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Jane Graddell (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} janegraddell) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank, |
I agree with the posters on the homespun issue. It's a bitch to knit with. I am currently making a sweater out of some of it and as God as my witness, I shall never attempt it ever again.
Euw. Homespun. That stuff is nasty. I've never even tried to knit with it because it feels so yukky when I touch it on the shelf. I love Lion Brand's Cotton-Ease, though. Soft and joyous on the needles, washable and inexpensive. I wouldn't use it for *really* nice stuff, but it's good for baby things that will be quickly outgrown.
My favorite material to work with is 100% wool, which sucks if one happens to live in the South. My compromise is Dalegarn's Baby Ull, which is whatever weight that comes between sport weight and sock weight. Fingering? Baby? Anyway, it makes fairly lightweight garments and is soft and lustrous and gorgeous and doesn't pill or fuzz. It also costs the freakin' earth. :)
Euw. Homespun. That stuff is nasty. I've never even tried to knit with it because it feels so yukky when I touch it on the shelf. I love Lion Brand's Cotton-Ease, though. Soft and joyous on the needles, washable and inexpensive. I wouldn't use it for *really* nice stuff, but it's good for baby things that will be quickly outgrown.
My favorite material to work with is 100% wool, which sucks if one happens to live in the South. My compromise is Dalegarn's Baby Ull, which is whatever weight that comes between sport weight and sock weight. Fingering? Baby? Anyway, it makes fairly lightweight garments and is soft and lustrous and gorgeous and doesn't pill or fuzz. It also costs the freakin' earth. :)
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