Yarn!
The yarn for my impending Oblique arrived in the mail this week, and I think I'm in love.
It's Elann's Incense, and it is yummy: 50 percent wool, 25 percent silk, 25 percent bamboo (edited to fix fiber percentages, with a soft, smooth, luxurious hand. Like a lot of elann's house-brand worsteds, it seems to be a slightly finer gauge than most worsteds, but I also knit loosely, so I should get gauge.
The color is great, too. They call it Persian Violet, but it's more subtle than their Web site (and my own photo) show it - in some lights, it looks soft grey with just a hint of purple
I've got one last pair of socks to finish before I start the sweater, and I will finish them, but I may have to break long enough to knit up a good-sized swatch and see if this stuff drapes as nicely as I think it's going to.
I do love elann, and their prices are hard to beat. At $3.98 a ball, I'm going to wind up with a great sweater for just over $50. And a lot of hours of knitting fun.
It's Elann's Incense, and it is yummy: 50 percent wool, 25 percent silk, 25 percent bamboo (edited to fix fiber percentages, with a soft, smooth, luxurious hand. Like a lot of elann's house-brand worsteds, it seems to be a slightly finer gauge than most worsteds, but I also knit loosely, so I should get gauge.
The color is great, too. They call it Persian Violet, but it's more subtle than their Web site (and my own photo) show it - in some lights, it looks soft grey with just a hint of purple
I've got one last pair of socks to finish before I start the sweater, and I will finish them, but I may have to break long enough to knit up a good-sized swatch and see if this stuff drapes as nicely as I think it's going to.
I do love elann, and their prices are hard to beat. At $3.98 a ball, I'm going to wind up with a great sweater for just over $50. And a lot of hours of knitting fun.