On Yummy Yarn-Overload
Drachenwolle Sock Yarn: Gray-Beige, Green Blue
After a week and a half of waiting and finding out that some delivery guys are plainly incapable of looking further than just the name of the recipient and the address and thus totally missed the "c/o" - and so didn't find my name on the doorbell and just sent the package back to the depot *rant*....
Drachenwolle Sock Yarn: Gray-Beige, Rust, Teal
....anyway, I got a writing from the delivery service saying that my package was back in the depot and that I should ring them up to clarify my address...so I did.
Yesterday when I came home from the German Knitting Group, I found a little orange card saying that there was a package delivered to me but I wasn't home....and to my delight, they were able to gave the package to one of my neighbours. I rang their doorbell and they were even home!
Drachenwolle Sock Yarn: Gray-Beige, Teal, Magenta
So, yes, that's the content of my package!!! Four yummy hanks of sock yarn from Drachenwolle!! She's the second German Indie Dyer I ordered something from. And I really love the stuff! The colours are beautifully muted (I think that the base yarn wasn't bleached, that's why the dyes are muted). The great thing about the yarn is the fibre content itself: 70% virgin wool, 20% silk and 10% ramie! And at EUR 8.90 per hank, it's such a bargain! (You get 400 m in a hank of 100 g).
Drachenwolle Sock Yarn: Gray-Beige, Purple, Red
The yarn has a slight halo to it. The twist is pretty much like Regia. The ramie makes the yarn feels a bit papery, but I think it's comparable to the feel I got from Zitron's Trekking Pro Natura. The colours have this shining gleam to it, I assume that this property came from the silk content in the yarn. All in all, I really like this yarn! The only thing left now is to knit it up and see how it will hold (the ramie would make the yarn pretty durable for sock wearing, so I won't worry about that).
The dilemma I'm facing now is: Which colourway first?! Which sock pattern? Or should I do something else with it and not socks? Although I'm feeling like knitting up another pair of toe-up Jaywalkers with one of these. ;-) What do you think?
Current Mood: Itching to cast-on
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