Scrumdiddliumptious!
I paid a first (and looooong overdue) trip to my LYS, The Purple Purl, this afternoon. (What!?! I've only been in the neighbourhood for 11 months, cut me some slack!)
Wow.
They have an astounding assortment of incredible yarns. I would deem them all suitable for the YarnSnob within me . . . all except maybe for the sequined bamboo-something, but we'll pretend I didn't see that.
I discovered some lovely finds today, and thought you should know about them. My first thought for each of them was, "why don't I know about this?" so I thought I should give a Public Service Announcement:
1) Mission Falls 136 Merino Superwash - ravelry link
This seems to be a perfect all-purpose merino. It's a DK weight, and at about $7 per 136 yard ball, I could see this becoming a house yarn. It is soft and scrumptious, and I want to knit everything with it. They also have a heavier-weight non-merino that is very soft, but this was perfection in my eyes.
The colour range is also extensive, and most of the colours the LYS had in stock would have blended beautifully together.
I will definitely pick some of this up for baby stuff in the future.
2) Malabrigo Silky Merino - ravelry link
Um, yum. I want to bathe in this. Daily.
This is a DK weight. If it had been laceweight I would have bought extensive amounts. Probably the entire stock.
Most of the colourways were solids/semisolids, but there was one plum/yellow variegated skein that nearly made its way into my purse. To die for.
3) Mirasol Miski and Mirasol Sulka - ravelry links here and here
Both worsteds, both super soft. So soft that they could be a hat for my Dad, and that's saying a lot. The Miski is 100% baby llama (and yes, you can feel it), while the Sulka is a wool/silk/alpaca blend.
The colourways are gorgeous - there is even a black yarn that has so much subtlety it wouldn't be a bore to knit with.
Yup. Go. Pet.
Spend money, I promise it will be worth it.
Wow.
They have an astounding assortment of incredible yarns. I would deem them all suitable for the YarnSnob within me . . . all except maybe for the sequined bamboo-something, but we'll pretend I didn't see that.
I discovered some lovely finds today, and thought you should know about them. My first thought for each of them was, "why don't I know about this?" so I thought I should give a Public Service Announcement:
1) Mission Falls 136 Merino Superwash - ravelry link
This seems to be a perfect all-purpose merino. It's a DK weight, and at about $7 per 136 yard ball, I could see this becoming a house yarn. It is soft and scrumptious, and I want to knit everything with it. They also have a heavier-weight non-merino that is very soft, but this was perfection in my eyes.
The colour range is also extensive, and most of the colours the LYS had in stock would have blended beautifully together.
I will definitely pick some of this up for baby stuff in the future.
2) Malabrigo Silky Merino - ravelry link
Um, yum. I want to bathe in this. Daily.
This is a DK weight. If it had been laceweight I would have bought extensive amounts. Probably the entire stock.
Most of the colourways were solids/semisolids, but there was one plum/yellow variegated skein that nearly made its way into my purse. To die for.
3) Mirasol Miski and Mirasol Sulka - ravelry links here and here
Both worsteds, both super soft. So soft that they could be a hat for my Dad, and that's saying a lot. The Miski is 100% baby llama (and yes, you can feel it), while the Sulka is a wool/silk/alpaca blend.
The colourways are gorgeous - there is even a black yarn that has so much subtlety it wouldn't be a bore to knit with.
Yup. Go. Pet.
Spend money, I promise it will be worth it.
Labels: alpaca, llama, LYS, Purple Purl, supersoft, yarn review
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