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Great yarn for a sweater
I used this yarn to knit Zig by Andrea Mowry, and used the charcoal color Confident and the off-white Logical. The charcoal a little scratchier than the off-white, but overall the yarn was great for the project. The final sweater has some structure/stiffness, which I appreciate, and is warm. The charcoal color did release dye when wet blocking. I would purchase again.
By mamabear knits on Mar 10, 2023
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Beautiful yarn, but dye does come off on your hands
I bought this yarn for its all natural features - it has very smooth texture and works up well, and I really appreciate how gentle this yarn will be for a friend who has severe sensitivity to chemical dyes.
Minus a star as I found a little tendency for the yarn to split - just need to watch your knitting. Also, as I was knitting with the thyme color a light grey, I noticed that my fingers were getting some dye on them as well the color came off my skin easily with soap and water. Upon blocking, there was some expected coloring of the water that I soaked the finished object in, so I'm glad there wasn't a huge color change.
I will definitely buy this yarn again.
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Beautiful color, but only 75 g per skein
The yarn is beautiful, and I loved using the Dusk colorway - my skein was a little less bright than is depicted on the website, but the subdued colors are still lovely. The yarn reminds me a bit of Noro color and texture, but Freia sport is much smoother and has less scratchy parts. The main quibble I had was that I did not notice the fine print that the skein is 75g not the 50g or 100g as I've come to expect for typical skeins. So unfortunately I ran out of this beautiful skein before my scarf pattern did. It still makes for a beautiful slightly shorter scarf, but I do wish the skein were longer.
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substantial pom-pom
The pom-pom is very fluffy and attractive on the beanie that I knit. I'm new to attaching pre-made pom-poms, and so for other newbies, maybe this is useful to know. The pom-pom is very solid in feel - there's a very dense, weighty center. There are a few strings for you to attach to your item, and I used a button to attach to the beanie that I knit, according to Very Pink Knits' recommendation.
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