", 100% nylon. 50g run for 143m (157yd). nice watercolours. didn't buy this one either yet.

Comments

[firecat]

Cool! Expensive though, compared to good old Red Heart 1-pound skeins.

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

They do look pretty cool, but no Red Heart here. However, I got a new Bendigo Woollen Mills flyer today, so I don't feel too bad :-).

red heart

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

oh, no reason anyway to bemoan the lack of red heart. it's the best-selling line in north america, but most of it is tough acrylic, and nothing to get excited about -- it wears well, i guess, and one can just toss it into the washer without worrying, but i can't stand it. which is why i was so surprised to see something interesting under the red heart label. :) and since the advantage of red heart is its ubiquitous presence in any department store that sells yarns, that bodes well for people here who have no decent local yarn store; at least they'll now have the choice of some fun yarns they can touch as well.

i buy a lot of yarn online, but i buy it from a place that sends out a newsletter with samples, or i buy yarn with which i am already familiar. i don't like buying yarn without feeling it.

Re: red heart

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

I don't tend to buy yarn I haven't touched either, so either from shops, or Bendigo, who send sample cards (and I've been very happy with the quality of the actual yarn of theirs I've knitted with).

I've done some stuff in acrylic, but I'm getting less and less likely to, even though the easiest source of variegated-in-shades-I-find-interesting yarn happens to be an acrylic. The colours catch my eye every time, dammit.